On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 7:54:27 PM UTC-4, Karl Auer wrote:
>
>
> Did you actually try that?
>
> When I use that, I get the same error as before: An error occurred
> (InvalidParameterValue) when calling the DescribeInstances operation: The
> filter 'GroupName' is invalid
>
> ("GroupName" is the value in my variable tag_name)
>
Yes, it works. You have to construct a valid filter, and GroupName isn't a
valid filter.
- hosts: localhost
become: false
tasks:
- ec2_instance_facts:
filters: "{{ { tag_name: tag_value } }}"
vars:
tag_name: "tag:Name"
tag_value: "*"
- ec2_instance_facts:
filters: "{{ { 'tag:' ~ tag_name: tag_value } }}"
vars:
tag_name: Name
tag_value: "*"
PLAY [localhost]
***************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts]
*********************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK [ec2_instance_facts]
******************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK [ec2_instance_facts]
******************************************************
ok: [localhost]
PLAY RECAP
*********************************************************************
localhost : ok=3 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
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