what is trying to achive ? only one ec2 instance detail or multiple?
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 6:26 PM Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all - > > I'm trying to gather facts from an ec2 instance. Specially, the operating > system release (i.e. /etc/redhat-release). I can gather the info from > local VMs, but Ansible doesn't seem to return the OS when I gather facts > from an EC2 instance. I tried the ec2_instance_facts module ( > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/ec2_instance_facts_module.html#ec2-instance-facts-module), > but that doesn't seem to return it (at least, it doesn't return it for the > Amazon Linux distro). > > Does anyone have any idea how to gather this info from ec2 instances? Is > it just a limitation with Amazon Linux? If so, then I can hardcode values > if I have a way of knowing it's Amazon Linux, but I can't seem to figure > out a way to find that out either. > > Here's a sample of when I pulled the facts from the instance: > > "item": { > "ami_launch_index": 0, > "architecture": "x86_64", > "block_device_mappings": [ > { > "device_name": "/dev/xvda", > "ebs": { > "attach_time": "2019-05-21T17:34:55+00:00", > "delete_on_termination": true, > "status": "attached", > "volume_id": "xxx" > } > } > ], > "client_token": "", > "ebs_optimized": false, > "ena_support": true, > "hypervisor": "xen", > "image_id": "ami-02c6024b3d5467e4a", > "instance_id": "xxx", > "instance_type": "r5d.2xlarge", > "key_name": "xxx", > "launch_time": "2019-05-21T17:34:55+00:00", > "monitoring": { > "state": "disabled" > }, > "network_interfaces": [ > { > "attachment": { > "attach_time": "2019-05-21T17:34:55+00:00", > "attachment_id": "xxx", > "delete_on_termination": true, > "device_index": 0, > "status": "attached" > }, > "description": "", > "groups": [ > { > "group_id": "xxx", > "group_name": "xxx" > } > ], > "ipv6_addresses": [], > "mac_address": "xxx", > "network_interface_id": "xxx", > "owner_id": "xxx", > "private_dns_name": "xxx", > "private_ip_address": "xxx", > "private_ip_addresses": [ > { > "primary": true, > "private_dns_name": "xxx", > "private_ip_address": "xxx" > } > ], > "source_dest_check": true, > "status": "in-use", > "subnet_id": "xxx", > "vpc_id": "xxx" > } > ], > "placement": { > "availability_zone": "us-east-1a", > "group_name": "", > "tenancy": "default" > }, > "private_dns_name": "xxx", > "private_ip_address": "xxx", > "product_codes": [], > "public_dns_name": "", > "root_device_name": "/dev/xvda", > "root_device_type": "ebs", > "security_groups": [ > { > "group_id": "xxx", > "group_name": "xxx" > } > ], > "source_dest_check": true, > "state": { > "code": 16, > "name": "running" > }, > "state_transition_reason": "", > "subnet_id": "xxx", > "tags": { > "Name": "xxx", > "class": "xxx" > }, > "virtualization_type": "hvm", > "vpc_id": "xxx" > } > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/c6ec66e5-9604-44b1-9bb8-7962b23203e7%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/c6ec66e5-9604-44b1-9bb8-7962b23203e7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2B8tw9EZwzjRQttD5m7ViyAzpUQJBqv1YnhrwWo-gVOnqoyYRA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
