aws_ec2 inventory plugin brings up empty list

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Hi, I’m trying to use the aws_ec2 inventory plugin but it’s always showing an empty list with no errors:

`

ansible-inventory -vvv -i ./inventory/aws_ec2.yml --list

ansible-inventory 2.7.5
config file = /ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = [u’/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]
ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible-inventory
python version = 2.7.15rc1 (default, Nov 12 2018, 14:31:15) [GCC 7.3.0]
Using /ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
Parsed /ansible/inventory/aws_ec2.yml inventory source with aws_ec2 plugin
{
“_meta”: {
“hostvars”: {}
},
“all”: {
“children”: [
“aws_ec2”,
“ungrouped”
]
},
“aws_ec2”: {},
“ungrouped”: {}
}
`

my ansible.cfg:

[inventory] enable_plugins = advanced_host_list, constructed, yaml, auto

and the aws_ec2.yml

`
plugin: aws_ec2
regions:

  • us-east-1

`

What’s weird is that the ec2.py script works and brings the full host list. I’m pretty sure I’m doing something stupid but I can’t figure out what.

2

Please see below suggestion for your query

+ Example playbook

plugin: aws_ec2
boto_profile: default aws profile name which is in .aws/credentials file
regions:

  • us-east-1
    hostnames:

  • private-ip-address

+ Edit your ec.ini file as below

From :

vpc_destination_variable = ip_address

To:

vpc_destination_variable = private_ip_address





**+ I have not changed  'ansible.cfg' file**





**+ My same result for the above playbook**





ansible-inventory  ec2_plug.yml --list




[DEPRECATION WARNING]: ANSIBLE_HOSTS option, The variable is misleading as it can be a list of hosts and/or paths to inventory sources , use ANSIBLE_INVENTORY instead. This feature will
be removed in version 2.8. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
{
    "_meta": {
        "hostvars": {
            "54.88.15.199": {
                "ansible_ssh_host": "54.88.15.199",
                "ec2__in_monitoring_element": false,
                "ec2_account_id": "910842549320",
                "ec2_ami_launch_index": "0",
                "ec2_architecture": "x86_64",
                "ec2_block_devices": {
                    "xvda": "vol-0d20fa054ec75855d"
                },
                "ec2_client_token": "",
                "ec2_dns_name": "ec2-54-88-15-199.compute-1.amazonaws.com",
                "ec2_ebs_optimized": false,
                "ec2_eventsSet": "",
                "ec2_group_name": "",
                "ec2_hypervisor": "xen",
                "ec2_id": "i-093dc8fd02c5c148a",
                "ec2_image_id": "ami-009d6802948d06e52",
                "ec2_instance_profile": "",
                "ec2_instance_type": "t2.micro",
                "ec2_ip_address": "54.88.15.199",
                "ec2_item": "",
                "ec2_kernel": "",
                "ec2_key_name": "key_pair",
                "ec2_launch_time": "2019-01-07T11:24:21.000Z",
                "ec2_monitored": false,
                "ec2_monitoring": "",
                "ec2_monitoring_state": "disabled",
                "ec2_persistent": false,
                "ec2_placement": "us-east-1c",
                "ec2_platform": "",
                "ec2_previous_state": "",
                "ec2_previous_state_code": 0,
                "ec2_private_dns_name": "ip-172-31-87-246.ec2.internal",
                "ec2_private_ip_address": "172.31.87.246",
                "ec2_public_dns_name": "ec2-54-88-15-199.compute-1.amazonaws.com",
                "ec2_ramdisk": "",
                "ec2_reason": "",
                "ec2_region": "us-east-1",
                "ec2_requester_id": "",
                "ec2_root_device_name": "/dev/xvda",
                "ec2_root_device_type": "ebs",
                "ec2_security_group_ids": "sg-0b80b71ff0bca16a4",
                "ec2_security_group_names": "launch-wizard-1",
                "ec2_sourceDestCheck": "true",
                "ec2_spot_instance_request_id": "",
                "ec2_state": "running",
                "ec2_state_code": 16,
                "ec2_state_reason": "",
                "ec2_subnet_id": "subnet-d395e1ff",
                "ec2_virtualization_type": "hvm",
                "ec2_vpc_id": "vpc-77f9bd0e",
                "my_user_name": "test"
            }
        }
    },
    "all": {
        "children": [
            "ami_009d6802948d06e52",
            "aws",
            "ec2",
            "i-093dc8fd02c5c148a",
            "key_key_pair",
            "security_group_launch_wizard_1",
            "tag_none",
            "type_t2_micro",
            "ungrouped",
            "us-east-1",
            "us-east-1c",
            "vpc_id_vpc_77f9bd0e"
        ]
    },
    "ami_009d6802948d06e52": {
        "hosts": [
            "54.88.15.199"
        ]
    },
    "aws": {},
    "ec2": {
        "hosts": [
            "54.88.15.199"
        ]
    },
    "i-093dc8fd02c5c148a": {
        "hosts": [
            "54.88.15.199"
        ]
    },
    "key_key_pair": {
        "hosts": [
            "54.88.15.199"
        ]
    },
    "security_group_launch_wizard_1": {
        "hosts": [
            "54.88.15.199"
        ]
    },
    "tag_none": {
        "hosts": [
            "54.88.15.199"
        ]
    },
    "type_t2_micro": {
        "hosts": [
            "54.88.15.199"
        ]
    },
    "ungrouped": {},
    "us-east-1": {
        "hosts": [
            "54.88.15.199"
        ]
    },
    "us-east-1c": {
        "hosts": [
            "54.88.15.199"
        ]
    },
    "vpc_id_vpc_77f9bd0e": {
        "hosts": [
            "54.88.15.199"
        ]
    }
}
3

It worked, thank you.