# Can't access ec2\_XXX vars after add\_host

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-access-ec2-xxx-vars-after-add-host/17844>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 26, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-access-ec2-xxx-vars-after-add-host/17844 "2015-03-26T02:28:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matthias\_Blankenhaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Matthias\_Blankenhaus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matthias_Blankenhaus)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-access-ec2-xxx-vars-after-add-host/17844/1 "2015-03-26T02:28:50Z")

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Hello !

I am using Ansible to add ec2 hosts to my infrastructure. I have noticed that after adding new ec2 instances to in-memory groups via the add\_host module I cannot access any of the host specific ec2\_XXX vars.

Is that by design ?

Thanx,  
Matthias