# ec2\_ami "msg": "InvalidParameterValue: Value (\['i-092axxxxxxxxxxd64'\]) for parameter instance is invalid. Expected: 'i-...'."

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-ami-msg-invalidparametervalue-value-i-092axxxxxxxxxxd64-for-parameter-instance-is-invalid-expected-i/24236>\
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**Created:** [April 18, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-ami-msg-invalidparametervalue-value-i-092axxxxxxxxxxd64-for-parameter-instance-is-invalid-expected-i/24236 "2017-04-18T09:55:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![sreenivas\_narayan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@sreenivas\_narayan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sreenivas_narayan)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-ami-msg-invalidparametervalue-value-i-092axxxxxxxxxxd64-for-parameter-instance-is-invalid-expected-i/24236/1 "2017-04-18T09:55:13Z")

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Hi Guys,

I am using ec2 ami to create image of instance and getting error as above. Please help.

ansible version: **2.2.1.0**

- name: Create ami from the image  
local\_action:  
module: ec2\_ami  
aws\_access\_key: “{{ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}}”  
aws\_secret\_key: “{{ yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy}}”  
instance\_id: “{{ new\_instanceid }}”  
region: ‘us-east-1’  
wait: yes  
name: xxxxxxx  
Name: newtest  
Service: TestService  
register: image

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**Author:** ![sreenivas\_narayan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@sreenivas\_narayan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sreenivas_narayan)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-ami-msg-invalidparametervalue-value-i-092axxxxxxxxxxd64-for-parameter-instance-is-invalid-expected-i/24236/2 "2017-04-18T10:48:12Z")

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got it 🙂

instance\_id: “{{ new\_instanceid[0] }}”