# ec2 module and new longer EC2 instance ID format **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** aws\ **Created:** [January 27, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-module-and-new-longer-ec2-instance-id-format/20364 "2016-01-27T20:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gavin\_Davies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5e925/32.png) [@Gavin\_Davies](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gavin_Davies)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-module-and-new-longer-ec2-instance-id-format/20364/1 "2016-01-27T20:34:22Z")
Hello, Recently, AWS announced they would [change to a longer EC2 instance ID format](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/heads-up-longer-ec2-ebs-resource-ids-coming-in-2016/). I opted in for all regions and any nodes I create manually through the AWS console have the new, longer format. The nodes I create through the Ansible EC2 module, however, still have the old, short format. Is this an issue with the AWS API, with Ansible, or something I need to configure? Thanks, - Gavin ---
**Author:** ![Rohit\_Dubey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2acd7d/32.png) [@Rohit\_Dubey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rohit_Dubey)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-module-and-new-longer-ec2-instance-id-format/20364/2 "2016-03-15T05:44:28Z")
We are actively using ansible ec2api in our playbooks as well . It will be great if some body has an official word on this . ---
**Author:** ![a\_akin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@a\_akin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/a_akin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-module-and-new-longer-ec2-instance-id-format/20364/3 "2016-03-16T02:17:40Z")
I am on Ansible 2.0 and instances created through the Ansible module have the longer EC2 instance ID format.