# having issues with finding AMI **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** aws\ **Created:** [December 6, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-issues-with-finding-ami/29214 "2018-12-06T20:45:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank\_Dias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Frank\_Dias](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frank_Dias)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-issues-with-finding-ami/29214/1 "2018-12-06T20:45:21Z")
ami\_search\_string: “amzn_amazon-ecs-optimized_” ec2\_ami\_find: name: “{{ ami\_search\_string }}” region: “{{ region }}” virtualization\_type: hvm owner: aws-marketplace sort: creationDate sort\_order: descending sort\_end: 1 register: os\_image when: - lc\_ami is not defined failing to discover the ami from the following; [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ecs-optimized\_AMI.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ecs-optimized_AMI.html) launch configuration fails on ami. ---
**Author:** ![Karl\_Auer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-issues-with-finding-ami/29214/2 "2018-12-06T21:17:40Z")
Hullo Frank. Full playbook and full output, please! Also, what AMI is actually selected, if any, and if none is selected, which AMI specifically did you expect to be select ed (which AMI ID)? Regards, K. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_Dias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Frank\_Dias](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frank_Dias)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-issues-with-finding-ami/29214/3 "2018-12-07T00:34:01Z")
- name: find an ami if none is given ec2\_ami\_find: name: “{{ ami\_search\_string }}” region: “{{ region }}” virtualization\_type: hvm owner: aws-marketplace sort: creationDate sort\_order: descending sort\_end: 1 register: os\_image when: - lc\_ami is not defined - name: set the ami set\_fact: lc\_ami: “{{ os\_image.results[0].ami\_id }}” when: - lc\_ami is not defined - os\_image is defined - name: Delete previous launch configuration and auto scaling group if they exist include: delete\_previous.yml when: delete\_previous - ec2\_lc: assign\_public\_ip: “{{ assign\_public\_ip }}” name: “{{ lc\_name }}” image\_id: “{{ lc\_ami }}” key\_name: “{{ keypair }}” region: “{{ region }}” security\_groups: “{{ asg\_security\_groups }}” instance\_type: “{{ instance\_type }}” volumes: “{{ volumes }}” instance\_profile\_name: “{{ instance\_profile\_name }}” user\_data: “{{ lookup(‘file’, user\_data\_file )}}” - ec2\_asg: name: “{{ asg\_name }}” launch\_config\_name: “{{ lc\_name }}” min\_size: “{{ asg\_min }}” max\_size: “{{ asg\_max }}” desired\_capacity: “{{ asg\_des }}” region: “{{ region }}” vpc\_zone\_identifier: “{{ vpc\_zone\_identifier }}” tags: “{{ asg\_instances\_tags }}” TASK [aws/asg : set the ami] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 13:41:56 22 efatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “the field ‘args’ has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined. The error was: list object has no element 0\n\nThe error appears to have been in ‘/var/lib/awx/projects/\_1067\_\_production\_us/roles/aws/asg/tasks/main.yml’: line 14, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n- name: set the ami\n ^ here\n”}e ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_Dias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Frank\_Dias](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frank_Dias)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-issues-with-finding-ami/29214/4 "2018-12-07T00:37:23Z")
here are the extra vars being set; account: prod ami\_search\_string: amzn-ami-2018.03.i-amazon-ecs-optimized asg\_name: MiscServices cluster\_name: MiscServices instance\_type: m5.2xlarge lc\_name: MiscServices region: us-west-2 ---
**Author:** ![Karl\_Auer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-issues-with-finding-ami/29214/5 "2018-12-07T00:38:19Z")
which AMI were you expecting your script to find? Region, ID? ---
**Author:** ![Karl\_Auer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-issues-with-finding-ami/29214/6 "2018-12-08T09:53:37Z")
Hullo Frank. What specific AMI did you expect your code to find? Did you manually locate that AMI in the available AMIs for that region? I.e., do you know for a fact that the AMI you seek does exist and does match that search string? Please tell us the specific AMI ID that you think matches your search string. Also, you have provided two different search strings - which one is being used by your code? Regards, K. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_Dias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Frank\_Dias](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frank_Dias)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-issues-with-finding-ami/29214/7 "2018-12-11T18:21:15Z")
ami-0307f7ccf6ea35750 refer to this link for the latest [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ecs-optimized\_AMI\_launch\_latest.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ecs-optimized_AMI_launch_latest.html)