instance_tags format

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Hi,

I am trying to use instance_tags from ec2 module and I am not able to figure out the right syntaxe.

I tried:

ec2_instance_tags: ‘{“Name”: “test”}’
ec2_instance_tags:
Name: test

and still no luck to find right format for:

a hash/dictionary of tags, in quoted json format, to add to the new instance

Thanks

Filip

2

Hi Filip,

Like this:

instance_tags=‘{“my”:“stuff”}’

It looks like your space is the issue ": " - we should fix that.

3

Thanks!

Problem was with the space.

This one doesn’t work (space between ‘: "’):
instance_tags=‘{“my”: “stuff”}’

This one work
instance_tags=‘{“my”:“stuff”}’

I think it’s kind of confusing. For json dump in console: space is ok

n [3]: json.dumps({“Name”: “test”})
Out[3]: ‘{“Name”: “test”}’

Filip

4

We were thinking *possibly* the module could 'fix' spaces for you, but
maybe there is a better easier syntax we could use instead.

instance_tags='key=value,key=value,key=value'

would technically work with shlex, wouldn't it?

Do tags ever need to have nested datastructures?

5

That would be much more user friendly. Correct, tags are never nested, it’s always key=value.

6

That would be much more user friendly. Correct, tags are never nested, it's
always key=value.

I tend to feel few people are passing instance tags now, so I'm ok
with changing it work that way if you are?

We could possibly also look for a "{" and if so do it it the old way,
but that's up to you.

7

Yup, I think changing it to this format is fine.