# Unable to create EC2 Instance

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-create-ec2-instance/36198>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 13, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-create-ec2-instance/36198 "2022-01-13T05:47:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Karuppasamy\_Nallusam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/87869e/32.png) [@Karuppasamy\_Nallusam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karuppasamy_Nallusam)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-create-ec2-instance/36198/1 "2022-01-13T05:47:31Z")

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Hi,

I just started learning Ansible.

I am trying to create EC2 instance from my managed host, configured on Mac OS Sierra but getting below error.

Playbook:

 ![ec1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/a/a74768076172335aba9a2fbda9107ce6d6dbc0f2.png)

Output Error:

 ![ec2.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/8b5b6e4dd644498c2e070250541b98ea7262e31f.png)

Kindly help.

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**Author:** ![rilindo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rilindo/32/357_2.png) [@rilindo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rilindo)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-create-ec2-instance/36198/2 "2022-01-13T19:20:26Z")

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You would want to use **image\_id** instead of **image** :

tasks:

- ec2\_instance:  
image\_id: ami-abc123