# Wrong Linode ID with the linode Module **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [September 22, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323 "2015-09-22T02:30:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Iwada\_Eja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@Iwada\_Eja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Iwada_Eja)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/1 "2015-09-22T02:30:13Z")
Please im relatively new with ansiible and having an issue. Using the Linode Module to Create a new Linode instance. The Instance is created but with the wrong linode\_id - name: Create linode machine linode: api\_key: ‘My\_Api\_key’ name: server plan: 1 datacenter: 7 distribution: 140 password: ‘Some\_password’ linode\_id: 12345678 ssh\_pub\_key: ‘s…’ wait: yes wait\_timeout: 600 state: present I assume the Linode instance is supposed to have an Id of 12345678, but that’s not the Linode ID of the created instance. It’s been set to an arbitrary numeric value. Please how do i correct this? ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Heeney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@Patrick\_Heeney](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Patrick_Heeney)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/2 "2015-09-22T17:28:53Z")
This is sort of a bug with ansible because the linode role is not idempotent. I think there are pull requests to fix this in ansible v2, but for the time being you will mostly likely have to work around it. The linode\_id does not set the ID at linode. It is to target that linode server if you need to remove or change it. This means there is no linode\_id when first create it. So to work around this issue you need to comment out the ID on first run. Then you need to most likely need to add this to your linode task: `register: linode_server` then add a new task to - debug: var=linode\_server this way you can see the ID that is created. Copy that ID into `linode_id` on for the next runs of the playbook to be idempotent. Hopefully they can fix this soon. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_DeKoenigsberg1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@Greg\_DeKoenigsberg1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Greg_DeKoenigsberg1)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/3 "2015-09-22T17:59:39Z")
> This is sort of a bug with ansible because the linode role is not > idempotent. > I think there are pull requests to fix this in ansible v2, but for the time > being > you will mostly likely have to work around it. Check: [https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/search?q=linode&type=Issues](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/search?q=linode&type=Issues) If you don't find an issue or PR here, feel free to file one. --g ---
**Author:** ![Iwada\_Eja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@Iwada\_Eja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Iwada_Eja)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/4 "2015-09-22T18:45:18Z")
Thanks for the reply. Would use the work around. Also created an Issue on this as none existed. ---
**Author:** ![Iwada\_Eja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@Iwada\_Eja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Iwada_Eja)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/5 "2015-09-22T21:29:17Z")
One More thing please, Is it possible that after i `register: linode\_server I set a varriable to the linode\_id value to be used in another playbook? ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/6 "2015-09-22T22:17:04Z")
register: linode\_return you should have the linode id as part of that variable. ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Heeney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@Patrick\_Heeney](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Patrick_Heeney)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/7 "2015-09-22T22:19:43Z")
Indeed. I actually write the ID to a file and then use {{ lookup(“file”, “path/to/id”) }} later in the playbook. This way I can use it after the playbook finishes in subsequent runs and in other playbooks. Brian Coca wrote: ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/8 "2015-09-22T22:22:38Z")
you can even write to host\_vars/linode\_host linode\_id: 2134234 and it becomes a hostvar that is automatically loaded associated to that host. ---
**Author:** ![Iwada\_Eja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@Iwada\_Eja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Iwada_Eja)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/9 "2015-09-23T00:12:53Z")
My goodness!Ansible indeed rocks. Issue resolved, plus i understand things better now! Thanks Guys ---
**Author:** ![Iwada\_Eja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@Iwada\_Eja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Iwada_Eja)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/10 "2015-09-23T01:25:26Z")
For archival Purposes , I modified my task thus: ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrong-linode-id-with-the-linode-module/19323/11 "2015-09-23T01:52:25Z")
also - debug: var=linode\_return to just see it on screen