ansible add host to route53 - amazon-web-services

Question

i am using ansible to provision servers on ec2, after creating the server i would like to create a host entry on route53 zone
---
- hosts: all
connection: local
tasks:
- name: create ec2 instance
action:
module: ec2
zone: "{{ zone }}"
image: "{{ image }}"
instance_type: "{{instance_type}}"
region: "{{ region }}"
vpc_subnet_id: "{{ subnet }}"
group: "{{ security_group }}"
key_name: "{{ sshkey }}"
instance_tags:
Name: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
Environment: "{{ Environment }}"
Date: "{{ Date}}"
Noderole: "{{ NodeRole }}"
ConfigurationGroup: "{{ ConfigurationGroup}}"
Backups: "{{ Backups }}"
count_tag:
Name: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
exact_count: 1
- name: Ensure DNS entry exists
action:
module: route53
command: create
overwrite: "yes"
record: "{{ inventory_hostname }}.{{ server_zone }}"
type: A
zone: "{{ server_zone }}"
value: "{{ item.private_ip }}"
with_items: "ec2.instances"
the attributes, "inventory_hostname" , "server_zone" are defined in the inventory files for the hosts so they work when the EC2 instance is created.
[kshk:~/testing/ansible-ec2] master* ± ansible-playbook -i inventory/development/devcm_q/inventory.ini create-ec2-instance.yml --limit dcm-jmp-09 -v
PLAY [all] ********************************************************************
GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
ok: [dcm-jmp-09]
TASK: [create ec2 instance] ***************************************************
changed: [dcm-jmp-09] => {"changed": true, "instance_ids": ["i-7c9e89f1"], "instances": [{"ami_launch_index": "0", "architecture": "x86_64", "dns_name": "", "ebs_optimized": false, "groups": {"sg-0bf7d96f": "dev-jumpbox"}, "hypervisor": "xen", "id": "i-7c9e89f1", "image_id": "ami-33734044", "instance_type": "t2.micro", "kernel": null, "key_name": "bootstrap", "launch_time": "2016-02-21T04:28:38.000Z", "placement": "eu-west-1c", "private_dns_name": "ip-172-31-8-55.eu-west-1.compute.internal", "private_ip": "172.31.8.55", "public_dns_name": "", "public_ip": null, "ramdisk": null, "region": "eu-west-1", "root_device_name": "/dev/sda1", "root_device_type": "ebs", "state": "pending", "state_code": 0, "tags": {}, "tenancy": "default", "virtualization_type": "hvm"}], "tagged_instances": [{"ami_launch_index": "0", "architecture": "x86_64", "dns_name": "", "ebs_optimized": false, "groups": {"sg-0bf7d96f": "dev-jumpbox"}, "hypervisor": "xen", "id": "i-7c9e89f1", "image_id": "ami-33734044", "instance_type": "t2.micro", "kernel": null, "key_name": "bootstrap", "launch_time": "2016-02-21T04:28:38.000Z", "placement": "eu-west-1c", "private_dns_name": "ip-172-31-8-55.eu-west-1.compute.internal", "private_ip": "172.31.8.55", "public_dns_name": "", "public_ip": null, "ramdisk": null, "region": "eu-west-1", "root_device_name": "/dev/sda1", "root_device_type": "ebs", "state": "pending", "state_code": 0, "tags": {}, "tenancy": "default", "virtualization_type": "hvm"}]}
TASK: [Ensure DNS entry exists] ***********************************************
fatal: [dcm-jmp-09] => One or more undefined variables: 'unicode object' has no attribute 'private_ip'
FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting
PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
to retry, use: --limit #/home/kshk/create-ec2-instance.retry
dcm-jmp-09
however, when the playbook is run, it throws up the error "no attribute 'private_ip"
any ideas?

Answer 1

You are not registering ec2. How do you expect ec2.instances to contain private_ip?
- name: create ec2 instance
action:
module: ec2
zone: "{{ zone }}"
.....
exact_count: 1
register: ec2
- name: Ensure DNS entry exists
action:
module: route53
....
zone: "{{ server_zone }}"
value: {{ item.private_ip }}
with_items: ec2.instances