ansible.vars.unsafe_proxy.AnsibleUnsafeText object' has no attribute 'public_ip'

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Why does this task (from Best way to launch aws ec2 instances with ansible):

  - name: Add the newly created EC2 instance(s) to the local host group (located inside the directory)
    local_action: lineinfile 
                  dest="./hosts" 
                  regexp={{ item.public_ip }} 
                  insertafter="[webserver]" line={{ item.public_ip }}
    with_items: ec2.instances

create this error?

TASK [Add the newly created EC2 instance(s) to the local host group (located inside the directory)] ********************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "the field 'args' has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined. The error was: 'ansible.vars.unsafe_proxy.AnsibleUnsafeText object' has no attribute 'public_ip'\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/Users/snowcrash/ansible-ec2/ec2_launch.yml': line 55, column 9, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n      - name: Add the newly created EC2 instance(s) to the local host group (located inside the directory)\n        ^ here\n"}
2 Answers

the issue is here

with_items: ec2.instances

It should be:

with_items: '{{ ec2.instances }}'

ec2 is variable referencing a dictionary so you will need to reference it with the proper syntax

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