ERROR! couldn't resolve module/action 'ec2'

[jsikarin]

I’m trying to build a RHEL 8 AMI using molecule using code that previously worked to build a RHEL 7 AMI. When I run the molecule script I currently experience the following error.

ERROR! couldn't resolve module/action 'ec2'. This often indicates a misspelling, missing collection, or incorrect module path.

The error appears to be in '/home/joe/Programming/redacted-base-ami-rhel8/ansible/roles/molecule.ec2/tasks/create.yml'

Currently I don’t understand where Ansible looks for modules. Here’s what I understand about how Ansible looks for modules

1. a variable called “DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH” can be defined in the ansible.cfg. Currently this variable is undefined in my ansible.cfg vars in my virtual environment AND in the etc folder.
2. The environment variable ‘ANSIBLE_LIBRARY’ can be set in the shell. This variable is also already empty.
3. The first place Ansible looks is in the /library sub-directory where the top level playbook resides
4. modules associated with a role will be in the /library sub-directory associated with that role
5.  if using a python virtual environment for ansible the module dependencies will be stored in “/home/<username>/.local/share/<Virtual Environment Name > /lib/python<version>/site-packages/ansible/modules”

If Ansible can’t find the correct EC2 module in any of these places, how do I find the correct one in Ansible Galaxy? Is there a way to step through a playbook to see where Ansible is loading modules/collections from?

How do I know if Ansible is looking for an EC2 module and not a module like molecule.ec2 where molecule is the namespace.

Here’s info about the two virtual environments I have setup

Virtual Environment to build RHEL 7 AMI that works

ansible [core 2.13.5]
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/home/joe/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /home/joe/.local/share/virtualenvs/redacted-base-ami-1ZB9F3Kr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /home/joe/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /home/joe/.local/share/virtualenvs/redacted-base-ami-1ZB9F3Kr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.9.13 (main, Nov 9 2022, 13:16:24) [GCC 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-15)]
jinja version = 3.1.2
libyaml = True

Virtual Environment for RHEL 8 AMI build that currently doesn’t work.

ansible [core 2.14.1]
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/home/joe/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /home/joe/.local/share/virtualenvs/redacted-base-ami-rhel8-TVqD7V0E/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /home/joe/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /home/joe/.local/share/virtualenvs/redacted-base-ami-rhel8-TVqD7V0E/bin/ansible
python version = 3.9.13 (main, Nov 9 2022, 13:16:24) [GCC 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-15)] (/home/joe/.local/share/virtualenvs/redacted-base-ami-rhel8-TVqD7V0E/bin/python)
jinja version = 3.1.2
libyaml = True