Encountering undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass trying to create and attach aws_ebs_volume

[daystorm]

Cookbook version

aws cookbook is version 3.3.2

Chef-client version

root@hgtv-aws-test2-publish cookbooks]# chef-client -v
Chef: 12.6.0

Platform Details

Linux hgtv-aws-test2-publish 4.4.8-20.46.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Apr 27 19:28:52 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
running on AWS

Scenario:

I am trying to create and attach a volume on to one of my EC2 instances. The recipe works fine with the 2.9.3 version of the cookbook. When I try to use any of the 3.x versions, I get the error listed above.

Steps to Reproduce:

I have tried the following simple recipe and it fails.

vol_path = node[:instance][:vol_path]

aws_ebs_volume 'cq_vol' do
device "/dev/sdf"
size 100
volume_type "gp2"
snapshot_id "my-snapshot" #id obscured for security reasons
action [:create, :attach]
end

aws_resource_tag 'vol_tags' do
resource_id lazy { node[:aws][:ebs_volume][:cq_vol][:volume_id] }
tags ({"auto-cq5-volume" => "",
"subdomain" => node[:instance][:subdomain],
"cqservertype" => node[:instance][:role]
})
action :update
end

mount vol_path do
device '/dev/sdf'
fstype 'xfs'
action [:mount, :enable]
end

Expected Result:

I am expecting to have a volume created, attached, and mounted to my system.

Actual Result:

I get the following error.

================================================================================
Error executing action `create` on resource 'aws_ebs_volume[cq_vol]'
================================================================================

NoMethodError
-------------
undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

Cookbook Trace:
---------------
/etc/chef/local-mode-cache/cache/cookbooks/aws/libraries/ec2.rb:34:in `instance_id'
/etc/chef/local-mode-cache/cache/cookbooks/aws/providers/ebs_volume.rb:28:in `block in class_from_file'

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /etc/chef/local-mode-cache/cache/cookbooks/snicq/recipes/_attach_cq_vol_static.rb

  3: aws_ebs_volume 'cq_vol' do
  4:   device "/dev/sdf"
  5:   size 100
  6:   volume_type "gp2"
  7:   snapshot_id "my-snapshot"
  8:   action [:create, :attach]
  9: end
 10: 

Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /etc/chef/local-mode-cache/cache/cookbooks/snicq/recipes/_attach_cq_vol_static.rb:3:in `from_file'

aws_ebs_volume("cq_vol") do
  action [:create, :attach]
  retries 0
  retry_delay 2
  default_guard_interpreter :default
  declared_type :aws_ebs_volume
  cookbook_name "snicq"
  recipe_name "_attach_cq_vol_static"
  device "/dev/sdf"
  size 100
  volume_type "gp2"
  snapshot_id "my-snapshot"
end

[eldenseropian]

I am also experiencing this.

[shinterro]

This happened to me. You might be missing a value for node['ec2']['instance_id'].

Older cookbook versions used a 'query_instance_id' method to lookup the instance_id. This was modified from versions 3.0.0 and up with the intention that Ohai would provide the values.

Try running the aws::ec2_hints recipe. I believe that is what is supposed to supply the required values now.

[eldenseropian]

Adding aws::ec2_hints worked for me, thanks!