My Ansible EC2 config

ec2.ini

# Ansible EC2 external inventory script settings
#

[ec2]

# AWS regions to make calls to. Set this to 'all' to make request to all regions
# in AWS and merge the results together. Alternatively, set this to a comma
# separated list of regions. E.g. 'us-east-1,us-west-1,us-west-2'
regions = us-east-1
regions_exclude = us-gov-west-1,cn-north-1

# When generating inventory, Ansible needs to know how to address a server.
# Each EC2 instance has a lot of variables associated with it. Here is the list:
#   http://docs.pythonboto.org/en/latest/ref/ec2.html#module-boto.ec2.instance
# Below are 2 variables that are used as the address of a server:
#   - destination_variable
#   - vpc_destination_variable

# This is the normal destination variable to use. If you are running Ansible
# from outside EC2, then 'public_dns_name' makes the most sense. If you are
# running Ansible from within EC2, then perhaps you want to use the internal
# address, and should set this to 'private_dns_name'. The key of an EC2 tag
# may optionally be used; however the boto instance variables hold precedence
# in the event of a collision.
destination_variable = ip_address

# For server inside a VPC, using DNS names may not make sense. When an instance
# has 'subnet_id' set, this variable is used. If the subnet is public, setting
# this to 'ip_address' will return the public IP address. For instances in a
# private subnet, this should be set to 'private_ip_address', and Ansible must
# be run from within EC2. The key of an EC2 tag may optionally be used; however
# the boto instance variables hold precedence in the event of a collision.
# WARNING: - instances that are in the private vpc, _without_ public ip address 
# will not be listed in the inventory until You set:
# vpc_destination_variable = 'private_ip_address'
vpc_destination_variable = private_ip_address

# To tag instances on EC2 with the resource records that point to them from
# Route53, uncomment and set 'route53' to True.
route53 = False

# To exclude RDS instances from the inventory, uncomment and set to False.
#rds = False

# To exclude ElastiCache instances from the inventory, uncomment and set to False.
#elasticache = False

# Additionally, you can specify the list of zones to exclude looking up in
# 'route53_excluded_zones' as a comma-separated list.
# route53_excluded_zones = samplezone1.com, samplezone2.com

# By default, only EC2 instances in the 'running' state are returned. Set
# 'all_instances' to True to return all instances regardless of state.
all_instances = False

# By default, only EC2 instances in the 'running' state are returned. Specify
# EC2 instance states to return as a comma-separated list. This
# option is overriden when 'all_instances' is True.
# instance_states = pending, running, shutting-down, terminated, stopping, stopped

# By default, only RDS instances in the 'available' state are returned.  Set
# 'all_rds_instances' to True return all RDS instances regardless of state.
all_rds_instances = False

# By default, only ElastiCache clusters and nodes in the 'available' state
# are returned. Set 'all_elasticache_clusters' and/or 'all_elastic_nodes'
# to True return all ElastiCache clusters and nodes, regardless of state.
#
# Note that all_elasticache_nodes only applies to listed clusters. That means
# if you set all_elastic_clusters to false, no node will be return from
# unavailable clusters, regardless of the state and to what you set for
# all_elasticache_nodes.
all_elasticache_replication_groups = False
all_elasticache_clusters = False
all_elasticache_nodes = False

# API calls to EC2 are slow. For this reason, we cache the results of an API
# call. Set this to the path you want cache files to be written to. Two files
# will be written to this directory:
#   - ansible-ec2.cache
#   - ansible-ec2.index
cache_path = ~/.ansible/tmp

# The number of seconds a cache file is considered valid. After this many
# seconds, a new API call will be made, and the cache file will be updated.
# To disable the cache, set this value to 0
cache_max_age = 0

# Organize groups into a nested/hierarchy instead of a flat namespace.
nested_groups = False

# The EC2 inventory output can become very large. To manage its size,
# configure which groups should be created.
group_by_instance_id = True
group_by_region = True
group_by_availability_zone = True
group_by_ami_id = True
group_by_instance_type = True
group_by_key_pair = True
group_by_vpc_id = True
group_by_security_group = True
group_by_tag_keys = True
group_by_tag_none = True
group_by_route53_names = True
group_by_rds_engine = True
group_by_rds_parameter_group = True
group_by_elasticache_engine = True
group_by_elasticache_cluster = True
group_by_elasticache_parameter_group = True
group_by_elasticache_replication_group = True

# If you only want to include hosts that match a certain regular expression
# pattern_include = staging-*

# If you want to exclude any hosts that match a certain regular expression
# pattern_exclude = staging-*

# Instance filters can be used to control which instances are retrieved for
# inventory. For the full list of possible filters, please read the EC2 API
# docs: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ApiReference-query-DescribeInstances.html#query-DescribeInstances-filters
# Filters are key/value pairs separated by '=', to list multiple filters use
# a list separated by commas. See examples below.

# Retrieve only instances with (key=value) env=staging tag
# instance_filters = tag:env=staging

# Retrieve only instances with role=webservers OR role=dbservers tag
# instance_filters = tag:role=webservers,tag:role=dbservers

# Retrieve only t1.micro instances OR instances with tag env=staging
# instance_filters = instance-type=t1.micro,tag:env=staging

# You can use wildcards in filter values also. Below will list instances which
# tag Name value matches webservers1*
# (ex. webservers15, webservers1a, webservers123 etc) 
# instance_filters = tag:Name=webservers1*

ec2.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

'''
EC2 external inventory script
=================================

Generates inventory that Ansible can understand by making API request to
AWS EC2 using the Boto library.

NOTE: This script assumes Ansible is being executed where the environment
variables needed for Boto have already been set:
    export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='AK123'
    export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='abc123'

This script also assumes there is an ec2.ini file alongside it.  To specify a
different path to ec2.ini, define the EC2_INI_PATH environment variable:

    export EC2_INI_PATH=/path/to/my_ec2.ini

If you're using eucalyptus you need to set the above variables and
you need to define:

    export EC2_URL=http://hostname_of_your_cc:port/services/Eucalyptus

For more details, see: http://docs.pythonboto.org/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html

When run against a specific host, this script returns the following variables:
 - ec2_ami_launch_index
 - ec2_architecture
 - ec2_association
 - ec2_attachTime
 - ec2_attachment
 - ec2_attachmentId
 - ec2_client_token
 - ec2_deleteOnTermination
 - ec2_description
 - ec2_deviceIndex
 - ec2_dns_name
 - ec2_eventsSet
 - ec2_group_name
 - ec2_hypervisor
 - ec2_id
 - ec2_image_id
 - ec2_instanceState
 - ec2_instance_type
 - ec2_ipOwnerId
 - ec2_ip_address
 - ec2_item
 - ec2_kernel
 - ec2_key_name
 - ec2_launch_time
 - ec2_monitored
 - ec2_monitoring
 - ec2_networkInterfaceId
 - ec2_ownerId
 - ec2_persistent
 - ec2_placement
 - ec2_platform
 - ec2_previous_state
 - ec2_private_dns_name
 - ec2_private_ip_address
 - ec2_publicIp
 - ec2_public_dns_name
 - ec2_ramdisk
 - ec2_reason
 - ec2_region
 - ec2_requester_id
 - ec2_root_device_name
 - ec2_root_device_type
 - ec2_security_group_ids
 - ec2_security_group_names
 - ec2_shutdown_state
 - ec2_sourceDestCheck
 - ec2_spot_instance_request_id
 - ec2_state
 - ec2_state_code
 - ec2_state_reason
 - ec2_status
 - ec2_subnet_id
 - ec2_tenancy
 - ec2_virtualization_type
 - ec2_vpc_id

These variables are pulled out of a boto.ec2.instance object. There is a lack of
consistency with variable spellings (camelCase and underscores) since this
just loops through all variables the object exposes. It is preferred to use the
ones with underscores when multiple exist.

In addition, if an instance has AWS Tags associated with it, each tag is a new
variable named:
 - ec2_tag_[Key] = [Value]

Security groups are comma-separated in 'ec2_security_group_ids' and
'ec2_security_group_names'.
'''

# (c) 2012, Peter Sankauskas
#
# This file is part of Ansible,
#
# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

######################################################################

import sys
import os
import argparse
import re
from time import time
import boto
from boto import ec2
from boto import rds
from boto import elasticache
from boto import route53
import six

from six.moves import configparser
from collections import defaultdict

try:
    import json
except ImportError:
    import simplejson as json


class Ec2Inventory(object):
    def _empty_inventory(self):
        return {"_meta" : {"hostvars" : {}}}

    def __init__(self):
        ''' Main execution path '''

        # Inventory grouped by instance IDs, tags, security groups, regions,
        # and availability zones
        self.inventory = self._empty_inventory()

        # Index of hostname (address) to instance ID
        self.index = {}

        # Read settings and parse CLI arguments
        self.read_settings()
        self.parse_cli_args()

        # Cache
        if self.args.refresh_cache:
            self.do_api_calls_update_cache()
        elif not self.is_cache_valid():
            self.do_api_calls_update_cache()

        # Data to print
        if self.args.host:
            data_to_print = self.get_host_info()

        elif self.args.list:
            # Display list of instances for inventory
            if self.inventory == self._empty_inventory():
                data_to_print = self.get_inventory_from_cache()
            else:
                data_to_print = self.json_format_dict(self.inventory, True)

        print(data_to_print)


    def is_cache_valid(self):
        ''' Determines if the cache files have expired, or if it is still valid '''

        if os.path.isfile(self.cache_path_cache):
            mod_time = os.path.getmtime(self.cache_path_cache)
            current_time = time()
            if (mod_time + self.cache_max_age) > current_time:
                if os.path.isfile(self.cache_path_index):
                    return True

        return False


    def read_settings(self):
        ''' Reads the settings from the ec2.ini file '''
        if six.PY3:
            config = configparser.ConfigParser()
        else:
            config = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
        ec2_default_ini_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'ec2.ini')
        ec2_ini_path = os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(os.environ.get('EC2_INI_PATH', ec2_default_ini_path)))
        config.read(ec2_ini_path)

        # is eucalyptus?
        self.eucalyptus_host = None
        self.eucalyptus = False
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'eucalyptus'):
            self.eucalyptus = config.getboolean('ec2', 'eucalyptus')
        if self.eucalyptus and config.has_option('ec2', 'eucalyptus_host'):
            self.eucalyptus_host = config.get('ec2', 'eucalyptus_host')

        # Regions
        self.regions = []
        configRegions = config.get('ec2', 'regions')
        configRegions_exclude = config.get('ec2', 'regions_exclude')
        if (configRegions == 'all'):
            if self.eucalyptus_host:
                self.regions.append(boto.connect_euca(host=self.eucalyptus_host).region.name)
            else:
                for regionInfo in ec2.regions():
                    if regionInfo.name not in configRegions_exclude:
                        self.regions.append(regionInfo.name)
        else:
            self.regions = configRegions.split(",")

        # Destination addresses
        self.destination_variable = config.get('ec2', 'destination_variable')
        self.vpc_destination_variable = config.get('ec2', 'vpc_destination_variable')

        # Route53
        self.route53_enabled = config.getboolean('ec2', 'route53')
        self.route53_excluded_zones = []
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'route53_excluded_zones'):
            self.route53_excluded_zones.extend(
                config.get('ec2', 'route53_excluded_zones', '').split(','))

        # Include RDS instances?
        self.rds_enabled = True
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'rds'):
            self.rds_enabled = config.getboolean('ec2', 'rds')

        # Include ElastiCache instances?
        self.elasticache_enabled = True
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'elasticache'):
            self.elasticache_enabled = config.getboolean('ec2', 'elasticache')

        # Return all EC2 instances?
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'all_instances'):
            self.all_instances = config.getboolean('ec2', 'all_instances')
        else:
            self.all_instances = False

        # Instance states to be gathered in inventory. Default is 'running'.
        # Setting 'all_instances' to 'yes' overrides this option.
        ec2_valid_instance_states = [
            'pending',
            'running',
            'shutting-down',
            'terminated',
            'stopping',
            'stopped'
        ]
        self.ec2_instance_states = []
        if self.all_instances:
            self.ec2_instance_states = ec2_valid_instance_states
        elif config.has_option('ec2', 'instance_states'):
          for instance_state in config.get('ec2', 'instance_states').split(','):
            instance_state = instance_state.strip()
            if instance_state not in ec2_valid_instance_states:
              continue
            self.ec2_instance_states.append(instance_state)
        else:
          self.ec2_instance_states = ['running']

        # Return all RDS instances? (if RDS is enabled)
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'all_rds_instances') and self.rds_enabled:
            self.all_rds_instances = config.getboolean('ec2', 'all_rds_instances')
        else:
            self.all_rds_instances = False

        # Return all ElastiCache replication groups? (if ElastiCache is enabled)
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'all_elasticache_replication_groups') and self.elasticache_enabled:
            self.all_elasticache_replication_groups = config.getboolean('ec2', 'all_elasticache_replication_groups')
        else:
            self.all_elasticache_replication_groups = False

        # Return all ElastiCache clusters? (if ElastiCache is enabled)
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'all_elasticache_clusters') and self.elasticache_enabled:
            self.all_elasticache_clusters = config.getboolean('ec2', 'all_elasticache_clusters')
        else:
            self.all_elasticache_clusters = False

        # Return all ElastiCache nodes? (if ElastiCache is enabled)
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'all_elasticache_nodes') and self.elasticache_enabled:
            self.all_elasticache_nodes = config.getboolean('ec2', 'all_elasticache_nodes')
        else:
            self.all_elasticache_nodes = False

        # Cache related
        cache_dir = os.path.expanduser(config.get('ec2', 'cache_path'))
        if not os.path.exists(cache_dir):
            os.makedirs(cache_dir)

        self.cache_path_cache = cache_dir + "/ansible-ec2.cache"
        self.cache_path_index = cache_dir + "/ansible-ec2.index"
        self.cache_max_age = config.getint('ec2', 'cache_max_age')

        # Configure nested groups instead of flat namespace.
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'nested_groups'):
            self.nested_groups = config.getboolean('ec2', 'nested_groups')
        else:
            self.nested_groups = False

        # Configure which groups should be created.
        group_by_options = [
            'group_by_instance_id',
            'group_by_region',
            'group_by_availability_zone',
            'group_by_ami_id',
            'group_by_instance_type',
            'group_by_key_pair',
            'group_by_vpc_id',
            'group_by_security_group',
            'group_by_tag_keys',
            'group_by_tag_none',
            'group_by_route53_names',
            'group_by_rds_engine',
            'group_by_rds_parameter_group',
            'group_by_elasticache_engine',
            'group_by_elasticache_cluster',
            'group_by_elasticache_parameter_group',
            'group_by_elasticache_replication_group',
        ]
        for option in group_by_options:
            if config.has_option('ec2', option):
                setattr(self, option, config.getboolean('ec2', option))
            else:
                setattr(self, option, True)

        # Do we need to just include hosts that match a pattern?
        try:
            pattern_include = config.get('ec2', 'pattern_include')
            if pattern_include and len(pattern_include) > 0:
                self.pattern_include = re.compile(pattern_include)
            else:
                self.pattern_include = None
        except configparser.NoOptionError as e:
            self.pattern_include = None

        # Do we need to exclude hosts that match a pattern?
        try:
            pattern_exclude = config.get('ec2', 'pattern_exclude');
            if pattern_exclude and len(pattern_exclude) > 0:
                self.pattern_exclude = re.compile(pattern_exclude)
            else:
                self.pattern_exclude = None
        except configparser.NoOptionError as e:
            self.pattern_exclude = None

        # Instance filters (see boto and EC2 API docs). Ignore invalid filters.
        self.ec2_instance_filters = defaultdict(list)
        if config.has_option('ec2', 'instance_filters'):
            for instance_filter in config.get('ec2', 'instance_filters', '').split(','):
                instance_filter = instance_filter.strip()
                if not instance_filter or '=' not in instance_filter:
                    continue
                filter_key, filter_value = [x.strip() for x in instance_filter.split('=', 1)]
                if not filter_key:
                    continue
                self.ec2_instance_filters[filter_key].append(filter_value)

    def parse_cli_args(self):
        ''' Command line argument processing '''

        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Produce an Ansible Inventory file based on EC2')
        parser.add_argument('--list', action='store_true', default=True,
                           help='List instances (default: True)')
        parser.add_argument('--host', action='store',
                           help='Get all the variables about a specific instance')
        parser.add_argument('--refresh-cache', action='store_true', default=False,
                           help='Force refresh of cache by making API requests to EC2 (default: False - use cache files)')
        self.args = parser.parse_args()


    def do_api_calls_update_cache(self):
        ''' Do API calls to each region, and save data in cache files '''

        if self.route53_enabled:
            self.get_route53_records()

        for region in self.regions:
            self.get_instances_by_region(region)
            if self.rds_enabled:
                self.get_rds_instances_by_region(region)
            if self.elasticache_enabled:
                self.get_elasticache_clusters_by_region(region)
                self.get_elasticache_replication_groups_by_region(region)

        self.write_to_cache(self.inventory, self.cache_path_cache)
        self.write_to_cache(self.index, self.cache_path_index)

    def connect(self, region):
        ''' create connection to api server'''
        if self.eucalyptus:
            conn = boto.connect_euca(host=self.eucalyptus_host)
            conn.APIVersion = '2010-08-31'
        else:
            conn = ec2.connect_to_region(region)
        # connect_to_region will fail "silently" by returning None if the region name is wrong or not supported
        if conn is None:
            self.fail_with_error("region name: %s likely not supported, or AWS is down.  connection to region failed." % region)
        return conn

    def get_instances_by_region(self, region):
        ''' Makes an AWS EC2 API call to the list of instances in a particular
        region '''

        try:
            conn = self.connect(region)
            reservations = []
            if self.ec2_instance_filters:
                for filter_key, filter_values in self.ec2_instance_filters.items():
                    reservations.extend(conn.get_all_instances(filters = { filter_key : filter_values }))
            else:
                reservations = conn.get_all_instances()

            for reservation in reservations:
                for instance in reservation.instances:
                    self.add_instance(instance, region)

        except boto.exception.BotoServerError as e:
            if e.error_code == 'AuthFailure':
                error = self.get_auth_error_message()
            else:
                backend = 'Eucalyptus' if self.eucalyptus else 'AWS' 
                error = "Error connecting to %s backend.\n%s" % (backend, e.message)
            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting EC2 instances')

    def get_rds_instances_by_region(self, region):
        ''' Makes an AWS API call to the list of RDS instances in a particular
        region '''

        try:
            conn = rds.connect_to_region(region)
            if conn:
                instances = conn.get_all_dbinstances()
                for instance in instances:
                    self.add_rds_instance(instance, region)
        except boto.exception.BotoServerError as e:
            error = e.reason

            if e.error_code == 'AuthFailure':
                error = self.get_auth_error_message()
            if not e.reason == "Forbidden":
                error = "Looks like AWS RDS is down:\n%s" % e.message
            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting RDS instances')

    def get_elasticache_clusters_by_region(self, region):
        ''' Makes an AWS API call to the list of ElastiCache clusters (with
        nodes' info) in a particular region.'''

        # ElastiCache boto module doesn't provide a get_all_intances method,
        # that's why we need to call describe directly (it would be called by
        # the shorthand method anyway...)
        try:
            conn = elasticache.connect_to_region(region)
            if conn:
                # show_cache_node_info = True
                # because we also want nodes' information
                response = conn.describe_cache_clusters(None, None, None, True)

        except boto.exception.BotoServerError as e:
            error = e.reason

            if e.error_code == 'AuthFailure':
                error = self.get_auth_error_message()
            if not e.reason == "Forbidden":
                error = "Looks like AWS ElastiCache is down:\n%s" % e.message
            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting ElastiCache clusters')

        try:
            # Boto also doesn't provide wrapper classes to CacheClusters or
            # CacheNodes. Because of that wo can't make use of the get_list
            # method in the AWSQueryConnection. Let's do the work manually
            clusters = response['DescribeCacheClustersResponse']['DescribeCacheClustersResult']['CacheClusters']

        except KeyError as e:
            error = "ElastiCache query to AWS failed (unexpected format)."
            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting ElastiCache clusters')

        for cluster in clusters:
            self.add_elasticache_cluster(cluster, region)

    def get_elasticache_replication_groups_by_region(self, region):
        ''' Makes an AWS API call to the list of ElastiCache replication groups
        in a particular region.'''

        # ElastiCache boto module doesn't provide a get_all_intances method,
        # that's why we need to call describe directly (it would be called by
        # the shorthand method anyway...)
        try:
            conn = elasticache.connect_to_region(region)
            if conn:
                response = conn.describe_replication_groups()

        except boto.exception.BotoServerError as e:
            error = e.reason

            if e.error_code == 'AuthFailure':
                error = self.get_auth_error_message()
            if not e.reason == "Forbidden":
                error = "Looks like AWS ElastiCache [Replication Groups] is down:\n%s" % e.message
            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting ElastiCache clusters')

        try:
            # Boto also doesn't provide wrapper classes to ReplicationGroups
            # Because of that wo can't make use of the get_list method in the
            # AWSQueryConnection. Let's do the work manually
            replication_groups = response['DescribeReplicationGroupsResponse']['DescribeReplicationGroupsResult']['ReplicationGroups']

        except KeyError as e:
            error = "ElastiCache [Replication Groups] query to AWS failed (unexpected format)."
            self.fail_with_error(error, 'getting ElastiCache clusters')

        for replication_group in replication_groups:
            self.add_elasticache_replication_group(replication_group, region)

    def get_auth_error_message(self):
        ''' create an informative error message if there is an issue authenticating'''
        errors = ["Authentication error retrieving ec2 inventory."]
        if None in [os.environ.get('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'), os.environ.get('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')]:
            errors.append(' - No AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment vars found')
        else:
            errors.append(' - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment vars found but may not be correct')

        boto_paths = ['/etc/boto.cfg', '~/.boto', '~/.aws/credentials']
        boto_config_found = list(p for p in boto_paths if os.path.isfile(os.path.expanduser(p)))
        if len(boto_config_found) > 0:
            errors.append(" - Boto configs found at '%s', but the credentials contained may not be correct" % ', '.join(boto_config_found))
        else:
            errors.append(" - No Boto config found at any expected location '%s'" % ', '.join(boto_paths))

        return '\n'.join(errors)

    def fail_with_error(self, err_msg, err_operation=None):
        '''log an error to std err for ansible-playbook to consume and exit'''
        if err_operation:
            err_msg = 'ERROR: "{err_msg}", while: {err_operation}'.format(
                err_msg=err_msg, err_operation=err_operation)
        sys.stderr.write(err_msg)
        sys.exit(1)

    def get_instance(self, region, instance_id):
        conn = self.connect(region)

        reservations = conn.get_all_instances([instance_id])
        for reservation in reservations:
            for instance in reservation.instances:
                return instance

    def add_instance(self, instance, region):
        ''' Adds an instance to the inventory and index, as long as it is
        addressable '''

        # Only return instances with desired instance states
        if instance.state not in self.ec2_instance_states:
            return

        # Select the best destination address
        if instance.subnet_id:
            dest = getattr(instance, self.vpc_destination_variable, None)
            if dest is None:
                dest = getattr(instance, 'tags').get(self.vpc_destination_variable, None)
        else:
            dest = getattr(instance, self.destination_variable, None)
            if dest is None:
                dest = getattr(instance, 'tags').get(self.destination_variable, None)

        if not dest:
            # Skip instances we cannot address (e.g. private VPC subnet)
            return

        # if we only want to include hosts that match a pattern, skip those that don't
        if self.pattern_include and not self.pattern_include.match(dest):
            return

        # if we need to exclude hosts that match a pattern, skip those
        if self.pattern_exclude and self.pattern_exclude.match(dest):
            return

        # Add to index
        self.index[dest] = [region, instance.id]

        # Inventory: Group by instance ID (always a group of 1)
        if self.group_by_instance_id:
            self.inventory[instance.id] = [dest]
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'instances', instance.id)

        # Inventory: Group by region
        if self.group_by_region:
            self.push(self.inventory, region, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'regions', region)

        # Inventory: Group by availability zone
        if self.group_by_availability_zone:
            self.push(self.inventory, instance.placement, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                if self.group_by_region:
                    self.push_group(self.inventory, region, instance.placement)
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'zones', instance.placement)

        # Inventory: Group by Amazon Machine Image (AMI) ID
        if self.group_by_ami_id:
            ami_id = self.to_safe(instance.image_id)
            self.push(self.inventory, ami_id, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'images', ami_id)

        # Inventory: Group by instance type
        if self.group_by_instance_type:
            type_name = self.to_safe('type_' + instance.instance_type)
            self.push(self.inventory, type_name, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'types', type_name)

        # Inventory: Group by key pair
        if self.group_by_key_pair and instance.key_name:
            key_name = self.to_safe('key_' + instance.key_name)
            self.push(self.inventory, key_name, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'keys', key_name)

        # Inventory: Group by VPC
        if self.group_by_vpc_id and instance.vpc_id:
            vpc_id_name = self.to_safe('vpc_id_' + instance.vpc_id)
            self.push(self.inventory, vpc_id_name, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'vpcs', vpc_id_name)

        # Inventory: Group by security group
        if self.group_by_security_group:
            try:
                for group in instance.groups:
                    key = self.to_safe("security_group_" + group.name)
                    self.push(self.inventory, key, dest)
                    if self.nested_groups:
                        self.push_group(self.inventory, 'security_groups', key)
            except AttributeError:
                self.fail_with_error('\n'.join(['Package boto seems a bit older.', 
                                            'Please upgrade boto >= 2.3.0.']))

        # Inventory: Group by tag keys
        if self.group_by_tag_keys:
            for k, v in instance.tags.items():
                if v:
                    key = self.to_safe("tag_" + k + "=" + v)
                else:
                    key = self.to_safe("tag_" + k)
                self.push(self.inventory, key, dest)
                if self.nested_groups:
                    self.push_group(self.inventory, 'tags', self.to_safe("tag_" + k))
                    self.push_group(self.inventory, self.to_safe("tag_" + k), key)

        # Inventory: Group by Route53 domain names if enabled
        if self.route53_enabled and self.group_by_route53_names:
            route53_names = self.get_instance_route53_names(instance)
            for name in route53_names:
                self.push(self.inventory, name, dest)
                if self.nested_groups:
                    self.push_group(self.inventory, 'route53', name)

        # Global Tag: instances without tags
        if self.group_by_tag_none and len(instance.tags) == 0:
            self.push(self.inventory, 'tag_none', dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'tags', 'tag_none')

        # Global Tag: tag all EC2 instances
        self.push(self.inventory, 'ec2', dest)

        self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][dest] = self.get_host_info_dict_from_instance(instance)


    def add_rds_instance(self, instance, region):
        ''' Adds an RDS instance to the inventory and index, as long as it is
        addressable '''

        # Only want available instances unless all_rds_instances is True
        if not self.all_rds_instances and instance.status != 'available':
            return

        # Select the best destination address
        dest = instance.endpoint[0]

        if not dest:
            # Skip instances we cannot address (e.g. private VPC subnet)
            return

        # Add to index
        self.index[dest] = [region, instance.id]

        # Inventory: Group by instance ID (always a group of 1)
        if self.group_by_instance_id:
            self.inventory[instance.id] = [dest]
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'instances', instance.id)

        # Inventory: Group by region
        if self.group_by_region:
            self.push(self.inventory, region, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'regions', region)

        # Inventory: Group by availability zone
        if self.group_by_availability_zone:
            self.push(self.inventory, instance.availability_zone, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                if self.group_by_region:
                    self.push_group(self.inventory, region, instance.availability_zone)
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'zones', instance.availability_zone)

        # Inventory: Group by instance type
        if self.group_by_instance_type:
            type_name = self.to_safe('type_' + instance.instance_class)
            self.push(self.inventory, type_name, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'types', type_name)

        # Inventory: Group by VPC
        if self.group_by_vpc_id and instance.subnet_group and instance.subnet_group.vpc_id:
            vpc_id_name = self.to_safe('vpc_id_' + instance.subnet_group.vpc_id)
            self.push(self.inventory, vpc_id_name, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'vpcs', vpc_id_name)

        # Inventory: Group by security group
        if self.group_by_security_group:
            try:
                if instance.security_group:
                    key = self.to_safe("security_group_" + instance.security_group.name)
                    self.push(self.inventory, key, dest)
                    if self.nested_groups:
                        self.push_group(self.inventory, 'security_groups', key)

            except AttributeError:
                self.fail_with_error('\n'.join(['Package boto seems a bit older.', 
                                            'Please upgrade boto >= 2.3.0.']))


        # Inventory: Group by engine
        if self.group_by_rds_engine:
            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("rds_" + instance.engine), dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'rds_engines', self.to_safe("rds_" + instance.engine))

        # Inventory: Group by parameter group
        if self.group_by_rds_parameter_group:
            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("rds_parameter_group_" + instance.parameter_group.name), dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'rds_parameter_groups', self.to_safe("rds_parameter_group_" + instance.parameter_group.name))

        # Global Tag: all RDS instances
        self.push(self.inventory, 'rds', dest)

        self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][dest] = self.get_host_info_dict_from_instance(instance)

    def add_elasticache_cluster(self, cluster, region):
        ''' Adds an ElastiCache cluster to the inventory and index, as long as
        it's nodes are addressable '''

        # Only want available clusters unless all_elasticache_clusters is True
        if not self.all_elasticache_clusters and cluster['CacheClusterStatus'] != 'available':
            return

        # Select the best destination address
        if 'ConfigurationEndpoint' in cluster and cluster['ConfigurationEndpoint']:
            # Memcached cluster
            dest = cluster['ConfigurationEndpoint']['Address']
            is_redis = False
        else:
            # Redis sigle node cluster
            # Because all Redis clusters are single nodes, we'll merge the
            # info from the cluster with info about the node
            dest = cluster['CacheNodes'][0]['Endpoint']['Address']
            is_redis = True

        if not dest:
            # Skip clusters we cannot address (e.g. private VPC subnet)
            return

        # Add to index
        self.index[dest] = [region, cluster['CacheClusterId']]

        # Inventory: Group by instance ID (always a group of 1)
        if self.group_by_instance_id:
            self.inventory[cluster['CacheClusterId']] = [dest]
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'instances', cluster['CacheClusterId'])

        # Inventory: Group by region
        if self.group_by_region and not is_redis:
            self.push(self.inventory, region, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'regions', region)

        # Inventory: Group by availability zone
        if self.group_by_availability_zone and not is_redis:
            self.push(self.inventory, cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'], dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                if self.group_by_region:
                    self.push_group(self.inventory, region, cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'])
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'zones', cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'])

        # Inventory: Group by node type
        if self.group_by_instance_type and not is_redis:
            type_name = self.to_safe('type_' + cluster['CacheNodeType'])
            self.push(self.inventory, type_name, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'types', type_name)

        # Inventory: Group by VPC (information not available in the current
        # AWS API version for ElastiCache)

        # Inventory: Group by security group
        if self.group_by_security_group and not is_redis:

            # Check for the existence of the 'SecurityGroups' key and also if
            # this key has some value. When the cluster is not placed in a SG
            # the query can return None here and cause an error.
            if 'SecurityGroups' in cluster and cluster['SecurityGroups'] is not None:
                for security_group in cluster['SecurityGroups']:
                    key = self.to_safe("security_group_" + security_group['SecurityGroupId'])
                    self.push(self.inventory, key, dest)
                    if self.nested_groups:
                        self.push_group(self.inventory, 'security_groups', key)

        # Inventory: Group by engine
        if self.group_by_elasticache_engine and not is_redis:
            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("elasticache_" + cluster['Engine']), dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'elasticache_engines', self.to_safe(cluster['Engine']))

        # Inventory: Group by parameter group
        if self.group_by_elasticache_parameter_group:
            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("elasticache_parameter_group_" + cluster['CacheParameterGroup']['CacheParameterGroupName']), dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'elasticache_parameter_groups', self.to_safe(cluster['CacheParameterGroup']['CacheParameterGroupName']))

        # Inventory: Group by replication group
        if self.group_by_elasticache_replication_group and 'ReplicationGroupId' in cluster and cluster['ReplicationGroupId']:
            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("elasticache_replication_group_" + cluster['ReplicationGroupId']), dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'elasticache_replication_groups', self.to_safe(cluster['ReplicationGroupId']))

        # Global Tag: all ElastiCache clusters
        self.push(self.inventory, 'elasticache_clusters', cluster['CacheClusterId'])

        host_info = self.get_host_info_dict_from_describe_dict(cluster)

        self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][dest] = host_info

        # Add the nodes
        for node in cluster['CacheNodes']:
            self.add_elasticache_node(node, cluster, region)

    def add_elasticache_node(self, node, cluster, region):
        ''' Adds an ElastiCache node to the inventory and index, as long as
        it is addressable '''

        # Only want available nodes unless all_elasticache_nodes is True
        if not self.all_elasticache_nodes and node['CacheNodeStatus'] != 'available':
            return

        # Select the best destination address
        dest = node['Endpoint']['Address']

        if not dest:
            # Skip nodes we cannot address (e.g. private VPC subnet)
            return

        node_id = self.to_safe(cluster['CacheClusterId'] + '_' + node['CacheNodeId'])

        # Add to index
        self.index[dest] = [region, node_id]

        # Inventory: Group by node ID (always a group of 1)
        if self.group_by_instance_id:
            self.inventory[node_id] = [dest]
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'instances', node_id)

        # Inventory: Group by region
        if self.group_by_region:
            self.push(self.inventory, region, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'regions', region)

        # Inventory: Group by availability zone
        if self.group_by_availability_zone:
            self.push(self.inventory, cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'], dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                if self.group_by_region:
                    self.push_group(self.inventory, region, cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'])
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'zones', cluster['PreferredAvailabilityZone'])

        # Inventory: Group by node type
        if self.group_by_instance_type:
            type_name = self.to_safe('type_' + cluster['CacheNodeType'])
            self.push(self.inventory, type_name, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'types', type_name)

        # Inventory: Group by VPC (information not available in the current
        # AWS API version for ElastiCache)

        # Inventory: Group by security group
        if self.group_by_security_group:

            # Check for the existence of the 'SecurityGroups' key and also if
            # this key has some value. When the cluster is not placed in a SG
            # the query can return None here and cause an error.
            if 'SecurityGroups' in cluster and cluster['SecurityGroups'] is not None:
                for security_group in cluster['SecurityGroups']:
                    key = self.to_safe("security_group_" + security_group['SecurityGroupId'])
                    self.push(self.inventory, key, dest)
                    if self.nested_groups:
                        self.push_group(self.inventory, 'security_groups', key)

        # Inventory: Group by engine
        if self.group_by_elasticache_engine:
            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("elasticache_" + cluster['Engine']), dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'elasticache_engines', self.to_safe("elasticache_" + cluster['Engine']))

        # Inventory: Group by parameter group (done at cluster level)

        # Inventory: Group by replication group (done at cluster level)

        # Inventory: Group by ElastiCache Cluster
        if self.group_by_elasticache_cluster:
            self.push(self.inventory, self.to_safe("elasticache_cluster_" + cluster['CacheClusterId']), dest)

        # Global Tag: all ElastiCache nodes
        self.push(self.inventory, 'elasticache_nodes', dest)

        host_info = self.get_host_info_dict_from_describe_dict(node)

        if dest in self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"]:
            self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][dest].update(host_info)
        else:
            self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][dest] = host_info

    def add_elasticache_replication_group(self, replication_group, region):
        ''' Adds an ElastiCache replication group to the inventory and index '''

        # Only want available clusters unless all_elasticache_replication_groups is True
        if not self.all_elasticache_replication_groups and replication_group['Status'] != 'available':
            return

        # Select the best destination address (PrimaryEndpoint)
        dest = replication_group['NodeGroups'][0]['PrimaryEndpoint']['Address']

        if not dest:
            # Skip clusters we cannot address (e.g. private VPC subnet)
            return

        # Add to index
        self.index[dest] = [region, replication_group['ReplicationGroupId']]

        # Inventory: Group by ID (always a group of 1)
        if self.group_by_instance_id:
            self.inventory[replication_group['ReplicationGroupId']] = [dest]
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'instances', replication_group['ReplicationGroupId'])

        # Inventory: Group by region
        if self.group_by_region:
            self.push(self.inventory, region, dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'regions', region)

        # Inventory: Group by availability zone (doesn't apply to replication groups)

        # Inventory: Group by node type (doesn't apply to replication groups)

        # Inventory: Group by VPC (information not available in the current
        # AWS API version for replication groups

        # Inventory: Group by security group (doesn't apply to replication groups)
        # Check this value in cluster level

        # Inventory: Group by engine (replication groups are always Redis)
        if self.group_by_elasticache_engine:
            self.push(self.inventory, 'elasticache_redis', dest)
            if self.nested_groups:
                self.push_group(self.inventory, 'elasticache_engines', 'redis')

        # Global Tag: all ElastiCache clusters
        self.push(self.inventory, 'elasticache_replication_groups', replication_group['ReplicationGroupId'])

        host_info = self.get_host_info_dict_from_describe_dict(replication_group)

        self.inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"][dest] = host_info

    def get_route53_records(self):
        ''' Get and store the map of resource records to domain names that
        point to them. '''

        r53_conn = route53.Route53Connection()
        all_zones = r53_conn.get_zones()

        route53_zones = [ zone for zone in all_zones if zone.name[:-1]
                          not in self.route53_excluded_zones ]

        self.route53_records = {}

        for zone in route53_zones:
            rrsets = r53_conn.get_all_rrsets(zone.id)

            for record_set in rrsets:
                record_name = record_set.name

                if record_name.endswith('.'):
                    record_name = record_name[:-1]

                for resource in record_set.resource_records:
                    self.route53_records.setdefault(resource, set())
                    self.route53_records[resource].add(record_name)


    def get_instance_route53_names(self, instance):
        ''' Check if an instance is referenced in the records we have from
        Route53. If it is, return the list of domain names pointing to said
        instance. If nothing points to it, return an empty list. '''

        instance_attributes = [ 'public_dns_name', 'private_dns_name',
                                'ip_address', 'private_ip_address' ]

        name_list = set()

        for attrib in instance_attributes:
            try:
                value = getattr(instance, attrib)
            except AttributeError:
                continue

            if value in self.route53_records:
                name_list.update(self.route53_records[value])

        return list(name_list)

    def get_host_info_dict_from_instance(self, instance):
        instance_vars = {}
        for key in vars(instance):
            value = getattr(instance, key)
            key = self.to_safe('ec2_' + key)

            # Handle complex types
            # state/previous_state changed to properties in boto in https://github.com/boto/boto/commit/a23c379837f698212252720d2af8dec0325c9518
            if key == 'ec2__state':
                instance_vars['ec2_state'] = instance.state or ''
                instance_vars['ec2_state_code'] = instance.state_code
            elif key == 'ec2__previous_state':
                instance_vars['ec2_previous_state'] = instance.previous_state or ''
                instance_vars['ec2_previous_state_code'] = instance.previous_state_code
            elif type(value) in [int, bool]:
                instance_vars[key] = value
            elif isinstance(value, six.string_types):
                instance_vars[key] = value.strip()
            elif type(value) == type(None):
                instance_vars[key] = ''
            elif key == 'ec2_region':
                instance_vars[key] = value.name
            elif key == 'ec2__placement':
                instance_vars['ec2_placement'] = value.zone
            elif key == 'ec2_tags':
                for k, v in value.items():
                    key = self.to_safe('ec2_tag_' + k)
                    instance_vars[key] = v
            elif key == 'ec2_groups':
                group_ids = []
                group_names = []
                for group in value:
                    group_ids.append(group.id)
                    group_names.append(group.name)
                instance_vars["ec2_security_group_ids"] = ','.join([str(i) for i in group_ids])
                instance_vars["ec2_security_group_names"] = ','.join([str(i) for i in group_names])
            else:
                pass
                # TODO Product codes if someone finds them useful
                #print key
                #print type(value)
                #print value

        return instance_vars

    def get_host_info_dict_from_describe_dict(self, describe_dict):
        ''' Parses the dictionary returned by the API call into a flat list
            of parameters. This method should be used only when 'describe' is
            used directly because Boto doesn't provide specific classes. '''

        # I really don't agree with prefixing everything with 'ec2'
        # because EC2, RDS and ElastiCache are different services.
        # I'm just following the pattern used until now to not break any
        # compatibility.

        host_info = {}
        for key in describe_dict:
            value = describe_dict[key]
            key = self.to_safe('ec2_' + self.uncammelize(key))

            # Handle complex types

            # Target: Memcached Cache Clusters
            if key == 'ec2_configuration_endpoint' and value:
                host_info['ec2_configuration_endpoint_address'] = value['Address']
                host_info['ec2_configuration_endpoint_port'] = value['Port']

            # Target: Cache Nodes and Redis Cache Clusters (single node)
            if key == 'ec2_endpoint' and value:
                host_info['ec2_endpoint_address'] = value['Address']
                host_info['ec2_endpoint_port'] = value['Port']

            # Target: Redis Replication Groups
            if key == 'ec2_node_groups' and value:
                host_info['ec2_endpoint_address'] = value[0]['PrimaryEndpoint']['Address']
                host_info['ec2_endpoint_port'] = value[0]['PrimaryEndpoint']['Port']
                replica_count = 0
                for node in value[0]['NodeGroupMembers']:
                    if node['CurrentRole'] == 'primary':
                        host_info['ec2_primary_cluster_address'] = node['ReadEndpoint']['Address']
                        host_info['ec2_primary_cluster_port'] = node['ReadEndpoint']['Port']
                        host_info['ec2_primary_cluster_id'] = node['CacheClusterId']
                    elif node['CurrentRole'] == 'replica':
                        host_info['ec2_replica_cluster_address_'+ str(replica_count)] = node['ReadEndpoint']['Address']
                        host_info['ec2_replica_cluster_port_'+ str(replica_count)] = node['ReadEndpoint']['Port']
                        host_info['ec2_replica_cluster_id_'+ str(replica_count)] = node['CacheClusterId']
                        replica_count += 1

            # Target: Redis Replication Groups
            if key == 'ec2_member_clusters' and value:
                host_info['ec2_member_clusters'] = ','.join([str(i) for i in value])

            # Target: All Cache Clusters
            elif key == 'ec2_cache_parameter_group':
                host_info["ec2_cache_node_ids_to_reboot"] = ','.join([str(i) for i in value['CacheNodeIdsToReboot']])
                host_info['ec2_cache_parameter_group_name'] = value['CacheParameterGroupName']
                host_info['ec2_cache_parameter_apply_status'] = value['ParameterApplyStatus']

            # Target: Almost everything
            elif key == 'ec2_security_groups':

                # Skip if SecurityGroups is None
                # (it is possible to have the key defined but no value in it).
                if value is not None:
                    sg_ids = []
                    for sg in value:
                        sg_ids.append(sg['SecurityGroupId'])
                    host_info["ec2_security_group_ids"] = ','.join([str(i) for i in sg_ids])

            # Target: Everything
            # Preserve booleans and integers
            elif type(value) in [int, bool]:
                host_info[key] = value

            # Target: Everything
            # Sanitize string values
            elif isinstance(value, six.string_types):
                host_info[key] = value.strip()

            # Target: Everything
            # Replace None by an empty string
            elif type(value) == type(None):
                host_info[key] = ''

            else:
                # Remove non-processed complex types
                pass

        return host_info

    def get_host_info(self):
        ''' Get variables about a specific host '''

        if len(self.index) == 0:
            # Need to load index from cache
            self.load_index_from_cache()

        if not self.args.host in self.index:
            # try updating the cache
            self.do_api_calls_update_cache()
            if not self.args.host in self.index:
                # host might not exist anymore
                return self.json_format_dict({}, True)

        (region, instance_id) = self.index[self.args.host]

        instance = self.get_instance(region, instance_id)
        return self.json_format_dict(self.get_host_info_dict_from_instance(instance), True)

    def push(self, my_dict, key, element):
        ''' Push an element onto an array that may not have been defined in
        the dict '''
        group_info = my_dict.setdefault(key, [])
        if isinstance(group_info, dict):
            host_list = group_info.setdefault('hosts', [])
            host_list.append(element)
        else:
            group_info.append(element)

    def push_group(self, my_dict, key, element):
        ''' Push a group as a child of another group. '''
        parent_group = my_dict.setdefault(key, {})
        if not isinstance(parent_group, dict):
            parent_group = my_dict[key] = {'hosts': parent_group}
        child_groups = parent_group.setdefault('children', [])
        if element not in child_groups:
            child_groups.append(element)

    def get_inventory_from_cache(self):
        ''' Reads the inventory from the cache file and returns it as a JSON
        object '''

        cache = open(self.cache_path_cache, 'r')
        json_inventory = cache.read()
        return json_inventory


    def load_index_from_cache(self):
        ''' Reads the index from the cache file sets self.index '''

        cache = open(self.cache_path_index, 'r')
        json_index = cache.read()
        self.index = json.loads(json_index)


    def write_to_cache(self, data, filename):
        ''' Writes data in JSON format to a file '''

        json_data = self.json_format_dict(data, True)
        cache = open(filename, 'w')
        cache.write(json_data)
        cache.close()

    def uncammelize(self, key):
        temp = re.sub('(.)([A-Z][a-z]+)', r'\1_\2', key)
        return re.sub('([a-z0-9])([A-Z])', r'\1_\2', temp).lower()

    def to_safe(self, word):
        ''' Converts 'bad' characters in a string to underscores so they can be
        used as Ansible groups '''

        return re.sub("[^A-Za-z0-9\_]", "_", word)

    def json_format_dict(self, data, pretty=False):
        ''' Converts a dict to a JSON object and dumps it as a formatted
        string '''

        if pretty:
            return json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True, indent=2)
        else:
            return json.dumps(data)


# Run the script
Ec2Inventory()