['ec2']['tags'] is nil, any help?

[aumkarpraja]

Hey, currently using the latest version of this recipe. Currently using it against a base AWS Windows Server 2016 instance. It's currently unable to find any tags even though the name tag exists. Any help with this? When inspecting node['ec2'] it contains the rest of the info besides the tags which appears non-existent.

[fshields]

@aumkarpraja It's been a long time since you posted your question, but I'll try to help (even though I am not associated with this project).
I'm wondering if node['ec2']['tags'] is empty because your EC2 instance does not have the IAM permission ec2:DescribeTags.

[vanumalla]

Hi @fshields I know this is answered long time back. I do have ec2:DescribeTags but still node['ec2']['tags'] turns out empty on Ubuntu 14.04, whereas it works on Ubuntu 18.04. Do you know of a reason why it wont on Ubuntu 14.04