From a80a2c8bb8173c387710add49108c7bc1f636e72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nesies <>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 12:44:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 1594_ec2_instance_key_name_is_not_an_error

---
 plugins/modules/ec2_instance.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/modules/ec2_instance.py b/plugins/modules/ec2_instance.py
index a70b6bf15dd..38792b05089 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ec2_instance.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ec2_instance.py
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ def build_top_level_options(params):
             msg="You must include an image_id or image.id parameter to create an instance, or use a launch_template."
         )
 
-    if params.get("key_name") is not None:
+    if params.get("key_name") not in (None, ""):
         spec["KeyName"] = params.get("key_name")
 
     spec.update(build_userdata(params))