Try to install ACL on remote host, after that execute ansible script sudo apt-get install acl As explained in the doc when both the connection user and the become_user are unprivileged, the module file is written as the user that Ansible connects as (the remote_user), but the file needs to be readable by the user … Read more
Note: this answer covers general question of “How can i check the file existence in ansible”, not a specific case of downloading file. The problems with the previous answers using “command” or “shell” actions is that they won’t work in –check mode. Actually, first action will be skipped, and next will error out on “when: … Read more
You need to define a host inventory. The default path for this is /etc/ansible/hosts (as also stated by helloV). For a minimal example you can also specify an inventory in the command line: ansible-playbook setup.yml -i 192.168.10.1, The trailing comma makes it a list, such that ansible parses it directy. Otherwise you can run ansible-playbook … Read more
Here is the problem, you have mixed up two tasks into one: — – hosts: webhost sudo: yes connection: ssh tasks: – name: debuging module shell: ps aux register: output – name: show the value of output debug: var=output And out put of the playbook will be like this: PLAY [all] ********************************************************************* TASK [setup] ******************************************************************* … Read more
In short, you need to put the GPG key with the correct extension into a separate directory that is not searched by default, and point your repository configuration at that specific file. For more info on why you need a separate directory, see this answer to “Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d … Read more
There is a version test for it: {{ ansible_distribution_version is version(‘12.04’, ‘>=’) }} {{ sample_version_var is version(‘1.0’, operator=”lt”, strict=True) }} Prior to Ansible 2.5, all tests were also provided as filters, so, the same was achievable with a filter, named version_compare, but in current versions of Ansible, the test was renamed and, overall, the tests … Read more
Assuming index.php exists in the role’s files subdirectory: – copy: src: index.php dest: /var/www/index.php force: no The decisive property is force. As the documentation explains, the default is yes, which will replace the remote file when contents are different than the source. If no, the file will only be transferred if the destination does not … Read more
Well you can set in three ways http://docs.ansible.com/intro_inventory.html#list-of-behavioral-inventory-parameters ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python2 this will set it per host Set it host_vars/ ansible_python_interpreter: “/usr/bin/python2” this will set it per host set it for all nodes in the file group_vars/all (you may need to create the directory group_vars and the file all) as ansible_python_interpreter: “/usr/bin/python2” Hope that helps
Try this option. You’ll love it. There’s a new YAML callback plugin introduced with Ansible 2.5 — meaning any machine running Ansible 2.5.0 or later can automatically start using this format without installing custom plugins. To use it, edit your ansible.cfg file (either globally, in /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg, or locally in your playbook/project), and add the following … Read more
Unfortunately, this is the expected behavior. From Ansible Variables Note If a task fails or is skipped, the variable still is registered with a failure or skipped status, the only way to avoid registering a variable is using tags. I do not know how to use tags to solve your issue. EDIT: I found a … Read more