with_items question

[liverpudlian88]

Hello,

I am kinda new to Ansible, I would appreciate if you could assist me with a question, I am trying to do the following in a role in a playbook

1- Copy 3 zip files to a specific destination

2- Unzip only the first

3- Rename a directory in the unzipped location

4- Unzip the remaining 2 files

I mainly have 2 problems, the first is that only the first file is copied and second the when condition is apparently not written correctly

This is my list in the role's default directory

  installer_archives:

  - { name: V978971-01.zip, dest: "{{oracle_home_gi}}" }

  - { name: p28828717_180000_Linux-x86-64.zip, dest: "{{oracle_stage}}" }

  - { name: p6880880_121010_Linux-x86-64.zip, dest: "{{oracle_home_gi}}" }

This is my role:

# ==> Copy installer files

- name: Copy installer files

  copy:

    src: '{{ item }}'

    dest: '{{ oracle_stage }}/'

    owner: '{{ grid_install_user }}'

    mode: 0644

    group: '{{ oracle_group }}'

  with_items: '{{ installer_archives }}'

  when: ansible_hostname==groups[group_names | first] | first

- name: install-home-gi | Extract files to ORACLE_HOME (gi)

  unarchive:

    src: '{{ oracle_stage }}/{{ item }}'

    dest: '{{ item.dest }}'

    copy: no

    owner: '{{ grid_install_user }}'

    group: '{{ oracle_group }}'

  with_items: '{{installer_archives}}'

  args:

    creates: '{{ oracle_home_gi }}/root.sh'

  when: ansible_hostname==groups[group_names | first] | first and  "{{installer_archives}}" | first

- name: install-home-gi | Move old Opatch directory

  shell: "mv {{ oracle_home_gi }}/OPatch {{ oracle_home_gi }}/OPatch.old"

- name: install-home-gi | Extract Opatch and BP

  unarchive:

    src: '{{ oracle_stage }}/{{ item.name }}'

    dest: '{{ item.dest }}'

    copy: no

    owner: '{{ grid_install_user }}'

    group: '{{ oracle_group }}'

  with_items: '{{installer_archives}}'

  when: ansible_hostname==groups[group_names | first] | first and not {{installer_archives}} | first

Thank you

[liverpudlian88]

Hello, Any help please?

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 10.03.2019 15:34, liverpudlian88 wrote:
> Hello, Any help please?

A lot of fundamental problems. I'll try to address them all.

> On Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 3:18:21 AM UTC+2, liverpudlian88 wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am kinda new to Ansible, I would appreciate if you could assist me
>> with
>> a question, I am trying to do the following in a role in a playbook
>>
>> 1- Copy 3 zip files to a specific destination
>> 2- Unzip only the first
>> 3- Rename a directory in the unzipped location
>> 4- Unzip the remaining 2 files
>>
>> I mainly have 2 problems, the first is that only the first file is
>> copied
>> and second the when condition is apparently not written correctly

This is not very helpful and probably the reason you haven't gotten an
answer (plus is a weekend).
You should always provide the full output of the run, very hard to help
without since it takes a lot more time.

>> This is my list in the role's default directory
>> installer_archives:
>> - { name: V978971-01.zip, dest: "{{oracle_home_gi}}" }
>> - { name: p28828717_180000_Linux-x86-64.zip, dest:
>> "{{oracle_stage}}" }
>> - { name: p6880880_121010_Linux-x86-64.zip, dest:
>> "{{oracle_home_gi}}" }
>>
>> This is my role:
>> # ==> Copy installer files
>> - name: Copy installer files
>> copy:
>> src: '{{ item }}'
>> dest: '{{ oracle_stage }}/'
>> owner: '{{ grid_install_user }}'
>> mode: 0644
>> group: '{{ oracle_group }}'
>> with_items: '{{ installer_archives }}'
>> when: ansible_hostname==groups[group_names | first] | first

Every item will contain a dict with two keys, item.name and item.dest.
You are here using item that will contain both key and value.
I guess you are after item.name in your src: and not both of them since
that make no sense.

>> - name: install-home-gi | Extract files to ORACLE_HOME (gi)
>> unarchive:
>> src: '{{ oracle_stage }}/{{ item }}'
>> dest: '{{ item.dest }}'
>> copy: no
>> owner: '{{ grid_install_user }}'
>> group: '{{ oracle_group }}'
>> with_items: '{{installer_archives}}'
>> args:
>> creates: '{{ oracle_home_gi }}/root.sh'
>> when: ansible_hostname==groups[group_names | first] | first and
>> "{{installer_archives}}" | first

Same here, your item is a dict and your are probably looking for
item.name and not just item.

>> - name: install-home-gi | Move old Opatch directory
>> shell: "mv {{ oracle_home_gi }}/OPatch {{ oracle_home_gi
>> }}/OPatch.old"
>>
>> - name: install-home-gi | Extract Opatch and BP
>> unarchive:
>> src: '{{ oracle_stage }}/{{ item.name }}'
>> dest: '{{ item.dest }}'
>> copy: no
>> owner: '{{ grid_install_user }}'
>> group: '{{ oracle_group }}'
>> with_items: '{{installer_archives}}'
>> when: ansible_hostname==groups[group_names | first] | first and not
>> {{installer_archives}} | first

Here you actually have item.name and this is probably the only task that
works.

--
Kai Stian Olstad

[Gavin Henry]

Have you run your playbook with -vvvvv to see what is actually happening? 

[liverpudlian88]

Thank you for all the help, this is the output of the first task with -vvvvv when I try item.name

TASK [oraswgi-install : Copy installer files] *****************************************************************************************

task path: /root/MY_RAC/roles/oraswgi-install/tasks/main.yml:25

Read vars_file 'infra-vars.yml'

Read vars_file 'db-vars.yml'

Read vars_file 'secrets.yml'

fatal: [oradb1]: FAILED! => {

    "msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy.AnsibleUnsafeText object' has no attribute 'name'\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/root/MY_RAC/roles/oraswgi-install/tasks/main.yml': line 25, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n# ==> Copy installer files\n- name: Copy installer files\n  ^ here\n"

}

skipping: [oradb2] => (item=V978971-01.zip)  => {

    "changed": false,

    "item": "V978971-01.zip",

    "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False"

}

Read vars_file 'infra-vars.yml'

Read vars_file 'db-vars.yml'

Read vars_file 'secrets.yml'

The modified task is:

# ==> Copy installer files

- name: Copy installer files

  copy:

    src: '{{ item.name }}'