file does not do what it should - inside a role

[dulh...@mailbox.org]

I have a ./roles/pgBackRest_install/tasks/main.yml aiming to install pgBackRest.

 

the entire roles goes through without any problem but these 2 TASKS are practially not havin any effect on the target.

neiter /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf, nor /var/lib/pgbackrest are being created (eventhough the playbook execution reports "ok" *the 1st one) and  "changed" (the 2nd).

 

 

- name: install preps - create config files

file:

state: touch # sudo touch /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf

path: " {{ item }} "

owner: pgbackrest # sudo chown pgbackrest:pgbackrest /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf

group: pgbackrest

mode: '0640' # sudo chmod 640 /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf

become: true

loop:

- /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf # ERROR: not being created !!!

 

- name: repository - Create the pgBackRest repository

file:

state: directory

path: " {{ item }} "

mode: '0755' # sudo chmod 750 /var/lib/pgbackrest

owner: pgbackrest # sudo chown pgbackrest:pgbackrest /var/lib/pgbackrest

group: pgbackrest

become: true

loop:

- /var/lib/pgbackrest # sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/pgbackrest    # ERROR: not being created !!!

 

 

any idea, what might be going wrong here? Other file TASKS work as expected in that same role.

 

[dulh...@mailbox.org]

sorry, I just noted the indentation got messed up. The TASKS in question look as follows:

 

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- name: install preps - create config files

  file:

    state: touch # sudo touch /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf

    path: " {{ item }} "
    owner: pgbackrest # sudo chown pgbackrest:pgbackrest /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf

    group: pgbackrest
    mode: '0640' # sudo chmod 640 /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf
  become: true

  loop:
    - /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf # ERROR: not being created !!!

 

- name: repository - Create the pgBackRest repository
  file:

    state: directory
    path: " {{ item }} "

    mode: '0755'            # sudo chmod 750 /var/lib/pgbackrest

    owner: pgbackrest       # sudo chown pgbackrest:pgbackrest /var/lib/pgbackrest
    group: pgbackrest

  become: true
  loop:
    - /var/lib/pgbackrest # sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/pgbackrest    # ERROR: not being created !!!

 

 

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[dulh...@mailbox.org]

 

like so often :-), the problem went away by running the playbook several times now.

 

Sorry for the false alarm

 

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[Todd Lewis]

You have

path: " {{ item }} "

where you probably want

path: "{{ item }}"

i.e. without the leading and trailing spaces.