UnArchive fails

[kumar c]

Hi there, 

trying to un-archive from ansible controller machine to remote... 

But, it's throwing error's... 

Error  :-

FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to find handler for \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1517223206.85-97800010944286/source\". Make sure the required command to extract the file is installed. Commands \"gtar\" and \"tar\" not found. Command \"unzip\" not found."}

Code:- 

# unarchive - Copy tgz file and extract in destination.

  - name: Copy and UnArchive the Package in Destination Server.

    unarchive: src={{ binaries_basepath }}/{{tpackage_name}}.tar.gz dest={{install_base_path}}/

More details 

ansible 2.4.2.0

  config file = /home/sure/deployer/ansible_scripts/ansible.cfg

  configured module search path = [u'/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']

  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible

  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible

  python version = 2.7.12 (default, Dec  4 2017, 14:50:18) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609]

tar (GNU tar) 1.28

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[Kai Stian Olstad]

On Monday, 29 January 2018 12.02.48 CET kumar c wrote:
> Hi there,
> trying to un-archive from ansible controller machine to remote...
>
> But, it's throwing error's...
> Error :-
>
> FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to find handler for
> \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1517223206.85-97800010944286/source\".
> Make sure the required command to extract the file is installed. Commands
> \"gtar\" and \"tar\" not found. Command \"unzip\" not found."}

unarchive runs on the remote host not the controller so you need tar and unzip installed on the remote host.


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Kai Stian Olstad