File exists but stat is false

[Daniel Nanboe]

I have a problem checking if a file exists:

- name: Check if ssh key exists
  stat: path= "/config/clients/ssh_keys/daniel_nanboe.pub"
  register: exista
- debug: var=exista
- fail:
    msg: Stop

The file exists but the stat returns false:

"exista": {

        "changed": false,

        "failed": false,

        "stat": {

            "exists": false

        }

    }

[Dick Visser]

that exact task errors because of the space after "path=" - I think
that's a typo on your part?

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[Daniel Nanboe]

Thanks I have removed that but the result is the same when I debug de var stat is false:

ok:  => {

    "exista": {

        "changed": false,

        "failed": false,

        "stat": {

            "exists": false

        }

    }

}

On Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 1:02:50 PM UTC+2, Dick Visser wrote:

that exact task errors because of the space after "path=" - I think
that's a typo on your part?



On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 11:52, Daniel Nanboe <nan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a problem checking if a file exists:
>
> - name: Check if ssh key exists
>   stat: path= "/config/clients/ssh_keys/daniel_nanboe.pub"
>   register: exista
> - debug: var=exista
> - fail:
>     msg: Stop
>
>
>
> The file exists but the stat returns false:
>
> "exista": {
>         "changed": false,
>         "failed": false,
>         "stat": {
>             "exists": false
>         }
>     }
>
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[Dick Visser]

It could still be a permissions issue, for instance if the ansible user has different rights than whatever you did manually that caused you to believe that the file is there. 

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[Dick Visser]

Which leads to the question: how did you establish that the file is actually there?

[Daniel Nanboe]

I just realised that I am stupid :D

The file was on the computer where I was running the ansible script not on the target server. What I needed to do was to run the check locally

- name: Check if ssh key exists
  local_action: stat path="/config/clients/ssh_keys/daniel_nanboe.pub"