unable to use archive module of ansible

[Sandeep Panchal]

Dear Team, i am trying to use archive on test vm which i created at my end but its getting me into error which i am clueless now, Can someone help on the same. Below are the details. Thanks upfront. $ /usr/bin/ansible --version ansible 2.4.1.0 config file = /mnt/disk1/sandeep/admin/ansiblerd/069-module-archive/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u'/home/panchas3/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible executable location = /usr/bin/ansible python version = 2.6.9 (unknown, Sep 1 2016, 23:34:36) [GCC 4.8.3 20140911 (Red Hat 4.8.3-9)] $ rpm -qa |grep ansible ansible-2.4.1.0-2.el6.noarch $ cat playbook-gz-version01.yml --- - name: Playbook to archive files in required format hosts: all become: false gather_facts: false tasks: - name: put files on remote server copy: src: "{{ item }}" dest: /tmp mode: 0775 with_items: - testfile1 - testfile2 - testfile3 - testfile4 - testfile5 - name: Archiving files to required format archive: path: - testfile1 - testfile2 - testfile3 - testfile4 - testfile5 dest: /tmp/testarchive.gz format: gz - name: remove files from remote server file: name: "/tmp/{{ item }}" state: absent with_items: - testfile1 - testfile2 - testfile3 - testfile4 - testfile5 - testarchive.gz ... $ ansible-playbook playbook-gz-version01.yml ERROR! no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path. The error appears to have been in '/mnt/disk1/sandeep/admin/ansiblerd/069-module-archive/playbook-gz-version01.yml': line 18, column 5, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: - testfile5 - name: Archiving files to required format ^ here The error appears to have been in '/mnt/disk1/sandeep/admin/ansiblerd/069-module-archive/playbook-gz-version01.yml': line 18, column 5, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: - testfile5 - name: Archiving files to required format ^ here