Need help with ansible 2.7

[karthick t]

Hi,

We are using ansible 2.7 and in my yml file I ahave the below:

- include_tasks: roles/common/tasks/os_base.yml

- include_tasks: roles/common/tasks/splunk_base.yml

- include_tasks:

    file: roles/common/tasks/splunk_role.yml

    apply:

      splunkRole:

         - splunk-clustermaster

but getting an error as 

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"reason": "'splunkRole' is not a valid attribute for a Block\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/home/ec2-user/splunk-infra/ansible/roles/clusterdeployer/tasks/main.yml': line 10, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n    apply:\n      splunkRole:\n      ^ here\n"}

Earlier we had ansible 2.6.4 and the below used to work but the ansible gets upgraded because of the way the setup is done and hence the issue.

- include_tasks: roles/common/tasks/splunk_role.yml splunkRole=splunk-clustermaster

can someone help please urgently?

Thank you

Regards

Karthik

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 05.10.2018 04:44, karthick t wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using ansible 2.7 and in my yml file I ahave the below:
>
>
>
> - include_tasks: roles/common/tasks/os_base.yml
> - include_tasks: roles/common/tasks/splunk_base.yml
> - include_tasks:
> file: roles/common/tasks/splunk_role.yml
> apply:
> splunkRole:
> - splunk-clustermaster
>
> but getting an error as
>
> fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"reason": "'splunkRole' is not a valid
> attribute for a Block\n\nThe error appears to have been in
> '/home/ec2-user/splunk-infra/ansible/roles/clusterdeployer/tasks/main.yml':
> line 10, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the
> exact
> syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n apply:\n
> splunkRole:\n ^ here\n"}

The documentation say this about apply
"Accepts a hash of task keywords..."

Keyword for task you'll find here
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/reference_appendices/playbooks_keywords.html#task

and splunkRole is on the list.

> Earlier we had ansible 2.6.4 and the below used to work but the ansible
> gets upgraded because of the way the setup is done and hence the issue.
>
> - include_tasks: roles/common/tasks/splunk_role.yml
> splunkRole=splunk-clustermaster

So you are trying to provide a variable called splunkRole, according to
2.6 and 2.7 documentation you need to use vars for that.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/user_guide/playbooks_reuse_includes.html#including-and-importing-task-files

The syntax you are using was deprecated in Ansible 2.0
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.0.html#deprecated

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Kai Stian Olstad