Ansible playbook not working trying to run make & configure with complex switches

[Duncan Lock]

I'm trying to use Ansible to provision a Vagrant VM. The VM is running CentOS 6.4. I'm using the following (abbreviated) ansible playbook:

    - hosts: default

      vars:

        home: '/home/vagrant'

        curl_version: '7_19_7'

        curl_url: 'https://github.com/bagder/curl/archive/curl-{{ curl_version }}.tar.gz'

        curl_dir: '{{ home }}/curl-curl-{{ curl_version }}'

    

      # user: vagrant

      remote_user: vagrant

      sudo: yes

    

      tasks:

    

      - name: Ensure required packages and installed and up to date - pt1

        yum: pkg={{ item }} state=present

        with_items:

          - make

          - gcc

          - etc...

      # Lots more yum tasks in here

      - name: Ensure CURL source downloaded

        get_url: url={{ curl_url }} dest=/home/vagrant/curl-{{ curl_version }}.tar

    

      - name: Extract CURL source

        command: tar -zxf {{ home }}/curl-{{ curl_version }}.tar creates={{ curl_dir }}

    

      - name: Copy ssh patch over

        copy: src=./files/ssh.c.patch dest={{ home }}/ssh.c.patch

    

      - name: Patch CURL with openssl

        shell: patch -t {{ curl_dir }}/lib/ssh.c {{ home }}/ssh.c.patch chdir={{ curl_dir }}/lib

        when: path_file_result.changed

    

      - name: Build CURL with openssl

        command: 'chdir={{ curl_dir }} "{{ item }}"'

        with_items:

          - ./buildconf

          - ./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss

          - make

          - make install

          - ldconfig

Vagrant is working fine and the Ansible playbook runs successfully up to the last task 'Build CURL with openssl' - which fails, like so:

    TASK: [Build CURL with openssl] *********************************************** 

    changed: [default] => (item=./buildconf) => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["./buildconf"], "delta": "0:00:10.709817", "end": "2014-02-07 02:26:44.802652", "item": "./buildconf", "rc": 0, "start": "2014-02-07 02:26:34.092835", "stderr": "configure.ac:78: installing `./compile'

    configure.ac:73: installing `./config.guess'

    configure.ac:73: installing `./config.sub'

    configure.ac:65: installing `./missing'

    Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'

    configure.ac:137: installing `./config.guess'

    configure.ac:137: installing `./config.sub'

    docs/examples/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'", "stdout": "buildconf: autoconf version 2.63 (ok)

    buildconf: autom4te version 2.63 (ok)

    buildconf: autoheader version 2.63 (ok)

    buildconf: automake version 1.11.1 (ok)

    buildconf: aclocal version 1.11.1 (ok)

    buildconf: libtool version 2.2.6 (ok)

    buildconf: libtoolize found

    buildconf: GNU m4 version 1.4.13 (ok)

    buildconf: running libtoolize

    buildconf: running aclocal

    buildconf: running aclocal hack to convert all mv to mv -f

    buildconf: running autoheader

    buildconf: cp lib/curl_config.h.in src/curl_config.h.in

    buildconf: running autoconf

    buildconf: running in ares

    buildconf: running automake

    buildconf: OK"}

    failed: [default] => (item=./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss) => {"cmd": ["./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss"], "failed": true, "item": "./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss", "rc": 2}

    msg: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

    failed: [default] => (item=make) => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["make"], "delta": "0:00:00.001828", "end": "2014-02-07 02:26:45.003968", "item": "make", "rc": 2, "start": "2014-02-07 02:26:45.002140"}

    stderr: make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

    failed: [default] => (item=make install) => {"cmd": ["make install"], "failed": true, "item": "make install", "rc": 2}

    msg: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

    changed: [default] => (item=ldconfig) => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["ldconfig"], "delta": "0:00:00.009685", "end": "2014-02-07 02:26:46.096829", "item": "ldconfig", "rc": 0, "start": "2014-02-07 02:26:46.087144", "stderr": "", "stdout": ""}

    

    FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

So, the `./buildconf` step works, but the `./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss` step seems to be failing with `[Errno 2] No such file or directory`. I presume this is because it's trying to run that whole string like it was a single command?

If I change it to use `shell` instead of `command`, I get this instead:

    failed: [default] => (item=./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss) => {"changed": true, "cmd": " \"./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss\" ", "delta": "0:00:00.001171", "end": "2014-02-07 02:31:34.862373", "item": "./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss", "rc": 127, "start": "2014-02-07 02:31:34.861202"}

    stderr: /bin/sh: ./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss: No such file or directory

I've verified that all the tasks up to that point work, and the files are downloaded and extracted to the expected places and the patch works (see here: http://serverfault.com/questions/573505/ansible-playbook-not-working-trying-to-run-patch).

After the task fails (or if you comment it out), if you SSH into the VM that's being configured, and run all the same build steps yourself - using the exact values from the playbook, it works.

I'm still pretty new to Ansible and I'm not sure why this isn't working? What am I doing wrong? Is there some way to format or quote that `configure` command differently so it gets interpreted properly, if that's the issue? Should I be using `raw` for this? Or something else?

Thanks!

[Walid]

Duncan,

you seem to be doing it right  setting  dir first, however still  it looks like you are not in the right path for the file/dir it is trying to look for may be if you use the shell module and set your cwd first, then the configure line

shell :  "cd {{ curl_dir }};{{ item }}'

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[Duncan Lock]

THANK YOU!

That fixes it :)

So, this doesn't work:[Errno 2] No such file or directory :

  - name: Build CURL with openssl

    shell: 'chdir={{ curl_dir }} "{{ item }}"'

    with_items:

      - ./buildconf

      - ./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss

      - make

      - make install

      - ldconfig

but this works perfectly:

  - name: Build CURL with openssl

    shell: 'cd {{ curl_dir }};{{ item }}'

    with_items:

      - ./buildconf

      - ./configure --with-gssapi --with-libidn --with-libssh2 --prefix=/usr --without-nss

      - make

      - make install

      - ldconfig

anyone know why?