Setting task path

[Nitrous]

My current ansible playbook and roles are under /etc/Ansiblectrl01

When I try to build a new VM, using:

ansible-playbook playbooks/newvm.yaml -e "hostname=xxx" -vvvv

From:

/etc/Ansiblectrl01, it errors:

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "server": {}
    },
    "ansible_included_var_files": [],
    "changed": false,
    "message": "Could not find or access '/etc/ansible/servers/USAEDSADMP01.yaml' on the Ansible Controller.\nIf you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option"
}

It seems to be reading the yaml file from the wrong old location for some reason /etc/ansible.

How can I fix this?

[Brian Coca]

include_vars ONLY runs on the controller, not the remote, you'll have
to fetch/slurp those files and make them available on the controller
to do so.

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Brian Coca

[Nitrous]

Thanks, but where is that set? I dont see it in my yaml file anywhere

[Brian Coca]

Another way is to use 'local facts' files
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/setup_module.html#parameter-fact_path


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Brian Coca

[Brian Coca]

On your task, which you have not shared, I only know it is
include_vars due to the return data

normally if you want to get help you should show the task(s) that are
failing and as much of the -vvv output you can


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Brian Coca

[Nitrous]

This is full error:

TASK [Include vars of server.yaml file] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /etc/ansible/roles/azurebuild/tasks/main.yml:4
Thursday 21 April 2022  14:35:57 -0500 (0:00:00.020)       0:00:00.020 ********
Thursday 21 April 2022  14:35:57 -0500 (0:00:00.019)       0:00:00.019 ********

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "server": {}
    },
    "ansible_included_var_files": [],
    "changed": false,
    "message": "Could not find or access '/etc/ansible/servers/USAEDSADMP01.yaml' on the Ansible Controller.\nIf you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option"
}

Below is my ansible.cfg:

[inventory]

enable_plugins = yaml, ini

#Ansible executes tasks by copying a file onto the remote host, executing it and reporting the results back to the control machine.

#With pipelining enabled, Ansible can send commands directly to STDIN through a persistent SSH connection, which is much faster than the default process.

#[ssh_connection]

pipelining = True

[defaults]

# some basic default values...

inventory=./hosts

forks = 10

#find a task's time consumption and identify which jobs are slowing down your plays

callbacks_enabled = timer, profile_tasks, profile_roles

#Facts gathering can be improved using fact caching.

#It can use redis or create JSON files on your Ansible host. Following options in the ansible.cfg file will use smart gathering and facts caching with a local json file

gathering = smart

fact_caching = jsonfile

fact_caching_connection = /tmp

strategy_plugins = /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/ansible_mitogen/plugins/strategy

strategy = mitogen_linear

[Nitrous]

- hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: no

  tasks:

  - name: Include vars of server.yaml file

    include_vars:

        file: /etc/Ansiblectrl01/servers/{{ hostname }}.yaml

        name: server

  - name: Create a network interface with dns servers

    azure_rm_networkinterface:

      name: "{{ hostname }}-nic1"

      state: present

      resource_group: '{{ server.az_vm_rg }}'

      enable_accelerated_networking: no

      virtual_network:

        name: '{{ server.az_nic_vnet }}'

        resource_group: '{{ server.az_vnet_rg }}'

      subnet_name: '{{ server.az_nic_subnet }}'

      public_ip: false

      dns_servers:

        - '{{ server.dnsserver1 }}'

        - '{{ server.dnsserver2 }}'

        - '{{ server.dnsserver3 }}'

      ip_configurations:

      - name: lan1

        primary: True

        private_ip_allocation_method: Static

        private_ip_address: '{{ server.az_vm_ipaddress }}'

        application_security_groups: '{{ server.az_vm_asg | default(omit) }}'

      create_with_security_group: false

      #tags: '{{ server.az_vm_tags }}'

    register: azure_nic

     #ignore_errors: yes