where to put custom lookup plugin

[Gregory Edigarov]

Hello guys,

As a part of my project, I've written a lookup module and put it into lookup_plugins directory in the root of it:

project/lookup_plugins/mylookup

i am calling this module as:

 - name: test
    debug:
        msg: "the next soa serial for zone: {{ item }} is
        {{ lookup ('mylookup' ,item) }}"

    loop:

       - test1

       - test2

but ansible raises an error:

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "lookup plugin (mylookup) not found"}

citing the official documentation:
"You can activate a custom lookup by either dropping it into a lookup_plugins directory adjacent to your play".

[Brian Coca]

'project' means nothing to ansible, the lookup_plugins dir must be
adjacent to play, so if play files are in the 'project' directory, it
will work.

You also have other options, like putting it in a collection, role or
installing in the configured paths for the plugin.

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Brian Coca

[Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)]

Is your playbook in a subfolder of your project?

/myproject

/myproject/lookup_plugins/mylookup

/myproject/myfolder/myplaybook

The error seems to indicate the lookup_plugins should be in the same folder as the playbook

/myproject/myfolder/lookup_plugins/mylookup

/myproject/myfolder/myplaybook

I haven't used this before, but that is how I interpret the error message.

Walter
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[gregory....@gmail.com]

yes. I have this structure:
~/myproject

~/myproject/lookup_plugins/mylookup

~/myproject/test.yml

but still,

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "lookup plugin (mylookup) not found"}

[gregory....@gmail.com]

yes. I have this structure:
~/myproject
~/myproject/lookup_plugins/mylookup
~/myproject/test.yml

still:

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "lookup plugin (mylookup) not found"}

[Brian Coca]

not mylookup.py?



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Brian Coca

[gregory....@gmail.com]

it is exactly mylookup. not mylookup.py

[gregory....@gmail.com]

renamed to mylookup.py at least it now finds the plugin. Thank you.