Could not find or access template file

[morten hoffmann]

hi

I'm trying to setup a linux service on remote host

I have my file in template folder

.

├── group_vars

│   ├── artefacts_conf.yml

│   ├── jdk_wl_conf.yml

│   ├── configuration_conf.yml

├── hosts

└── templates

    ├── nodemanager_service.j2

my roles are using

 - name: Copy nodemanager systemd script

   template:

    src: "{{nodemanager_service_template}}"

    dest: /lib/systemd/system/nodemanager.service

    mode: 0664

   become: yes

however playbook fails with:

Could not find or access 'nodemanager_service.j2

any advise?

[Vladimir Botka]

On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 02:48:39 -0800 (PST)
morten hoffmann <mhoff...@gmail.com> wrote:

> .
> ├── group_vars
> │ ├── artefacts_conf.yml
> │ ├── jdk_wl_conf.yml
> │ ├── configuration_conf.yml
> ├── hosts
> └── templates
> ├── nodemanager_service.j2
>
> my roles are using
> - name: Copy nodemanager systemd script
> template:
> src: "{{nodemanager_service_template}}"
> dest: /lib/systemd/system/nodemanager.service
> mode: 0664
> become: yes
>

> Could not find or access 'nodemanager_service.j2'

(In the case "Could not find 'nodemanager_service.j2')

Quoting from "The magic of ‘local’ paths"
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbook_pathing.html#the-magic-of-local-paths

"The paths will be searched from most specific to most general (i.e role
before play). ...
role search path is rolename/{files|vars|templates}/, rolename/tasks/.
play search path is playdir/{files|vars|templates}/, playdir/."

It's possible to use "Special variables" in a path. For example
"playbook_dir", or "role_path". See
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/special_variables.html

Or, link the "template" directory into any of the paths being searched.

Cheers,

-vlado

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

Hello Marten,

try to run the playbook with -vv. This should display the locations where Ansible looks for the template file.

Regards
Racke

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[morten hoffmann]

hi

I used full path in my vars file. that solve it

{{template_dir}}/{{template_file}}

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[Sam Doran]

The templates directory is only searched within a role. A directory named templates next to a playbook is not searched. You will need to reference the path to the template file. I usually use playbook_dir variable, but you could also just use templates/. See the variables documentation for more details.

Either of these should work:

src: "{{ playbook_dir }}/templates/{{ nodemanager_service_template }}"

or

src: templates/{{ nodemanager_service_template }}

---

Sam

[mili singh]

Hi Morten,

Please try :

 - name: Copy nodemanager systemd script

   template:

    src: nodemanager_service_template.j2L

    dest: /lib/systemd/system/nodemanager.service

    mode: 0664

   become: yes

   

Hope this will work!

 

Regards,

Nivedita