Error in lineinfile module

[Kavin Kankeshwar]

I have the latest version of Ansible and I keep getting the following stack trace in lineinfile module,  Also i have copied my playbook below.

Stacktrace:

fatal: [d7] => failed to parse: Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1363200342.59-196252252580469/lineinfile", line 1031, in <module>

    main()

  File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1363200342.59-196252252580469/lineinfile", line 270, in main

    params['insertafter'], params['insertbefore'], create, backup)

  File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1363200342.59-196252252580469/lineinfile", line 144, in present

    mre = re.compile(regexp)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/re.py", line 190, in compile

    return _compile(pattern, flags)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/re.py", line 245, in _compile

    raise error, v # invalid expression

sre_constants.error: nothing to repeat

fatal: [d8] => failed to parse: Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1363200342.59-246123346146030/lineinfile", line 1031, in <module>

    main()

  File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1363200342.59-246123346146030/lineinfile", line 270, in main

    params['insertafter'], params['insertbefore'], create, backup)

  File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1363200342.59-246123346146030/lineinfile", line 144, in present

    mre = re.compile(regexp)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/re.py", line 190, in compile

    return _compile(pattern, flags)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/re.py", line 245, in _compile

    raise error, v # invalid expression

sre_constants.error: nothing to repeat

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

Playbook:

   - name: Add Hardlimit

     lineinfile: dest=/etc/security/limits.conf regexp='*    hard    nofile    100000' line='*    hard    nofile    100000' state=present

     only_if: '$is_centos'

     tags:

        - addlimits

   - name: Add Hardlimit

     lineinfile: dest=/etc/security/limits.conf regexp='*    soft    nofile    100000' line='*    soft    nofile    100000' state=present

     only_if: '$is_centos'

     tags:

        - addlimits

   - name: Add Hardlimit

     lineinfile: dest=/etc/security/limits.conf regexp='root    hard    nofile    100000' line='*    hard    nofile    100000' state=present

     only_if: '$is_centos'

     tags:

        - addlimits

   - name: Add Hardlimit

     lineinfile: dest=/etc/security/limits.conf regexp='root    soft    nofile    100000' line='*    soft    nofile    100000' state=present

     only_if: '$is_centos'

     tags:

        - addlimits

Regards,

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Kavin Kankeshwar

[James Marcus]

Hi Kavin,

Sent this to you privately but I think this has been working fine for us:

- name: Add the hard limits configuraiton for CitrusLeaf

  action: lineinfile dest=/etc/security/limits.conf create=no insertafter=EOF regexp="hard    nofile          100000" line="*                hard    nofile          100000" state=present

  tags:

     - LimitsConf

- name: Add the soft limits configuraiton for CitrusLeaf

  action: lineinfile dest=/etc/security/limits.conf create=no insertafter=EOF regexp="soft    nofile          100000" line="*                soft    nofile          100000" state=present

  tags:

     - LimitsConf

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[Kavin Kankeshwar]

Thanks that Works !!! Figured out by issues was the regex was wrong should have done  "\*" to escape * and match it.

Regards,

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Kavin Kankeshwar

[Marco Crivellaro]

I'd suggest a different approach by using a regexp which will let you alter the exiting limit in the future:

- name: sets nofile hard limits

  lineinfile: >

    dest=/etc/security/limits.conf

    line="*               hard    nofile          65536"

    regexp="^\\*\ +hard\ +nofile\ +[0-9]+$"

    state="present"