Ansible playbook “path specified in src not found” - ansible

Question

I am runnning into this message when I do this :
ansible-playbook -i inventory junos_config_new.yml --check -vvv
ansible-playbook 2.9.9 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules',
'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location =
/root/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible executable location =
/usr/bin/ansible-playbook python version = 3.6.8 (default, Nov 21
2019, 19:31:34) [GCC 8.3.1 20190507 (Red Hat 8.3.1-4)] Using
/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file host_list declined parsing
/home/gefela/ansible_junos/inventory as it did not pass its
verify_file() method script declined parsing
/home/gefela/ansible_junos/inventory as it did not pass its
verify_file() method auto declined parsing
/home/gefela/ansible_junos/inventory as it did not pass its
verify_file() method Parsed /home/gefela/ansible_junos/inventory
inventory source with ini plugin
PLAYBOOK: junos_config_new.yml ***************************************************************************************************************************** 1 plays in junos_config_new.yml
This is the playbook that I have ...
name: Juniper SRX configuration compliance checks
hosts: juniper
gather_facts: false
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Syslog server checks
junos_config:
src: ~/ansible_junos/files/syslog_config.txt
comment: Ensure that appropriate Syslog server configured
register: junos_output
- debug:
var: junos_output
- name: success
debug:
msg: Syslog server check - This check has passed with the following output({{ junos_output }})
when: not junos_output.changed
- name: failed
debug:
msg: Syslog server check - This check has failed with the following output({{ junos_output }})
when: junos_output.changed
- name: Admin credentials check
junos_config:
src: ~/ansible_junos/files/admin_user.txt
comment: Ensure that Admin user havee been created
register: junos_output
- debug:
var: junos_output
- name: success
debug:
msg: Admin credentials check - This check has passed with the following output({{ junos_output }})
when: not junos_output.changed
- name: failed
debug:
msg: Admin credentials check - This check has failed with the following output({{ junos_output }})
when: junos_output.changed
The directory ~/ansible_junos/files/syslog_config.txt is in the right place
Should ~/ansible_junos/files/ be the right place to place all the configuration to be compared against the firewall ?
Please let me know ..

Answer 1

It's because ~ is a bash feature, and not an actual path component; your shell expands ~ to mean the home directory for the current user (or for the user named directly after the ~), however, ansible modules would have to go out of their way to use expanduser to behave like that.
You can try sending the filename through the | expanduser filter, or you may have to use gather_facts: true in order to have access to ansible_env.HOME
- set_fact:
config_directory: '{{ "~/ansible_junos/files" | expanduser }}'
- name: Syslog server checks
junos_config:
src: '{{ config_directory }}/syslog_config.txt'
comment: Ensure that appropriate Syslog server configured
register: junos_output

Answer 2

src jues need "admin_user.txt"
- name: Admin credentials check
junos_config:
src: "admin_user.txt"
comment: Ensure that Admin user havee been created
register: junos_output
add you can add admin_user.txt in files/admin_user.txt

Answer 3

I had to change the inventory file ( ansible_user and ansible_password ) and change this
set_fact:
config_directory: '{{ "~/ansible_junos/files" | expanduser }}'
name: Syslog server checks
junos_config:
src: '{{ config_directory }}/syslog_config.txt'
comment: Ensure that appropriate Syslog server configured
register: junos_output
to
set_fact:
config_directory: '{{ "/home/myfolder/ansible_junos/files" }}'
name: Syslog server checks
junos_config:
src: '{{ config_directory }}/syslog_config.txt'
comment: Ensure that appropriate Syslog server configured
register: junos_output