Where is the syntax error in ansible-playbook? - syntax

Question

I'm facing some (silly) problems with ansible-playbook. I don't understand the error due to is a syntax-error but another similar playbook has been executed successfully and this one not.
ERROR! 'copy' is not a valid attribute for a Play
The error appears to have been in '/home/manu/monitorizacion/node-exporter/playbooks/deploy-node-exporter.yml': line 2, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
---
- name: Upload project directory to '{{ docker_home }}'
^ here
We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
missing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they
start a value. For instance:
with_items:
- {{ foo }}
Should be written as:
with_items:
- "{{ foo }}"
The thing is that i have a (install.yml) playbook with 2 include_tasks
---
- hosts: wargame
vars:
project_home: ../../node-exporter/
scripts_dir: /home/docker/node-exporter/textfile-collector/
docker_home: /home/docker/node-exporter/
tasks:
- include_tasks: packages.yml
- include_tasks: deploy-node-exporter.yml
packages.yml is fine and it is executed without problem
---
- name: Instalar paquetes requeridos para Docker e instalación
apt:
update_cache: true
name: "{{ packages }}"
vars:
packages:
- lsb-core
- apt-transport-https
- ca-certificates
- curl
- gnupg2
- python-setuptools
- python-pip
- git
- smartmontools
- name: Instalar clave Docker
apt_key:
url: https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg
- name: Instalar repositorio Docker
apt_repository:
repo: "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian {{ ansible_lsb.codename }} stable"
- name: Actualizar listado de paquetes
apt:
update_cache: yes
- name: Instalar Docker
apt:
name: docker-ce
- name: Instalar Docker-compose
pip:
name: docker-compose
- name: Grupo docker
group:
name: docker
state: present
- name: Usuario docker
user:
name: docker
group: docker
As you can see, the last executed task is "Usuario docker"
ok: [188.166.52.222] => {"append": false, "changed": false, "comment": "", "group": 998, "home": "/home/docker", "move_home": false, "name": "docker", "shell": "", "state": "present", "uid": 1002}
TASK [include_tasks] *****************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [188.166.52.222]: FAILED! => {"reason": "no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path.\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/home/manu/monitorizacion/node-exporter/playbooks/deploy-node-exporter.yml': line 24, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n mode: '0755'\n- name: Deploy node-exporter\n ^ here\n"}
And now the error is in deploy-node-exporter.yml but the syntax is the same as in install.yml
---
- name: Upload project directory to '{{ docker_home }}'
copy:
src: "{{ project_home }}"
dest: "{{ docker_home }}"
directory_mode: yes
follow: yes
owner: docker
group: docker
- name: Fix perms for dirs
file:
path: "{{ item }}"
state: touch
mode: '0755'
with_items:
- "{{ docker_home }}"
- "{{ docker_home }}/textfile-collector"
- "{{ docker_home }}/playbooks"
- name: Give exec perms to smartmon.sh
file:
path: "{{ scripts_dir }}/smartmon.sh"
state: touch
mode: '0755'
- name: Deploy node-exporter
docker_compose:
project_src: "{{ docker_home }}"
build: no
state: present
recreate: always
register: output
- name: Creates cron entry for smartmon.sh
cron:
name: Cron job for collecting smartctl stats
minute: "*/15"
user: root
job: "{{ scripts_dir }}/smartmon.sh > {{ scripts_dir }}/smartmon.prom"
Or I'm blind due to i'm not able to find the syntax error or i think is an ansible problem
My current installed version
ansible 2.7.7
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.7.3 (default, Apr 3 2019, 05:39:12) [GCC 8.3.0]
--- update ---
I've put it everything on a single file
---
- hosts: myServer
vars:
project_home: ../../node-exporter/
scripts_dir: /home/docker/node-exporter/textfile-collector/
docker_home: /home/docker/node-exporter/
tasks:
- name: Instalar paquetes requeridos para Docker e instalación
apt:
update_cache: true
name: "{{ packages }}"
vars:
packages:
- lsb-core
- apt-transport-https
- ca-certificates
- curl
- gnupg2
- python-setuptools
- python-pip
- git
- smartmontools
- name: Instalar clave Docker
apt_key:
url: https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg
- name: Instalar repositorio Docker
apt_repository:
repo: "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian {{ ansible_lsb.codename }} stable"
- name: Actualizar listado de paquetes
apt:
update_cache: yes
- name: Instalar Docker
apt:
name: docker-ce
- name: Instalar Docker-compose
pip:
name: docker-compose
- name: Grupo docker
group:
name: docker
state: present
- name: Usuario docker
user:
name: docker
group: docker
- name: Upload project directory to '{{ docker_home }}'
copy:
src: "../../node-exporter/"
dest: "/home/docker/node-exporter/"
directory_mode: yes
follow: yes
owner: docker
group: docker
- name: Fix perms for dirs
file:
path: "{{ item }}"
state: touch
mode: "0755"
with_items:
- "/home/docker/node-exporter/"
- "/home/docker/node-exporter/textfile-collector"
- "/home/docker/node-exporter/playbooks"
- name: Give exec perms to smartmon.sh
file:
path: "{{ scripts_dir }}/smartmon.sh"
state: touch
mode: "0755"
- name: Creating cron entry for smartmon.sh
cron:
name: Cron job for collecting smartctl stats
minute: "*/15"
user: root
job: "{{ scripts_dir }}/smartmon.sh > {{ scripts_dir }}/smartmon.prom"
In this file I've removed
- name: Deploying node-exporter
docker_compose:
project_src: "{{ docker_home }}"
build: no
state: present
recreate: always
register: output
And now it works (without this part of code)
┌─[root#hippi3c0w] - [~manu/monitorizacion/node-exporter/playbooks] - [sáb ago 31, 20:59]
└─[$] <git:(master*)> ansible-playbook install_new.yml --syntax-check
playbook: install_new.yml
But the problem comes back when i add this part to the yaml file, so the problem is without doubts following part
- name: Deploying node-exporter
docker_compose:
project_src: "{{ docker_home }}"
build: no
state: present
recreate: always
register: output
Do you know what could be the problem? Maybe docker_compose?
--- UPDATE ---
It was due to ansible version. 2.7 doesn't support docker_compose directive. Updated to 2.8.4 and now it works properly.
PLAY RECAP ***************************************************************************************************************************************
[MyIP] : ok=16 changed=5 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
┌─[root#hippi3c0w] - [~manu/monitorizacion/node-exporter/playbooks] - [dom sep 01, 08:34]
└─[$] <git:(master*)> ansible --version; ansible-playbook install.yml --syntax-check
ansible 2.8.4
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = [u'/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 2.7.16+ (default, Jul 8 2019, 09:45:29) [GCC 8.3.0]
playbook: install.yml

Answer 1

Would you please be more specific about which error you want to solve.
This error?
- name: Upload project directory to '{{ docker_home }}'
^ here
We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
missing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they
start a value. For instance:
with_items:
- {{ foo }}
Should be written as:
with_items:
- "{{ foo }}"
Or That one?
ok: [188.166.52.222] => {"append": false, "changed": false, "comment": "", "group":
998, "home": "/home/docker", "move_home": false, "name": "docker", "shell": "",
"state": "present", "uid": 1002}
TASK [include_tasks]
fatal: [188.166.52.222]: FAILED! => {"reason": "no action detected in task. This
often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path.\n\nThe error
appears to have been in '/home/manu/monitorizacion/node-exporter/playbooks/deploy-
node-exporter.yml': line 24, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending
on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n mode: '
0755'\n- name: Deploy node-exporter\n ^ here\n"}

Answer 2

JFYI
copy is possible in my ansible version
tasks:
- name: Test copy
copy:
src: "/home/manu/test"
dest: "/home/user"
follow: yes
owner: user
group: user
mode: 0755
└─[$] <git:(master*)> ansible-playbook test.yaml --syntax-check
playbook: test.yaml
┌─[root#hippi3c0w] - [~manu/monitorizacion/node-exporter/playbooks] - [sáb ago 31, 20:33]
└─[$] <git:(master*)> ansible-playbook test.yaml -u user -v
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
/etc/ansible/hosts did not meet host_list requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected
/etc/ansible/hosts did not meet script requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected
PLAY [myserver] ***********************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] ***************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [myIP]
TASK [Test copy] *********************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [myIP] => {"changed": true, "checksum": "55ca6286e3e4f4fba5d0448333fa99fc5a404a73", "dest": "/home/user/test", "gid": 1001, "group": "user", "mode": "0755", "owner": "user", "path": "/home/user/test", "size": 3, "state": "file", "uid": 1001}
PLAY RECAP ***************************************************************************************************************************************
myIP : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0

Answer 3

--- UPDATE ---
It was due to ansible version. 2.7 doesn't support docker_compose directive. Updated to 2.8.4 and now it works properly.
PLAY RECAP ***************************************************************************************************************************************
[MyIP] : ok=16 changed=5 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
┌─[root#hippi3c0w] - [~manu/monitorizacion/node-exporter/playbooks] - [dom sep 01, 08:34]
└─[$] <git:(master*)> ansible --version; ansible-playbook install.yml --syntax-check
ansible 2.8.4
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = [u'/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 2.7.16+ (default, Jul 8 2019, 09:45:29) [GCC 8.3.0]
playbook: install.yml