I have just begun with ansible and I'm finding trouble with playbook syntax trying to provision a vagrant file. Below is my ansible playbook
---
- hosts: all
tasks:
- name: update apt cache
apt: update_cache=yes
become: yes
become_method: sudo
- name: create a directory for projects
file: path=/home/projects
state=directory
- name: create a directory for our project
file: path=/home/projects/myproject
state=directory
- name: install git
apt: name=git
become: yes
become_method: sudo
- name: initiaite git
command: git init
args:
chdir: /home/projects/myproject
- name: pull git
git: repo=https://github.com/path/to/repo.git
dest=/home/projects/myproject
- name: install mysql
apt: name=mysql-server
become: yes
become_method: sudo
- name: create mysql db for project
mysql_db: name=mydb
encoding=utf8
- name: create user and assign privileges
mysql_user: name=foo
password=bar
priv=mydb.*,GRANT
- name: install pip
apt: name=pip
become: yes
become_method: sudo
- name: install virtualenv
pip: name=virtualenv
become: yes
become_method: sudo
- name: Create the initial virtualenv
command: virtualenv /home/projects/myproject/venv -p python2.7 creates="/home/projects/myproject/venv"
- name: install requirements
pip:
requirements=/home/projects/myproject/requirements.txt
virtualenv=/home/projects/bankproblem/venv
My trouble is with the 4th task where I'm trying to install git.
ERROR: Syntax Error while loading YAML script, playbook.yml
Note: The error may actually appear before this position: line 21, column 1
become_method: sudo
^
Ansible failed to complete successfully. Any error output should be
visible above. Please fix these errors and try again.`
Someone please explain to me what's happening.
My Vagrantfile
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
config.vm.box = "trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box"
config.vm.box_url = "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64- vagrant-disk1.box"
config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080
config.vm.provision :ansible do |ansible|
ansible.playbook = "playbook.yml"
end
end
P.S. Please neglect the naive way the playbook is written as my intention is to simply get started with.
It was simply that
I had to make sure unnecessary white spaces aren't there and
The arguments to a task had to be in a single line separated by spaces, for instance,
Instead of
git: repo=https://github.com/path/to/repo.git
dest=/home/projects/myproject
I needed to use
git: repo=https://github.com/path/to/repo.git dest=/home/projects/myproject
Silly me! No more syntax errors now.
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I have an ansible playbook which will copy a file into a location on a remote server. It works fine. In this case, the file is an rpm. This is the way it works:
---
- hosts: my_host
tasks:
- name: mkdir /tmp/RPMS
file: path=/tmp/RPMS state=directory
- name: copy RPMs to /tmp/RPMS
copy:
src: "{{ item }}"
dest: /tmp/RPMS
mode: 0755
with_items:
[any_rpm-x86_64.rpm]
register: rpms_copied
Now, with the file successfully on the remote server, I need to start some new logic that will install the rpm that sits in /tmp/RPMS. I have run many different versions of the below (So this code is added onto the above block):
- name: install rpm from file
yum:
name: /tmp/RPMS/any_rpm-x86_64.rpm
state: present
become: true
I don't know if the formatting is incorrect, or if this is not the way. Can anyone advise as to how I can get the rpm in the directory /tmp/RPMS installed using a new few lines in the existing playbook?
Thanks.
I did not find this anywhere else, and it genuinely took me all of my working day to get to this point. For anyone else struggling:
- name: Install my package from a file on server
shell: rpm -ivh /tmp/RPMS/*.rpm
async: 1800
poll: 0
become_method: sudo
become: yes
become_user: root
I'm wondering if it is possible to overwrite the executable value set in your ansible.cfg file within a playbook. Something like below...
---
- name: 'New Server Setup'
hosts: 'all'
gather_facts: false
pre_tasks:
- name: 'setup : installing python for ansible'
raw: 'test -e /usr/bin/python || (apt -y update && apt install -y python-minimal)'
changed_when: false
- setup: # aka gather_facts
tags: setup
user: root
become: yes
become_method: sudo
executable: '/bin/bash'
roles:
- setup
I've tried everything I can think of and nothing seems to work.
As per ansible,
Starting in version 2.1 this can be overridden by the inventory var ansible_shell_executable.
I just started experimenting with ansible and I am trying to write my first simple playbook.
But I am getting a syntax error with the task keywork,
---
name: add ansible user
hosts: all
become: true
become_method: sudo
become_user:root
tasks:
- user:
name: ansible
groups: ansible
When I run this get the following:
utility:~/scripts/ansible# ansible-playbook --check add-ansible-user.yml
ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
The error appears to have been in '/root/scripts/ansible/add-ansible-user.yml': line 8, column 7, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
tasks:
^ here
From searching I belive the best bet is that I have an indent problem, but nomatter how I have tried to change it up, I cant get it too work.
- name: add ansible user
hosts: all
become: true
become_method: sudo
become_user: root
tasks:
- user:
name: ansible
groups: ansible
It's indeed the indentation problem. Please try the code written above.
Facing same issue, by making correct Indent spacing able to resolve it
As ref below
---
- name: my ansible
hosts: webserver
remote_user: root
become: true
tasks:
- name: intall httpd
yum:
name: httpd
state: latest
- name: run httpd
service:
name: httpd
state: started
- name: create content
copy:
content: “Congratulation on installing ansible”
dest: /var/www/html/index.html
The problem is here:
become_user:root
You need a space between : and root
become_user: root
I'm getting the following error when trying to run a YML file:-
user#ubuntuA:~$ ansible-playbook -i hostfile setup.yml
ERROR:
apt is not a legal parameter of an Ansible Play
Ansible version: 1.9.2
yml-file:-
---
- name: Install MySQL server
apt: name=mysql-server state=latest
- name: Install Apache module for MySQL authentication
apt: name=libapache2-mod-auth-mysql state=latest
- name: Install MySQL module for PHP
apt: name=php5-mysql state=latest
Your yml file should look something like this:
---
- hosts: all
become: yes
tasks:
- name: Install packages
apt:
name:
- mysql-server
- libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
- php5-mysql
state: latest
cache_valid_time: 3600 # update cache if more than an hour old
You are trying to execute your setup.yml file directly with ansible-playbook. As #smiler171 mentioned in his answer, correct format for this is the following:
---
- hosts: all
tasks:
- name: Install MySQL server
apt: name=mysql-server state=latest
- name: Install Apache module for MySQL authentication
apt: name=libapache2-mod-auth-mysql state=latest
- name: Install MySQL module for PHP
apt: name=php5-mysql state=latest
Your current file format is for imports and includes. It is useful if you want to reuse tasks from setup.yml somewhere else. In this case you can create another file (let's say playbook.yml) like that:
---
- hosts: all
tasks:
- import_tasks: setup.yml
and run it:
ansible-playbook -i hostfile playbook.yml
Usually, that means that your playbook yml file does not comply with yml syntax. Check for spaces , hyphen etc. Take a look at existing working yml files, like the one pasted by smiller171 in the above answer. I also had a similar error , turned out that my syntax was incorrect.
I am trying to run an extremely simple playbook to test a new Ansible setup.
When using the 'new' Ansible Privilege Escalation config options in my ansible.cfg file:
[defaults]
host_key_checking=false
log_path=./logs/ansible.log
executable=/bin/bash
#callback_plugins=./lib/callback_plugins
######
[privilege_escalation]
become=True
become_method='sudo'
become_user='tstuser01'
become_ask_pass=False
[ssh_connection]
scp_if_ssh=True
I get the following error:
fatal: [webserver1.local] => Internal Error: this module does not support running commands via 'sudo'
FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting
The playbook is also very simple:
# Checks the hosts provisioned by midrange
---
- name: Test su connecting as current user
hosts: all
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: "sudo to configued user -- tstuser01"
#action: ping
command: /usr/bin/whoami
I am not sure if there is something broken in Ansible 1.9.1 or if I am doing something wrong. Surely the 'command' module in Ansible allows running commands as sudo.
The issue is with configuration; I also took it as an example and got the same problem. After playing awhile I noticed that the following works:
1) deprecated sudo:
---
- hosts: all
sudo: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: "sudo to root"
command: /usr/bin/whoami
2) new become
---
- hosts: all
become: yes
become_method: sudo
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: "sudo to root"
command: /usr/bin/whoami
3) using ansible.cfg:
[privilege_escalation]
become = yes
become_method = sudo
and then in a playbook:
---
- hosts: all
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: "sudo to root"
command: /usr/bin/whoami
since you "becoming" tstuser01 (not a root like me), please play a bit, probably user name should not be quoted too:
become_user = tstuser01
at least this is the way I define remote_user in ansible.cfg and it works... My issue resolved, hope yours too
I think you should use the sudo directive in the hosts section so that subsequent tasks can run with sudo privileges unless you explicitly specified sudo:no in a task.
Here's your playbook that I've modified to use sudo directive.
# Checks the hosts provisioned by midrange
---
- hosts: all
sudo: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: "sudo to configued user -- tstuser01"
command: /usr/bin/whoami