Questions tagged [ansible-playbook]
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Ansible: Fatal error thrown by include_tasks even if a block-rescue block is used
I am trying to include multiple tasks based on some values defined in one hostvar but some fatal errors are thrown even if I'm using the block-rescue block.
I have the variable profiles defined in host_vars/hostname.yml:
profiles:…
pandoJohn
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ansible git autodeploy by webhooks
How to automate deployment from git repository hosted on github / bitbucket to ubuntu server using ansible?
In github repostory settings->webhooks i can add webhook for pull to master, that will call my server
I have self-made solution, written in…
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How to run different role for different hosts in single ansible playbook?
I have 3 ansible playbook.
my_ansible
├── hosts
├── play1.yaml
├── play2.yaml
├── play3.yaml
└── roles
├── role1
├── role2
└── role3
hosts
[play1]
host1
[play2]
host2
[play3]
host3
Now, when I run play3, I want to run play2(role2) on…
Nilesh
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ansible error: Failed to find required executable rsync in paths: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin:/sbin"}
- hosts: host1
remote_user: root
tasks:
- synchronize:
src: /etc/httpd
dest: /mytestfile
Iam getting the following error.Could anyone help
PLAY [host1]…
arun mohan
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Ansible: list all variables required for a playbook
Given a playbook
---
- hosts:
some_host_group
roles:
- foo
- bar
I'd like to get the list of all variables that the playbook needs to be defined. Something like:
# playbook-requires myplaybook.yml
For more elaborate (or just numerous)…
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Ansible uri modules changed_when check fails
I am using uri module of Ansible 2.0.
I have code like this to make POST on a api.
- name: Example POST
uri:
url: http://example.com:8001/api
method: POST
status_code: 201
body_format: json
body:
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Madoc Comadrin
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Git pull from bitbucket using ansible and jenkins
Hi everyone I am new on ansible, I am working on Ubuntu 16.04 and ansible 2.2, how to pull bitbucket repository to remote server using ansible? I have connected to the hosts and able to ping or running simple command using my ansible to the remote…
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Conventions for start/stop commands in Ansible playbooks
I'm a new Ansible user and enjoying it so far. I'm using Ansible to define and apply webserver configurations. I'm using playbooks. Say I have a role to install and configure Nginx, the tasks are defined at roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml and referenced…
Bruce
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Ansible not restarting service correctly
I am trying to restart the vsftpd service using a handler, based on changes to the config file. I have the following code in tasks/main.yaml:
- name: copy vsftpd.conf
template: src=vsftpd.conf.j2 dest={{vsftpd_config_file}} backup=yes
become:…
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Ansible to access Github: become causes Permission denied (publickey)
Objective
Would like to understand the mechanism why using become to be the ansible user causes "Permission denied (publickey)".
User ansible to run ansible-playbook to checkout a Github repository. SSH keys have been copied with ssh-copy-id with…
mon
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Ansible list variable undefined
I have a playbook which runs a custom task to set up an nginx vhost:
tasks:
- include: tasks/tweaks.yml
In this playbook, the following var_files are used:
vars_files:
- ../config.yml
In config.yml I have the following list which holds…
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Can I get dependent roles installed as part of running the playbook?
Using Vagrant's ansible_local provisioner, how can I ensure the roles used in my playbook are installed before Ansible tries to execute them?
I tried to install the role with shell: ansible-galaxy ... in both a preceding task block and as part of…
Davor Cubranic
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Is it possible to notify a group of services instead of individual in Ansible?
- name: be sure check-http.rb is copied
copy:
src: /tmp/sensu-plugins-http/bin/check-http.rb
dest: /etc/sensu/plugins/check-http.rb
remote_src: true
owner: sensu
group: sensu
mode: 0500
notify:
- restart sensu-api
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delete multiple directories with ansible
Hellos. I need to delete a few directories on a group of machines. I can't seem to get the file module to do my bidding. The below module will run without error and does not delete anything. I do not want to remove /opt.
- hosts: [dummies] tasks:
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Windows Server 2012 R2 not downloading recommended updates
I have multiple Windows Server 2012 R2 running on Azure (IaaS VM's).
We perform monthly maintenances on these servers via Ansible, this includes Windows updates (recommended and critical updates).
This works for 90+% of our servers, but some servers…
Olivier Dauby
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