Error while uploading .bin file using uri module in ansible playbook

Asked Feb 25 '21 at 11:54

Active Feb 27 '21 at 13:33

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I am trying to do a post request which will upload a binary fil(.bin) using the URI module in my playbook. I am getting the below error.

Ansible playbook :

- name: Play_manage Upload the upgrade file
  uri:
    url: "{{ token_url.json.url }}"
    user: "admin"
    password: "admin@123"
    method: POST
    return_content: true
    force_basic_auth: true
    status_code: 201,204,200
    headers:
      Content-Type: 'multipart/form-data'
      #Accept: application/json
    validate_certs: false
    body_format: json
    body: "{{ lookup('file','{{ folder_path }}') }}"

Error Message: fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin 'file'. Error was a <type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>, original message: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x90 in position 1: invalid start byte"}

edited Feb 27 '21 at 13:33

John Conde

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asked Feb 25 '21 at 11:54

Syed Basha

What's the value of `folder_path`? – Calum Halpin Feb 27 '21 at 13:38
thanks for the response @Calum Halpin, Folder path is "/home/dxb/file" – Syed Basha Mar 01 '21 at 07:59
I've just noticed you've double wrapped `folder_path` in `{{ }}`. You don't need to do that, it might be the cause of the error. – Calum Halpin Mar 01 '21 at 12:22
I wrapped it because i'm passing it as a variable. – Syed Basha Mar 01 '21 at 15:17
It's already within a `{{ }}` block. As long as you don't quote it it'll be interpreted as a variable. – Calum Halpin Mar 01 '21 at 19:48
Sorry for the late reply, there is a problem here. The file i am looking for is on the Node which lookup is not able to locate. Looks like lookup will only work for localhost. Any idea how i can proceed further – Syed Basha Mar 10 '21 at 12:07
Yes, the `lookup` pllugin operates on the local host. You could use a command task to read the file and register the output as a variable for use in this task. – Calum Halpin Mar 10 '21 at 12:33
See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34722761/ansible-read-remote-file – Calum Halpin Mar 10 '21 at 12:36

Error while uploading .bin file using uri module in ansible playbook

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