Ansible mail module: how to attach a file with a relative path?

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Hi everyone,

Is it possible to provide a relative path to a file as attach parameter of the ansible mail module?

Directory structure

`
./roles/notify/

  • files: contains the file to send
  • tasks: send_email.yml

`

Task “Send email”:

`
name: Send email
mail:
host: “{{ hostvars[groups[‘smtp’][0]][‘ansible_host’] }}”

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[I forgot to mention that the attached file path can change from one execution to another, that’s why I cannot provide an absolute path]

It works fine if I copy the attached file to a non-changing directory (e.g. /tmp), but the task fails if no attached file is provided.

`

  • name: Copy attached file to /tmp
    copy:
    src: “./files/{{ attached_file }}”
    dest: “/tmp”

name: Send email
mail:
host: “{{ hostvars[groups[‘smtp’][0]][‘ansible_host’] }}”

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When there’s not attachment, setting “” works fine.

name: Send email mail: host: “{{ smtp_server }}” from: “{{ from_address }}” to: “{{ to_recipients }}” cc: “{{ cc_recipients }}” attach**: “”** subject: “{{ subject }}” body: “{{ body }}” subtype: “html”..

So setting a variable to either “” if there’s not attachment or the file to attach if there’s one prevents the duplication of the block.