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I get this error when executing my playbook. I need to reboot the machine but cannot get around this insane error that is preventing me from doing so… the plybook works until I add the last line for reboot. Can anyone tell me what is wrong here please??? Thanks in advance.

**** ERROR SECTION*****

ERROR! no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path.

The error appears to have been in ‘/home/kmarty/ansible/roles/basic/tasks/main.yml’: line 53, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  • name: Reboot Machine
    ^ here

The error appears to have been in ‘/home/kmarty/ansible/roles/basic/tasks/main.yml’: line 53, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  • name: Reboot Machine
    ^ here

exception type: <class ‘ansible.errors.AnsibleParserError’>
exception: no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path.

The error appears to have been in ‘/home/kmarty/ansible/roles/basic/tasks/main.yml’: line 53, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  • name: Reboot Machine
    ^ here

**** PLAYBOOK******

ansible Configuration Playbook for On-Premise Installs
#Created by: Kirk Marty kmarty009@gmail.com
version 1.0
#Date: 3/31/2020

  • name: “Required Software Packages that will be utilized - yum installs”
    yum: pkg={{ item }} state=installed
    with_items:
  • nano
  • vim
  • tar
  • xz
  • unzip
  • wget
  • curl
  • bind-utils
  • net-tools
  • ntp
  • epel-release

Update the system to latest patches and applications via yum

  • name: “update the Centos Server 7 with latest patches and applications”
    yum:
    name: “*”
    state: latest

  • name: be sure firewalld is installed
    yum: name=firewalld state=installed
    tags:

  • install

  • firewalld

  • name: be sure firewalld is disabled
    systemd: name=firewalld enabled=no
    tags:

  • install

  • atomic

  • firewalld

  • name: be sure firewalld is stopped
    systemd: name=firewalld state=stopped
    ignore_errors: yes
    tags:

  • install

  • atomic

  • firewalld

  • name: Disable SELinux
    selinux:
    state: disabled

  • name: Reboot Server to apply some changes and updates
    reboot:

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This usually means that the ansible version you use does not know that module.
According to https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/reboot_module.html
the reboot module was introduced in 2.7.
This indicates you're using something older.

What is the output of 'ansible --version'?

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It’s telling you it cannot find the reboot module/plugin. Make sure you are on Ansible 2.7 or higher as that is when the module was added https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/reboot_module.html,

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Interesting! Thanks for the responses! I really appreciate it.

I’m new to ansible and trying to get into a love affair with it. I’m running CentOS 7.7.1908 and Ansible 2.4.2.0 was installed.

I did a yum install epel-release and I got installed new version at 2.9.6

Of course, that worked and rebooted my machine! However, I did run into new issues with DEPRECATION WARNING. I think it’s not liking the state=installed. If I’m reading the manual (RTFM) it wants a newer flag of state=present.

I also don’t think it’s loving the {{ item }} flag and wants something different. {{ packages }}?

[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Invoking “yum” only once while using a loop via squash_actions is deprecated. Instead of using a loop to supply
multiple items and specifying pkg: "{{ item }}", please use pkg: ['nano', 'vim', 'tar', 'xz', 'unzip', 'wget', 'curl', 'bind-utils', 'net- tools', 'ntp', 'epel-release'] and remove the loop. This feature will be removed in version 2.11. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by
setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Invoking “yum” only once while using a loop via squash_actions is deprecated. Instead of using a loop to supply
multiple items and specifying pkg: "{{ item }}", please use pkg: ['nano', 'vim', 'tar', 'xz', 'unzip', 'wget', 'curl', 'bind-utils', 'net- tools', 'ntp', 'epel-release'] and remove the loop. This feature will be removed in version 2.11. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by
setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.

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I got it all working. I had to update the hosts, file and use new syntax that was outlined in the documentation. Thanks everyone, I’m all good!