Ansible Tower Copy Module can't find file on Ansible Controller

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Hi all,

Hoping to get some feedback and help here as I am lost on this one…

Issue:
When running the below code through Tower:

  • name: “Copy cert file to target host”
    become: yes
    copy:
    src: “/tmp/my.jks”
    dest: “{{ mule_home }}/certs/”
    owner: serviceaccountuser
    group: serviceaccountgroup

I get the following error:
“msg”: “Could not find or access ‘/tmp/apiint_medica_com.jks’ on the Ansible Controller.\nIf you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option”

When I run the same task on the same tower execution node via the CLI it works no problem.

I’ve tried using delegate_to as well to ensure force find of the file on the specific node in question and still no luck.

I also used the find module, and the find module can find the file with no problems.

I am at a loss of what the problem here his when the same code works on the CLI but fails when ran through Tower.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!
Tom

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Tower runs Ansible through bubble wrap which is like a chroot jail.
The /tmp available in the bubble wrap environment may not be the same /tmp on the actual Tower server.
If you need a directory exposed to the bubble wrap container look in settings => jobs => path to expose to isolated jobs.

-John

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Many thanks John. That is great to know. Always learning something new :slight_smile: I changed the path of the download from /tmp to /opt and it worked like a charm. Will keep the paths to expose in mind for the future!

Tom