# ansible yml error **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [November 18, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-yml-error/23053 "2016-11-18T11:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stack4cl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@stack4cl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/stack4cl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-yml-error/23053/1 "2016-11-18T11:49:13Z")
Any idea about the below error - [sysadm@pclprdftsnsoft1 ~]$ ansible-playbook 2.yml [WARNING]: While constructing a mapping from /home/sysadm/2.yml, line 14, column 6, found a duplicate dict key (shell). Using last defined value only. PLAY [patch] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [setup] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [ccltstftsmrk1] TASK [I am rebooting servers!! You go and have some coffe!] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [ccltstftsmrk1]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “sh -c ‘/usr/bin/reboot’”, “delta”: “0:00:00.015728”, “end”: “2016-11-18 06:33:54.544235”, “failed”: true, “rc”: 1, “start”: “2016-11-18 06:33:54.528507”, “stderr”: “reboot: Need to be root”, “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: , “warnings”: } …ignoring TASK [I am waiting for server to come back!] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [ccltstftsmrk1 → localhost] TASK [Subscribing a new channel] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [ccltstftsmrk1]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “sh -c "rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026 --force"”, “delta”: “0:00:00.006615”, “end”: “2016-11-18 06:36:31.115522”, “failed”: true, “rc”: 127, “start”: “2016-11-18 06:36:31.108907”, “stderr”: “sh: rhnreg\_ks: command not found”, “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: , “warnings”: } NO MORE HOSTS LEFT \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* [WARNING]: Could not create retry file ‘2.retry’. [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘’ PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ccltstftsmrk1 : ok=3 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 [sysadm@pclprdftsnsoft1 ~]$ code - [sysadm@pclprdftsnsoft1 ~]$ cat 2.yml ---
**Author:** ![stack4cl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@stack4cl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/stack4cl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-yml-error/23053/2 "2016-11-18T13:25:42Z")
Ansible version is ansible-2.1.1.0-1 ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-yml-error/23053/3 "2016-11-18T14:41:20Z")
One task can only have one module. You can add a "- name" to the last shell module or add a - in front of the shell module. ---
**Author:** ![stack4cl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@stack4cl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/stack4cl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-yml-error/23053/4 "2016-11-18T15:16:07Z")
Added like below , still am getting error ☹ - name: Subscribing a new channel shell: sh -c “rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026” - name: Subscribing a new channel forcefully shell: sh -c “rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026 --force” TASK [I am waiting for server to come back!] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [ccltstftsmrk1 → localhost] TASK [Subscribing a new channel] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [ccltstftsmrk1]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “sh -c "rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026"”, “delta”: “0:00:00.272494”, “end”: “2016-11-18 10:13:52.624698”, “failed”: true, “rc”: 1, “start”: “2016-11-18 10:13:52.352204”, “stderr”: “”, “stdout”: “You must be root to run /usr/sbin/rhnreg\_ks”, “stdout\_lines”: [“You must be root to run /usr/sbin/rhnreg\_ks”], “warnings”: } NO MORE HOSTS LEFT \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* [WARNING]: Could not create retry file ‘patch.retry’. [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘’ ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-yml-error/23053/5 "2016-11-18T15:24:11Z")
> Added like below , still am getting error ☹ Have you read the error message? >   - name: Subscribing a new channel >      shell: sh -c "rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026" > >    - name: Subscribing a new channel forcefully >      shell: sh -c "rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026 --force" > > TASK [I am waiting for server to come back!] > \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > ok: [ccltstftsmrk1 -\> localhost] > > TASK [Subscribing a new channel] > \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > fatal: [ccltstftsmrk1]: FAILED! =\> {"changed": true, "cmd": "sh -c > \"rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026\"", "delta": "0:00:00.272494", > "end": "2016-11-18 10:13:52.624698", "failed": true, "rc": 1, "start": > "2016-11-18 10:13:52.352204", "stderr": "", "stdout": "You must be root to > run /usr/sbin/rhnreg\_ks", "stdout\_lines": ["You must be root to run > /usr/sbin/rhnreg\_ks"], "warnings": } The error message say "You must be root to run /usr/sbin/rhnreg\_ks" ---
**Author:** ![stack4cl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@stack4cl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/stack4cl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-yml-error/23053/6 "2016-11-18T19:17:42Z")
oops … I missed. Now I have corrected like below … still bad luck with me … . Also If I executed these commands directly into clients servers and its working. - name: Subscribing a new channel shell: sh -c “sudo yum clean all” - shell: sh -c “sudo rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026” - shell: sh -c “sudo rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026 --force” PLAY [patch] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [I am rebooting servers!! You go and have some coffe!] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* changed: [ccltstftsmrk1] [WARNING]: Consider using ‘become’, ‘become\_method’, and ‘become\_user’ rather than running sudo TASK [I am waiting for server to come back!] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [ccltstftsmrk1 → localhost] TASK [Subscribing a new channel] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* changed: [ccltstftsmrk1] TASK [command] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [ccltstftsmrk1]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “sh -c "sudo rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026"”, “delta”: “0:00:00.270108”, “end”: “2016-11-18 14:06:44.477886”, “failed”: true, “rc”: 255, “start”: “2016-11-18 14:06:44.207778”, “stderr”: “”, “stdout”: “This system is already registered. Use --force to override”, “stdout\_lines”: [“This system is already registered. Use --force to override”], “warnings”: } NO MORE HOSTS LEFT \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* [WARNING]: Could not create retry file ‘patch.retry’. [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘’ PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ccltstftsmrk1 : ok=3 changed=2 unreachable=0 failed=1 ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-yml-error/23053/7 "2016-11-19T19:31:03Z")
>    - name: Subscribing a new channel >      shell: sh -c "sudo yum clean all" >    - shell: sh -c "sudo rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026" >    - shell: sh -c "sudo rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026 --force" [snip] > TASK [Subscribing a new channel] > \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > changed: [ccltstftsmrk1] > > TASK [command] > \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > fatal: [ccltstftsmrk1]: FAILED! =\> {"changed": true, "cmd": "sh -c \"sudo > rhnreg\_ks --activationkey 1-vblock20161026\"", "delta": "0:00:00.270108", > "end": "2016-11-18 14:06:44.477886", "failed": true, "rc": 255, "start": > "2016-11-18 14:06:44.207778", "stderr": "", "stdout": "This system is > already registered. Use --force to override", "stdout\_lines": ["This system > is already registered. Use --force to override"], "warnings": } It's failing on the first rhnreg\_ks that doesn't have --force because it's already registered. It this circumstance rhnreg\_ks return code is 255, everything higher than 0 is a failure for the shell module. You can change this behavior with the failed\_when. Have you checked out these two module, maybe they can do what you are trying to do? rhn\_register - Manage Red Hat Network registration using the rhnreg\_ks command rhn\_channel - Adds or removes Red Hat software channels