File lookup issue in 1.8.2

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I’m using a task similar to this to add keys to a remote user:

  • authorized_key: user=bob key=‘{{lookup(“file”, item)}}’
    with_fileglob:
  • /some/absolute/path/id_*.pub

This worked fine up to (and including) 1.8.1

In 1.8.2, I’m getting: ERROR: Unexpected error in during lookup: ‘item’ is undefined

2

I did very simple (if contrived) test and this seems to work fine:

   - copy: content={{lookup('file',item)}} dest=/tmp/{{item|basename}}
     with_fileglob:
        - files/*

3

Looks like some kind of parsing issue, if I use the full YAML syntax below it works, but not if I use key=…

Working:

  • authorized_key:
    user: bob
    key: “{{lookup(‘file’,item)}}”
    with_fileglob:
  • /some/absolute/path/id_*.pub

Not working:

  • authorized_key: user=bob key=‘{{lookup(“file”, item)}}’
    with_fileglob:
  • /some/absolute/path/id_*.pub
4

Weird, it works for me in both formats.

5

Neither are working for me - I’m getting the same issue even when in yaml format. If I use item.0 the error disappears (but of course the task fails because it is incorrect).

  • authorized_key:
    user: someuser
    key: “{{lookup(‘file’,item)}}”
    with_fileglob:
  • /tmp/keys/*
6

Matthieu,

I was able to use the pipe lookup to get around this:

  • authorized_key: user=bob key=‘{{lookup(“pipe”, “cat /some/absolute/path/id_*.pub” )}}’
7

Aha - one more piece.

It works fine as a task but not as a post_task in a playbook.

This playbook fails:

  • hosts: servers
    post_tasks:
  • name: Set the authorized key everywhere
    authorized_key: user=someuser key=“{{lookup(‘file’, item)}}”
    with_fileglob:
  • /tmp/keys/*

This one succeeds:

  • hosts: servers
    tasks:
  • name: Set the authorized key everywhere
    authorized_key: user=someuser key=“{{lookup(‘file’, item)}}”
    with_fileglob:
  • /tmp/keys/*