# playbook deployment Error

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-deployment-error/19526>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 16, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-deployment-error/19526 "2015-10-16T16:44:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![GBANE\_FETIGUE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@GBANE\_FETIGUE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GBANE_FETIGUE)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-deployment-error/19526/1 "2015-10-16T16:44:05Z")

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Anybody has an idea about this error :

root@ip-172-16-20-180:/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/build-cs-utils/workspace/playbooks# ansible-playbook -i inventory/prod deploy\_system\_status.yml  
Enter the version you want to deploy:

PLAY [Deploy to status servers] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
ok: [prodstatus0]

TASK: [nodejs\_app | Put upstart script in place] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
ok: [prodstatus0]

TASK: [nodejs\_app | Create config directory] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
ok: [prodstatus0]

TASK: [nodejs\_app | Put config file in place] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
ok: [prodstatus0]

TASK: [nodejs\_app | Create code folder to store artifact] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
ok: [prodstatus0]

TASK: [nodejs\_app | Pull down code] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
ok: [prodstatus0]

TASK: [nodejs\_app | Explode source artifact] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
failed: [prodstatus0] =\> {“changed”: true, “cmd”: [“tar”, “-xvzf”, “cs-system-status-.tar.gz”], “delta”: “0:00:00.011398”, “end”: “2015-10-16 16:42:59.648071”, “rc”: 2, “start”: “2015-10-16 16:42:59.636673”, “warnings”: [“Consider using unarchive module rather than running tar”]}  
stderr:  
gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file  
tar: Child returned status 1  
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

FATAL: all hosts have already failed – aborting

PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
to retry, use: --limit @/root/deploy\_system\_status.retry

prodstatus0 : ok=6 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-deployment-error/19526/2 "2015-10-16T17:23:03Z")

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you seem to have a problem with your tar file, can you try untaring it manually?

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**Author:** ![GBANE\_FETIGUE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@GBANE\_FETIGUE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GBANE_FETIGUE)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-deployment-error/19526/3 "2015-10-16T17:36:39Z")

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I tried and still having some error :  
tar -xvzf cs-system-status-.tar.gz

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file  
tar: Child returned status 1  
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-deployment-error/19526/4 "2015-10-16T17:42:09Z")

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that confirms it, your tarfile seems to be invalid, not really an  
ansible issue at this point.