Question about source files in an Ansible Collection

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I have a collection that I’ve built with numerous roles in it. Under one of the roles, I have a files folder with some files in it used during the role execution. However, I have a situation where 2 of these files keep erroring out saying that the source isn’t found.

For example, I have one file that I use the unarchive module to extract it, and it works:

  • name: Branding | Extract the jar file
    ansible.builtin.unarchive:
    src: files/tsose.jar
    dest: /var/tmp/guacbranding

But when I try to install an RPM that is located in the same files folder, I get an error stating that the source file is not found:

  • name: Install Latest RHEL 7 MySQL Connector
    ansible.builtin.yum:
    name: files/mysql-connector-j-8.0.33-1.el7.noarch.rpm
    state: present
    disable_gpg_check: true

I even tried to copy the file locally using the copy module with the remote_src flag set to true, but I get the same “file not found” error. And when I check the tar file that is created and I upload to our automation hub, the files are there under files.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Harry

2

Absolute path on the remote host is required

  if spec.endswith('.rpm') or '://' in spec:
      if '://' not in spec and not os.path.exists(spec):
          res['msg'] += "No RPM file matching '%s' found on system" % spec

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/modules/yum.py#L1040

3

Fair enough. Then why wouldn’t the following work (trying to copy the RPM to the host, then running the yum module from that path)?:

  • name: Config | Handle RHEL 7 MySQL Connector
    when: (guacamole_mysql_auth) and (ansible_distribution_major_version == ‘7’)
    block:
  • name: Copy the RPM locally
    ansible.builtin.copy:
    src: files/mysql-connector-j-8.0.33-1.el7.noarch.rpm
    dest: /var/tmp/
    owner: root
    group: root
    mode: 0644
    remote_src: true
  • name: Install Latest RHEL 7 MySQL Connector
    ansible.builtin.yum:
    name: /var/tmp/mysql-connector-j-8.0.33-1.el7.noarch.rpm
    state: present
    disable_gpg_check: true
  • name: Remove local RPM file
    ansible.builtin.file:
    path: /var/tmp/mysql-connector-j-8.0.33-1.el7.noarch.rpm
    state: absent

Thanks,
Harry

4

This copy is rather confusing. You said the directory *files* is in a
role, i.e. on the controller. Now you set *remote_src: true* which
takes the source from the remote host.

To isolate the problem. You should verify each step you make. In this
case, before you run *yum*, verify the file
*/var/tmp/mysql-connector-j-8.0.33-1.el7.noarch.rpm* is present and
readable.

5

The remote_src ended up being the issue with the copy. Once i removed that, I was able to copy the RPM file, then give the absolute path to the yum/dnf module, and install as expected. Thanks for the assistance!

Thanks,
Harry