Sourcing a script on a remote host to use the functions in the script

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I am trying to source a script on a remote host so I can use the functions in it.
I have tried:

shell: source [filename.sh] && [function name]
args:
executable: /bin/bash

and a lot of variations on this.

Now I have managed to source the script locally by adding the source command to the .bash_profile file.

The functions are available to me when i log into the remote host and run the functions manually from the terminal.

When I send:

shell: [function name]

to the remote host, it comes up:

“/bin/bash: [function name]: command not found”

Both control and remote node are running /bin/bash
Is there something I am missing?

2

Yes, you need a login shell. The Ansible shell module does not use a login shell.

Try:

shell: bash -lc 'source [filename.sh] && [function name]'

3

Thanks for the quick reply,

That didn’t work either, still comes up with the same error:

“module_args”: {
“_raw_params”: “bash -lc ‘source /root/vBNG/env.sh && ins’”,
“_uses_shell”: true,
“argv”: null,
“chdir”: null,
“creates”: null,
“executable”: null,
“removes”: null,
“stdin”: null,
“warn”: false
}
},
“msg”: “non-zero return code”,
“rc”: 127,
“start”: “2019-04-30 16:54:34.129834”,
“stderr”: “bash: ins: command not found”,
“stderr_lines”: [
“bash: ins: command not found”

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I have not tested this. This if off the top of my head:

You may have to avoid using && and call it like "bash -lc 'source /root/vBNG/env.sh ins'".

Or put everything in a single script including the the `source` command.