thanks I saw my indent on the when was wrong, but it still gets the same error.
I assume I am not using Ansible as intended as I am very much a novice. I apperciate your patience. On Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 2:51:14 PM UTC-5 Matthew Franco wrote: > the folder is on each host machine. The folder may already be there for a > different set of builds, so just having the folder there does not mean the > files have been downloaded. > > this script will end up being run locally on each system. It will > essentially be on a bunch of test boxes, that people will use the script to > switch between build environments. > > I have seen when download task is in there and there is no network > connection the script errors out. I am hoping to avoid that. > > > My overall intention was to have an ansible script that runs locally that > grabs a list of rpms from a file, checks if the files are in the local > directory, if the files are not in the local directory downloads them, then > installs the builds from a local directory. Normally the system will not be > on a network that can reach repositories. It will only be on that network > if they need to download. > > > > > > On Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 2:09:11 PM UTC-5 [email protected] > wrote: > >> file: >> path: /home/pvs/Build/data >> state: directory >> mode: 0755 >> register: file_stat >> >> >> Also notice that "register" aligns with "file" and not with the params of >> "file". >> >> Walter >> -- >> Walter Rowe, Division Chief >> Infrastructure Services, OISM >> Mobile: 202.355.4123 <(202)%20355-4123> >> >> On Jan 18, 2023, at 1:54 PM, 'Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)' via Ansible Project < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ansible checks before it makes changes. >> >> You declare a configuration state. If the machine is in that state, >> Ansible makes no change. >> >> Don't check if the package has been downloaded. Let Ansible worry about >> that. >> >> It is fair to worry about whether the download folder exists. For that >> you only need to name the folder in the file task. >> >> file: >> path: /home/pvs/Build/data >> state: directory >> mode: 0755 >> register: file_stat >> >> Is /home/pvs/Build/data a local folder on the control host where you run >> Ansible, or on each remote machine? >> >> Walter >> -- >> Walter Rowe, Division Chief >> Infrastructure Services, OISM >> Mobile: 202.355.4123 <(202)%20355-4123> >> >> On Jan 18, 2023, at 1:21 PM, Matthew Franco <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Thank you for the help. >> sorry I had corrected the yum download portion (see below), but did not >> update here. the below solves the download only part. >> I need to be able to download it to a directory as I am not always going >> to be online to access repositories. I will be online at one point to get >> the files, but in the future may not as I switch between builds. I just do >> not know how to structure the when statement for downloading only when the >> file is not there. >> >> >> >> - name: Download RPMs >> yum: >> name: "{{ rpms }}" >> state: present >> enablerepo: "*" >> download_dir: /home/pvs/Build/data/ >> download_only: true >> when: file_stat.stat.exists == False >> On Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 1:10:39 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Have you looked at the module docs? They show you what "results" is >>> supposed to look like. If I may I'd like to suggest a slightly different >>> approach. The Ansible philosophy is for each task to declare a state and >>> let Ansible ensure the machine is in that state when it is done with the >>> task. >>> >>> Let's break your problem down into three states: >>> >>> >>> 1. a local directory needs to exist >>> 2. RPMs need to be in that local directory >>> 3. RPMs in that local directory need to be installed >>> >>> >>> Given those three states you have three tasks: >>> >>> - name: make sure /home/pvs/Build/data exists >>> >>> file: >>> path: /home/pvs/Build/data >>> state: directory >>> mode: 0755 >>> >>> The task above looks fine. It accomplishes state #1 in a single task. >>> >>> - name: Make sure RPMs are in /home/pvs/Build/data >>> >>> yum: >>> name: "{{ item }}" >>> state: present >>> enablerepo: "*" >>> dest: /home/pvs/Build/data/ >>> with_items: "{{ rpms }}" >>> >>> The task above doesn't look great. I am not convinced it will download >>> the packages to /home/pvs/Build/data. The yum module does not have a "dest" >>> parameter. It has a download_dir parameter. The download_dir parameter >>> is only effective when used in conjunction with download_only. The >>> next question I have is why do you want these packages downloaded to an >>> alternate local directory? Are they in a repo you have enabled? If so why >>> download them vs simply installing them FROM THAT REPO? This would let you >>> accomplish states 2 and 3 in a single step and eliminate state 1 entirely. >>> >>> - name: RPMs are installed from /home/pvs/Build/data >>> >>> yum: >>> name: /home/pvs/Build/data/{{ item }} .x86_64.rpm >>> state: present >>> installroot: /home/pvs/Build/data >>> enablerepo: "*" >>> allowdowngrade: yes >>> with_items: "{{ rpms }}" >>> register: yum_result >>> >>> Given what I wrote about task / state 2 it seems task 3 may be >>> unnecessary. >>> >>> Walter >>> -- >>> Walter Rowe, Division Chief >>> Infrastructure Services, OISM >>> Mobile: 202.355.4123 <(202)%20355-4123> >>> >>> On Jan 18, 2023, at 12:37 PM, Matthew Franco <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I added the following task verifying file exists, and show the results >>> right below it, but I do not know how to reference the results using a >>> "when: " for when the file does not exist. the results shows: " 'stat': >>> {'charset': 'binary', 'uid': 0, 'exists': True, " >>> but stat is never found from the error >>> >>> >>> - name: check if file exists >>> local_action: stat path="/home/pvs/Build/data/{{ item }}.x86_64.rpm" >>> with_items: "{{ rpms }}" >>> register: file_stat >>> >>> - name: Verifying if file exists >>> debug: msg="File {{ item }} exist" >>> with_items: "{{ file_stat.results }}" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> PLAY [Download and install RPMs from a local directory] >>> *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** >>> >>> TASK [Gathering Facts] >>> ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** >>> ok: [localhost] >>> >>> TASK [Create directory if it does not exist] >>> ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** >>> ok: [localhost] >>> >>> TASK [check if file exists] >>> *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** >>> ok: [localhost -> localhost] => (item=Common-1.0.0-37) >>> ok: [localhost -> localhost] => (item=Database-1.0.0-122) >>> >>> TASK [Verifying if file exists] >>> *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** >>> ok: [localhost] => (item={'invocation': {'module_args': >>> {'checksum_algorithm': 'sha1', 'get_checksum': True, 'follow': False, >>> 'path': '/home/pvs/Build/data/Common-1.0.0-37.x86_64.rpm', 'get_md5': >>> False, 'get_mime': True, 'get_attributes': True}}, 'stat': {'charset': >>> 'binary', 'uid': 0, 'exists': True, 'attr_flags': '', 'woth': False, >>> 'isreg': True, 'device_type': 0, 'mtime': 1585590258.0, 'block_size': 4096, >>> 'inode': 5856469, 'isgid': False, 'size': 205977384, 'executable': False, >>> 'isuid': False, 'readable': True, 'version': '385713817', 'pw_name': >>> 'root', 'gid': 0, 'ischr': False, 'wusr': True, 'writeable': True, >>> 'mimetype': 'application/x-rpm', 'blocks': 402312, 'xoth': False, 'islnk': >>> False, 'nlink': 1, 'issock': False, 'rgrp': True, 'gr_name': 'root', >>> 'path': '/home/pvs/Build/data/Common-1.0.0-37.x86_64.rpm', 'xusr': False, >>> 'atime': 1673993504.3784745, 'isdir': False, 'ctime': 1673993447.9204745, >>> 'isblk': False, 'wgrp': False, 'checksum': >>> '5738560f3137fb2f62dd9a179ed343daef01c24b', 'dev': 64770, 'roth': True, >>> 'isfifo': False, 'mode': '0644', 'xgrp': False, 'rusr': True, 'attributes': >>> []}, 'changed': False, 'failed': False, 'item': 'Common-1.0.0-37', >>> 'ansible_loop_var': 'item'}) => { >>> "msg": "File {'invocation': {'module_args': {'checksum_algorithm': >>> 'sha1', 'get_checksum': True, 'follow': False, 'path': >>> '/home/pvs/Build/data/Common-1.0.0-37.x86_64.rpm', 'get_md5': False, >>> 'get_mime': True, 'get_attributes': True}}, 'stat': {'charset': 'binary', >>> 'uid': 0, 'exists': True, 'attr_flags': '', 'woth': False, 'isreg': True, >>> 'device_type': 0, 'mtime': 1585590258.0, 'block_size': 4096, 'inode': >>> 5856469, 'isgid': False, 'size': 205977384, 'executable': False, 'isuid': >>> False, 'readable': True, 'version': '385713817', 'pw_name': 'root', 'gid': >>> 0, 'ischr': False, 'wusr': True, 'writeable': True, 'mimetype': >>> 'application/x-rpm', 'blocks': 402312, 'xoth': False, 'islnk': False, >>> 'nlink': 1, 'issock': False, 'rgrp': True, 'gr_name': 'root', 'path': >>> '/home/pvs/Build/data/Common-1.0.0-37.x86_64.rpm', 'xusr': False, 'atime': >>> 1673993504.3784745, 'isdir': False, 'ctime': 1673993447.9204745, 'isblk': >>> False, 'wgrp': False, 'checksum': >>> '5738560f3137fb2f62dd9a179ed343daef01c24b', 'dev': 64770, 'roth': True, >>> 'isfifo': False, 'mode': '0644', 'xgrp': False, 'rusr': True, 'attributes': >>> []}, 'changed': False, 'failed': False, 'item': 'Common-1.0.0-37', >>> 'ansible_loop_var': 'item'} exist" >>> } >>> ok: [localhost] => (item={'invocation': {'module_args': >>> {'checksum_algorithm': 'sha1', 'get_checksum': True, 'follow': False, >>> 'path': '/home/pvs/Build/data/Database-1.0.0-122.x86_64.rpm', 'get_md5': >>> False, 'get_mime': True, 'get_attributes': True}}, 'stat': {'charset': >>> 'binary', 'uid': 0, 'exists': True, 'attr_flags': '', 'woth': False, >>> 'isreg': True, 'device_type': 0, 'mtime': 1612995841.0, 'block_size': 4096, >>> 'inode': 1629, 'isgid': False, 'size': 12408, 'executable': False, 'isuid': >>> False, 'readable': True, 'version': '235891764', 'pw_name': 'root', 'gid': >>> 0, 'ischr': False, 'wusr': True, 'writeable': True, 'mimetype': >>> 'application/x-rpm', 'blocks': 40, 'xoth': False, 'islnk': False, 'nlink': >>> 1, 'issock': False, 'rgrp': True, 'gr_name': 'root', 'path': >>> '/home/pvs/Build/data/Database-1.0.0-122.x86_64.rpm', 'xusr': False, >>> 'atime': 1674050294.847356, 'isdir': False, 'ctime': 1673994773.5614717, >>> 'isblk': False, 'wgrp': False, 'checksum': >>> '56730380852174a19f81253383a540689399ea9b', 'dev': 64770, 'roth': True, >>> 'isfifo': False, 'mode': '0644', 'xgrp': False, 'rusr': True, 'attributes': >>> []}, 'changed': False, 'failed': False, 'item': 'Database-1.0.0-122', >>> 'ansible_loop_var': 'item'}) => { >>> "msg": "File {'invocation': {'module_args': {'checksum_algorithm': >>> 'sha1', 'get_checksum': True, 'follow': False, 'path': >>> '/home/pvs/Build/data/Database-1.0.0-122.x86_64.rpm', 'get_md5': False, >>> 'get_mime': True, 'get_attributes': True}}, 'stat': {'charset': 'binary', >>> 'uid': 0, 'exists': True, 'attr_flags': '', 'woth': False, 'isreg': True, >>> 'device_type': 0, 'mtime': 1612995841.0, 'block_size': 4096, 'inode': 1629, >>> 'isgid': False, 'size': 12408, 'executable': False, 'isuid': False, >>> 'readable': True, 'version': '235891764', 'pw_name': 'root', 'gid': 0, >>> 'ischr': False, 'wusr': True, 'writeable': True, 'mimetype': >>> 'application/x-rpm', 'blocks': 40, 'xoth': False, 'islnk': False, 'nlink': >>> 1, 'issock': False, 'rgrp': True, 'gr_name': 'root', 'path': >>> '/home/pvs/Build/data/Database-1.0.0-122.x86_64.rpm', 'xusr': False, >>> 'atime': 1674050294.847356, 'isdir': False, 'ctime': 1673994773.5614717, >>> 'isblk': False, 'wgrp': False, 'checksum': >>> '56730380852174a19f81253383a540689399ea9b', 'dev': 64770, 'roth': True, >>> 'isfifo': False, 'mode': '0644', 'xgrp': False, 'rusr': True, 'attributes': >>> []}, 'changed': False, 'failed': False, 'item': 'Database-1.0.0-122', >>> 'ansible_loop_var': 'item'} exist" >>> } >>> >>> TASK [Download RPMs] >>> ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** >>> fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The conditional check >>> 'item.stat.exists == True' failed. The error was: error while evaluating >>> conditional (item.stat.exists == True): >>> 'ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy.AnsibleUnsafeText object' has no attribute >>> 'stat'\n\nThe error appears to be in >>> '/home/pvs/Build/playbooks/DownloadRPM.yml': line 31, column 5, but may\nbe >>> elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe >>> offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - name: Download RPMs\n ^ here\n"} >>> >>> PLAY RECAP >>> ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** >>> localhost : ok=4 changed=0 unreachable=0 >>> failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 1:26:27 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Does your "register: file_stat" needs to be moved up to the file task? >>>> >>>> Walter >>>> -- >>>> Walter Rowe, Division Chief >>>> Infrastructure Services, OISM >>>> Mobile: 202.355.4123 <(202)%20355-4123> >>>> >>>> On Jan 17, 2023, at 1:13 PM, Matthew Franco <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> with what I am doing shouldn't file_stat get registered as part of the >>>> loop? What am I doing wrong? >>>> >>>> >>>> I get the following error when trying to run my script below: >>>> >>>> PLAY [Download and install RPMs from a local directory] >>>> ************************ >>>> >>>> TASK [Gathering Facts] >>>> ********************************************************* >>>> ok: [localhost] >>>> >>>> TASK [Create directory if it does not exist] >>>> *********************************** >>>> ok: [localhost] >>>> >>>> TASK [Download RPMs] >>>> *********************************************************** >>>> fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The conditional check >>>> 'file_stat.stat.exists == False' failed. The error was: error while >>>> evaluating conditional (file_stat.stat.exists == False): 'file_stat' is >>>> undefined\n\nThe error appears to be in >>>> '/home/pvs/Build/playbooks/DownloadRPM.yml': line 17, column 5, but >>>> may\nbe >>>> elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe >>>> offending line appears to be:\n\n mode: 0755\n - name: Download >>>> RPMs\n ^ here\n"} >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> My script: >>>> >>>> --- >>>> - name: Download and install RPMs from a local directory >>>> hosts: all >>>> vars_files: >>>> - rpms.yml >>>> tasks: >>>> - name: Create directory if it does not exist >>>> file: >>>> path: /home/pvs/Build/data >>>> state: directory >>>> mode: 0755 >>>> - name: Download RPMs >>>> yum: >>>> name: "{{ item }}" >>>> state: present >>>> enablerepo: "*" >>>> dest: /home/pvs/Build/data/ >>>> with_items: "{{ rpms }}" >>>> when: file_stat.stat.exists == False >>>> register: file_stat >>>> - name: Install RPMs from local directory >>>> yum: >>>> name: /home/pvs/Build/data/{{ item }} .x86_64.rpm >>>> state: present >>>> installroot: /home/pvs/Build/data >>>> enablerepo: "*" >>>> allowdowngrade: yes >>>> with_items: "{{ rpms }}" >>>> register: yum_result >>>> - name: check if package installation failed >>>> debug: >>>> msg: "RPM {{ item.name >>>> <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fitem.name%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cwalter.rowe%40nist.gov%7C883fbd670c6b4e9478f508daf9857374%7C2ab5d82fd8fa4797a93e054655c61dec%7C1%7C0%7C638096648812555226%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fplQ6yREfShqu%2BC7c25vtjtvmkxDSzGT5QF6LjFJ6Xg%3D&reserved=0> >>>> >>>> }} failed with error {{ item.rc }}" >>>> with_items: "{{ yum_result.results }}" >>>> when: item.rc != 0 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This Ansible script loads the list of RPMs to download from a separate >>>> file called "rpms.yml" using the vars_files directive. 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