You can check out ansible on the remote host and use "./hacking/test-module" to run the module locally, and add some debug.
This may be effective in learning more. I would of course check to make sure some gremlins weren't installing iptables later just before you logged in :) On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Gallagher Polyn <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I'm attempting to boot and deploy with GCE all in one play (using Sharif > Salah's > deck<https://speakerdeck.com/sharifsalah/google-compute-engine-and-ansible>and > demo > repo <https://github.com/sharifsalah/ansible-examples> as my basis.) > > I'm succeeding until... > > - name: insert iptables rule > lineinfile: dest=/etc/sysconfig/iptables state=present regexp="{{ > mysql_port }}" > insertafter="^:OUTPUT " line="-A INPUT -p tcp --dport {{ > mysql_port }} -j ACCEPT" > notify: restart iptables > > > ...gives me this: > > failed: [node1] => {"failed": true, "item": "", "rc": 257} > msg: Destination /etc/sysconfig/iptables does not exist ! > > > When I log into the instance, /etc/sysconfig/iptables is present. > > I suspect there is something amiss in how I am executing the play, but I > don't know what. > > What is a good debugging approach, here? (I'm thinking some ad hoc command > experiments with the stat module could help, but I'm not succeeding with > those.) > > Thanks, > > G > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/c661af26-debe-456a-b58e-4b1f0fc66524%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/c661af26-debe-456a-b58e-4b1f0fc66524%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgxmg1FG6KSq98OwSgY08M1mrcw2gvgMY_%3DE8UsNqA9n2w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
