Ok - got it. Sounds like a path just needs to be os.path.abspath'd somewhere.
If your 1.7 checkout is up to date, please file a github ticket so we can take a look. Thanks! On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Synaesthete <[email protected]> wrote: > ansible 1.7 > > On Monday, July 28, 2014 10:09:32 AM UTC-4, Michael DeHaan wrote: > >> What is "ansible --version" ? >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Synaesthete <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the response. >>> >>> I'm using the following task: >>> >>> - debug: msg="{{ playbook_dir }}" >>> >>> >>> With this output... >>> >>> ok: [localhost] => { >>> "msg": "." >>> } >>> >>> >>> So it's returning a relative path. I get this same output regardless of >>> where I run the debug task, so this doesn't help me point to my project >>> root if I use the playbook_dir variable in one of my roles or some other >>> subdirectory. Incidentally, inventory_dir returns an absolute path (e.g. >>> /etc/ansible), though the inventory directory isn't what I'm after. >>> >>> On Sunday, July 27, 2014 4:54:33 PM UTC-4, Michael DeHaan wrote: >>> >>>> This may be a useful resource for organization tips: >>>> >>>> http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_best_practices.html >>>> >>>> Also, if you haven't seen it already, the ansible-galaxy CLI can be >>>> used to quickly stub out a role with the "init" command. >>>> >>>> You may wish to read about role dependencies, however galaxy is not >>>> meant as a way to distribute top level playbooks - in practice, they are >>>> seldom reusable because nobody wants to install the exact same >>>> infrastructure (you've already made a lot of choices about Sublime and >>>> Node), whereas roles provide a more ideal chunk of reuse. >>>> >>>> As for your directory questions try, "{{ playbookdir }}/some_path". >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Synaesthete <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm working on a small Ansible project that's a little outside its >>>>> primary use-case. I'm automating the generation of new web projects in a >>>>> Mac OS X dev environment. There are two objectives: >>>>> >>>>> 1.) Install all development tools on the local machine >>>>> 2.) Compose various projects based on small component roles/tasks >>>>> >>>>> As a simple example, if you run the main playbook, it will prompt you >>>>> for a project folder, install Sublime Text, NodeJS, etc., and set up all >>>>> the basic files needed to begin working on a new project. Here's a subset >>>>> of my project folder: >>>>> >>>>> ansible-generator >>>>> |- main.yml <-- Main playbook >>>>> |- apps >>>>> |- nodejs >>>>> |- tasks,vars,defaults,etc. >>>>> |- sublime >>>>> |- scaffolds >>>>> |- git >>>>> |- node >>>>> |- vagrant >>>>> |- install >>>>> |- dmg.yml >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Everything under both apps and scaffolds are roles. 'apps' install >>>>> local dev tools, and 'scaffolds' uses templates to set up and modify new >>>>> project files (package.json, Vagrantfile, .gitignore, etc.) >>>>> >>>>> I have a couple questions: >>>>> >>>>> 1.) Could this entire project be turned in to a role itself and be >>>>> distributed on Ansible Galaxy, given its different project layout and >>>>> different use-case? Since this is a project built using lots of small >>>>> sub-roles, how could I run all those dependent roles from tasks/main.yml? >>>>> >>>>> 2.) The roles in the /apps folder need to reference tasks under the >>>>> /install folder. Right now I have to use relative paths like >>>>> "../../../dmg.yml". I'd rather set up a variable further up and just use >>>>> "{{ installers }}/dmg.yml", but without just setting this variable to >>>>> "../../.." What's the best way to get the absolute path to the root of >>>>> this >>>>> project? The playbook_dir variable always returns "." >>>>> >>>>> 3.) Any other thoughts on organizing my project? Is it reasonable to >>>>> have roles in both /apps and /scaffolds or does this seem unwieldy >>>>> compared >>>>> to putting everything under a /roles folder? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! 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