Just for the record, removing quotes from your example like this:
options={ group: virt, storage.owner-uid: '36', storage.owner-gid: '36' }
works for me on 1.9.4.
On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 11:21:23 PM UTC+10, Chris Weeks wrote:
>
> Thank you for sharing this information, I had come across the exact same
> problem - use case: gluster storage backends for oVirt clusters.
>
> My role includes the following:
>
> - name: Gluster volume exists - {{gvol_name}}
> gluster_volume: >
> state=present
> name={{gvol_name}}
> brick={{gvol_brick}}
> options="{ group: virt, storage.owner-uid: '36', storage.owner-gid:
> '36' }"
>
> Unfortunately, that syntax still fails with msg: unable to evaluate
> dictionary for options.
>
> Do you have any tips on the fix or are you able to send a working
> role/playbook that I can use as an example?
>
> Either way, I appreciate you posting your fault and some success online!
> :)
>
>
>
> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 3:52:09 PM UTC+12, Michael Goodness wrote:
>>
>> Well, apparently I hadn't tried everything yet. I was able to get a
>> successful run by including the options parameter in the creation task,
>> rather than keeping them separate. I also had to double-quote the expansion
>> in my playbook, and single-quote the integers in my variable dictionary:
>>
>> # file: group_vars/gluster_hosts
>>> ...
>>> options: { group: virt, storage.owner-uid: '36', storage.owner-gid: '36'
>>> }
>>> ...
>>
>>
>> (Note the corrections to owner-uid and owner-gid.)
>>
>> # file: roles/gluster/tasks/main.yml
>>> ...
>>> - name: Create gluster volumes
>>> sudo: true
>>> gluster_volume:
>>> name={{ item.name }}
>>> brick="{% for brick in item.bricks %}{{ brick.mount }}/{{ item.name
>>> }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}"
>>> cluster="{{ groups.gluster_hosts|join(',') }}"
>>> options="{{ item.options }}"
>>> state=present
>>> with_items: gluster_volumes
>>> tags: gluster
>>> ...
>>
>>
>> Seems like there's a bug in the module, and the documentation is
>> definitely incorrect. I'll experiment more and see if I can offer a fix.
>>
>>
>> On Friday, July 3, 2015 at 10:33:24 PM UTC-5, Michael Goodness wrote:
>>>
>>> Greetings, Ansiblites!
>>>
>>> I'm attempting to write a role that uses the gluster_volume module. All
>>> is well right up until I try to specify an 'options' parameter. According
>>> to the documentation, I'm to use "a dictionary/hash with
>>> options/settings for the volume". The example given is as follows:
>>>
>>> gluster_volume: state=present name=test1
>>>> options='{performance.cache-size: 256MB}'
>>>
>>>
>>> I've matched that syntax in my playbook, and all I get is a complaint
>>> from Ansible about quoting. I've tried just about every variation of
>>> quoting I can think of: single, double, double-double, escaped, etc.. The
>>> closest I (think) have gotten is by specifying the options as a variable,
>>> then single-quoting the expansion:
>>>
>>> # file: group_vars/gluster_hosts
>>>> ...
>>>> options: { group: virt, storage.owner_uid: 36, storage.owner_gui: 36 }
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> # file: roles/gluster/tasks/main.yml
>>>> ...
>>>> gluster_volume: name={{ name }} options='{{ options }}' state=present
>>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Even then, the result is:
>>>
>>> msg: unable to evaluate dictionary for options
>>>
>>>
>>> Can anyone shed some light on this? I'm at my wit's end.
>>>
>>
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