I get this error when I run my playbook (with debug strategy enabled):
TASK [Add authorized keys for developer user]
**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/pi/Source/ansible/playbooks/post-preseeded-debian-install.
yml:27
fatal: [tblack-win10]: FAILED! => {
"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The
error was: 'item' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in
'/home/pi/Source/ansible/playbooks/post-preseeded-debian-install.yml': line
27, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact
syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n tasks:\n -
name: \"Add authorized keys for {{ preseeded_username }} user\"\n ^
here\nWe could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue
with\nmissing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when
they\nstart a value. For instance:\n\n with_items:\n - {{ foo
}}\n\nShould be written as:\n\n with_items:\n - \"{{ foo
}}\"\n\nexception type: <class
'ansible.errors.AnsibleUndefinedVariable'>\nexception: 'item' is undefined"
}
It breaks into debug prompt, but when I print the error message there, it
won't do it pythonically, or even readable:
(debug) p result['msg']
u'The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was:
\'item\' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in
\'/home/pi/Source/ansible/playbooks/post-preseeded-debian-install.yml\':
line 27, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact
syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n tasks:\n -
name: "Add authorized keys for {{ preseeded_username }} user"\n ^
here\nWe could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue
with\nmissing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when
they\nstart a value. For instance:\n\n with_items:\n - {{ foo
}}\n\nShould be written as:\n\n with_items:\n - "{{ foo
}}"\n\nexception type: <class
\'ansible.errors.AnsibleUndefinedVariable\'>\nexception: \'item\' is
undefined'
However, I can copy/paste the entire unicode string def, paste and print in
a separate python interactive session variable, and it looks correct:
/home/tblack > python
Python 2.7.13 (default, Nov 24 2017, 17:33:09)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> m=u'The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error
was: \'item\' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in
\'/home/pi/Source/ansible/playbooks/post-preseeded-debian-install.yml\':
line 27, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact
syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n tasks:\n -
name: "Add authorized keys for {{ preseeded_username }} user"\n ^
here\nWe could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue
with\nmissing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when
they\nstart a value. For instance:\n\n with_items:\n - {{ foo
}}\n\nShould be written as:\n\n with_items:\n - "{{ foo
}}"\n\nexception type: <class
\'ansible.errors.AnsibleUndefinedVariable\'>\nexception: \'item\' is
undefined'
>>> type(m)
<type 'unicode'>
>>> print m
The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was:
'item' is undefined
The error appears to have been in
'/home/pi/Source/ansible/playbooks/post-preseeded-debian-install.yml': line
27, column 7, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
tasks:
- name: "Add authorized keys for {{ preseeded_username }} user"
^ here
We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
missing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they
start a value. For instance:
with_items:
- {{ foo }}
Should be written as:
with_items:
- "{{ foo }}"
exception type: <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleUndefinedVariable'>
exception: 'item' is undefined
How do I do same in the ansible debug prompt? Any other ideas on how to
print this output in a READABLE fashion? Thanks.
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