@Simon, So whenyou run `ansible-playbook --syntax-check mail.yml` does it gives some error code? i tried that with ansible version 2.4 and it works as expected
On Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 8:39:52 PM UTC+5:30, Simon Hayes wrote: > > I'm running a simple playbook to report on server configurations which is > formatted into an html file from a template. I use the mail module to > attach the html file into the body of the mail as follows: > > > > > > > > > > > > > *- hosts: localhost tasks: - name: Send e-mail local_action: > mail port=25 headers="Content-type=text/html" > subtype=html from="[email protected] <javascript:>" > to="[email protected] <javascript:>" subject='Server Report' > body="{{ lookup('file', '/tmp/report.html') }}"* > > When I run this on a group of 13/14 servers the play runs fine, mail is > sent and received as expected. If I add more servers to the group, the > initial parts of the playbook run fine, but then it fails when attempting > to send the mail. I've not seen this with any other playbooks or roles I > have on the same server, emails seem to send out just fine > > > > *TASK [Send e-mail] > *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************An > > exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use > -vvv. The error was: socket.error: [Errno 111] Connection refusedfatal: > [localhost -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "module_stderr": > "Traceback (most recent call last):\n File > \"/tmp/ansible_TNdcry/ansible_module_mail.py\", line 386, in <module>\n > main()\n File \"/tmp/ansible_TNdcry/ansible_module_mail.py\", line 257, in > main\n code, smtpmessage = smtp.connect(host, port=port)\n File > \"/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py\", line 300, in connect\n self.sock = > self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)\n File > \"/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py\", line 278, in _get_socket\n return > socket.create_connection((port, host), timeout)\n File > \"/usr/lib64/python2.6/socket.py\", line 567, in create_connection\n > raise error, msg\nsocket.error: [Errno 111] Connection refused\n", > "module_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE", "rc": 1}* > > /var/log/messages shows the following abrtd errors which appear to come > from python and ansible_module_mail.py: > > > > *Mar 5 17:45:13 <masked_server_name> abrt: [ID - user.info > <http://user.info>] detected unhandled Python exception in > '/tmp/ansible_TNdcry/ansible_module_mail.py'Mar 5 17:45:14 > <masked_server_name> abrtd: [ID - daemon.err] Directory > 'pyhook-2018-03-05-17:45:14-17875' creation detectedMar 5 17:45:14 > <masked_server_name> abrt-server[18081]: [ID - daemon.err] Saved Python > crash dump of pid 17875 to /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2018-03-05-17:45:14-17875* > > What I don't know is whether this is ansible and/or python, or perhaps my > poor implementation of the mail module. Google search has not returned any > worthy suggestions or causes. Could I be missing something server side - > python config or sendmail? > Does anyone have any ideas? > > Version information: > > > > > > > * ansible 2.4.3.0 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured > module search path = [u'/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', > u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = > /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible executable location = > /usr/bin/ansible python version = 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Aug 9 2016, > 06:11:56) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)]* > > -Simon > -- 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/93303546-d190-40b8-a2e8-29978770f313%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
