My playbook has 2 "tasks": I first gather some info, including the hosts to work on, then add them with add_hosts, and then start again some new tasks, could this be it? There are some vars set on the cli that are not lost, could those be global and the ones set in the playbook not be global?
On Tue, May 8, 2018, 18:46 Tony Chia <[email protected]> wrote: > Is the "replace" task in the same play as the "set_fact" play? It's best > if you could provide a reproducible full playbook. > > You can add debug task between where it's defined and the "replace" task > to see when it starts to "disappears" > > On Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 8:04:03 AM UTC-7, David Villasmil wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I've got a playbook that does: >> >> - name: Get db cluster endpoint >> shell: "aws --region=us-east-1 rds describe-db-clusters >> --db-cluster-identifier {{ cluster }}-kam-db" >> register: aws_cluster_res >> >> - set_fact: >> myvar: "{{ aws_cluster_res.stdout | from_json }}" >> >> - set_fact: >> endpoint: "{{ myvar.DBClusters[0].Endpoint }}" >> >> >> and much later on: >> >> - replace: >> dest: /home/admin/myconfig.cfg >> regexp: '^(.*)!\{\{ DB_HOST \}\}(.*)$' >> replace: '\1!{{ endpoint }}\2' >> >> But ansible complaints that it is undefined, eve though it _has_ beed >> defined: >> >> output: >> >> TASK [set_fact] >> ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* >> task path: /home/admin/create_instances.yaml:107 >> ok: [127.0.0.1] => { >> "ansible_facts": { >> "endpoint": "something.amazonaws.com" >> }, >> "changed": false >> } >> Read vars_file 'vars/sts.yml' >> Read vars_file 'vars/default.yml' >> >> >> TASK [Print endpoint] >> ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************* >> task path: /home/admin/create_instances.yaml:110 >> ok: [127.0.0.1] => { >> "msg": "sonmething.amazonaws.com" >> } >> >> >> >> .... >> >> >> TASK [replace] >> ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** >> task path: /home/admin/voice-conf/playbooks/create_instances.yaml:335 >> fatal: [18.206.82.39]: FAILED! => { >> "msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The >> error was: 'endpoint' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in >> '/home/admin/create_instances.yaml': line 335, column 5, but may\nbe >> elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe >> offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - replace:\n ^ here\n" >> } >> fatal: [18.206.108.97]: FAILED! => { >> "msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The >> error was: 'endpoint' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in >> '/home/admin/create_instances.yaml': line 335, column 5, but may\nbe >> elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe >> offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - replace:\n ^ here\n" >> } >> >> >> I can't figure out why this is happening, can someone help? >> >> Thanks! >> >> David >> >> >> -- > 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/491d0f10-323c-4542-abb9-9101665c245a%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/491d0f10-323c-4542-abb9-9101665c245a%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/CAFGRPVo8SXmt4L35Jq4Z7puUf7k77t7vnWSKfPUhvE4krMr9SQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
