It looks like again you are not placing quotes around dictionary key. Can
you please show your code which through this error?
On Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 12:53:39 PM UTC+5:30,
anushake...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> It is unpacking a tar file successfully but at the same time I am getting
> below error. Could you please help.
>
>
> {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The
> error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'dest_tar'\n\nThe error appears
> to have been in '/etc/ansible/xxx/xy/tasks/main.yml': line 26, 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 - name: test\n ^
> here\n"}
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 12:46:58 PM UTC+5:30, Keshipeddy Anusha
> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Mohan that worked for me, but may I know why we need to place
>> them in double quotes??
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 11:56 AM Mohan L <thefo...@gmail.com <javascript:>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You have to quote the dictionary key as well.
>>>
>>> FROM
>>>
>>> - { src_tar: '/home/virtual/xx/sample.tar.gz', dest_tar: '/tmp/sss/' }
>>>
>>> TO
>>>
>>> - { 'src_tar': '/home/virtual/xx/sample.tar.gz', 'dest_tar': '/tmp/sss/'
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is the working example. If you write a role and call that role from
>>> playbook then you no need to use var_files section. vars/main.yml is one of
>>> the default ansible search path.
>>>
>>> See how my tasks/main.yml :
>>>
>>> # cat roles/xyz/tasks/main.yml
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> # tasks file for xyz
>>>
>>> - name: Extract /tmp/xx/sample.tar.gz into /tmp/sss
>>>
>>> unarchive:
>>>
>>> src: "{{ item.src_path }}"
>>>
>>> dest: "{{ item.dest_path }}"
>>>
>>> with_items: "{{ TAR }}"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> #See the vars/main.yml
>>>
>>> # cat roles/xyz/vars/main.yml
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> # vars file for xyz
>>>
>>> TAR:
>>>
>>> - { "src_path": "/tmp/xx/sample.tar.gz", "dest_path": "/tmp/sss/" }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> # See the Ansible playbook
>>>
>>> # cat /etc/asnible/site.yml
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> - hosts: all
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> roles:
>>>
>>> - xyz
>>>
>>>
>>> # ansible-playbook site.yml
>>>
>>>
>>> TASK [xyz : Extract /tmp/xx/sample.tar.gz into /tmp/sss]
>>> *******************************************
>>>
>>> ok: [localhost] => (item={u'src_path': u'/tmp/xx/sample.tar.gz',
>>> u'dest_path': u'/tmp/sss/'})
>>>
>>>
>>> PLAY RECAP
>>> *****************************************************************************************
>>>
>>> localhost : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0
>>> failed=0
>>>
>>>
>>> # ls /tmp/xx/sample.tar.gz
>>>
>>> /tmp/xx/sample.tar.gz
>>>
>>>
>>> # ls /tmp/sss/
>>>
>>> sample
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, November 12, 2018 at 11:09:08 PM UTC+5:30,
>>> anushake...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Team,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to unarchive a file is failing with below errors. Could
>>>> someone please look into it.
>>>>
>>>> *Playbook:*
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> - hosts: all
>>>>
>>>> vars_files:
>>>>
>>>> - /etc/ansible/xx/xyz/vars/main.yml
>>>>
>>>> tasks:
>>>>
>>>> - name: test
>>>>
>>>> unarchive:
>>>>
>>>> src: "{{ item.src_tar }}"
>>>>
>>>> dest: “{{ item.dest_tar }}”
>>>>
>>>> with_items: "{{ TAR }}"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *vars_files:*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> TAR:
>>>>
>>>> - { src_tar: '/home/virtual/xx/sample.tar.gz', dest_tar: '/tmp/sss/' }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Error:*
>>>>
>>>> "msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The
>>>> error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'dest_tar'\n\nThe error appears
>>>> to have been in '/etc/ansible/xx/xyz/tasks/main.yml': line 23, column 5,
>>>> but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax
>>>> problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n with_items: \"{{ TAR
>>>> }}\"\n - name: test\n ^ here\n"}
>>>>
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