You have a typo, it's 'state' not 'status'. The default value is 'state: file' and due to historical behaviour 'state: file' will not create the file.
On Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 11:35:04 AM UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: > Ansible 2.11.0 > > I created an I: disk partition on my Windows 2019 host under jenkins > user, who is an admin. Logged in as jenkins, I can create a directory on > the partition through the GUI. > > Now I have this Ansible task that simply tries to create the same > directory structure, like this > > - name: "Create data directory {{ pg_data_dir }}" > win_file: > path: "{{ pg_data_dir }}" # I:\pgdata\13 > status: directory > > I get ... > > TASK [postgresql : Create data directory I:\pgdata\13] > ******************************** > task path: > /path/ansible/exa-playbooks/roles/postgresql/tasks/install_postgresql.yml:21 > redirecting (type: modules) ansible.builtin.win_file to > ansible.windows.win_file > Using module file > /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/3.3.0/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible_collections/ansible/windows/plugins/modules/win_file.ps1 > Pipelining is enabled. > <10.227.xx.xx> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: jenkins on PORT 5986 > TO 10.227.xx.xx > EXEC (via pipeline wrapper) > fatal: [10.227.xx.xx]: FAILED! => { > "changed": false, > "msg": "path I:\\pgdata\\13 will not be created" > } > > Any clues? > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/f642acf6-22e6-45ba-9488-ea247b6f4940n%40googlegroups.com.
