cannot save a file after executing playbook using tower templates

vshete93 commented 1 year ago

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Bug Summary

Hi team,

I have been trying to save some files as a part of ansible playbook that I am executing using templates on tower. Template executes successfully but I cannot locate the files in the respective location. What can be wrong here?

AWX version

22.2.0

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Installation method

kubernetes

Modifications

no

Ansible version

No response

Operating system

No response

Web browser

Chrome

Steps to reproduce

create a playbook that is used to save config files
create template on awx tower that uses above playbook
launch the template, it should execute successfully.

Expected results

tower successfully saves file inside task container in the provided path (var/lib/awx/projects in my case) in the ansible playbook.

Actual results

cannot save the file and locate it

Additional information

---
- name: Backup Cisco Router or Switch
  hosts: switches
  gather_facts: no
  connection: local

  vars:
    ansible_network_os: ios
    ansible_connection: network_cli
    ansible_become: yes
    ansible_become_method: enable
    dir_name: var/lib/awx/projects/{new_folder}

  tasks:
    - name: IOS CONFIG
      ios_command:
        commands: show run
      register: output_router

    - name: Create a directory if it does not exist
      ansible.builtin.file:
        path: "{{dir_name}}"
        state: directory
        mode: '0755'

    - name: SAVE IOS CONFIG
      copy:
        content: "{{ output_router.stdout[0] }}"
        dest: "{{dir_name}}/show_run_{{ inventory_hostname }}.txt"

fosterseth commented 1 year ago

Hello, this appears to be less of a bug report or feature request and more of a question. Could you please ask this on our mailing list? https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/awx-project
See https://github.com/ansible/awx/#get-involved for information for ways to connect with us.

vshete93 commented 1 year ago

Hi @fosterseth thanks for your reply. However I have tried it before and havent received any response. So I post it in here and above mailing list to get some visibility at both locations. Thanks.

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