Awx not parsing properly a path set in vars

[alancivita]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

• API
• UI

SUMMARY

Awx seems to not parse properly a path set in vars

ENVIRONMENT

• AWX version: 9.2.0
• AWX install method: kubernetes
• Ansible version: X.Y.Z
• Operating System:
• Web Browser:

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

I have a role to add ssh user keys, basically the role is like this:

• name: Add User SSH Keys authorized_key: user: "{{ item.name }}" key: "{{ lookup('file', '{{ item.key_directory }}{{ item.name }}.pub') }}" state: present with_items:
  • "{{ users.accounts }}" when: item.state == "present"

the var file is like this: users: home_directory_mask: 27 groups: … … … accounts: … …

• {name: test-automation, uid: 1011, groups: [‘automation’, 'docker'], shell: /bin/bash, key_directory: '{{inventory_dir}}/../shared/public_keys/', state: present }

when i execute a playbook with that role i'm getting this error:

{ "msg": "An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin 'file'. Error was a <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleError'>, original message: could not locate file in lookup: /var/lib/awx/projects/_6__alan/environments/test/../shared/public_keys/test-automation.pub", "_ansible_no_log": false } but the file is definitely there and the path is correct; i've double checked on the celery container;

i have an extra variable set on the template for the inventory_dir var: inventory_dir: /var/lib/awx/projects/_6__alan/environments/test

Any tips?

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTUAL RESULTS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

[alancivita]

i've removed the inventory_dir: /var/lib/awx/projects/_6__alan/environments/test extra var to let awx use the /tmp/ version but i'm getting the same error but the file is definitely there

[alancivita]

quick update, to make it work i had to change from

• {name: test-automation, uid: 1011, groups: [‘automation’, 'docker'], shell: /bin/bash, key_directory: '{{inventory_dir}}/../shared/public_keys/', state: present }

to

• {name: test-automation, uid: 1011, groups: [‘automation’, 'docker'], shell: /bin/bash, key_directory: '{{playbook_dir}}/../shared/public_keys/', state: present }

so basically i've used playbook_dir ansible variable rather than inventory_dir

any tips?

[AlanCoding]

if you're trying to use inventory_dir, also see https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/5926