Since my bug report is ignored and closed I'm asking for support here. Since the upgrade to Ansible 1.4 the --syntax-check feature broke when used with role files.
This is the ticket: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/5412 --syntax-check fails on 1.4.with ERROR: MODULE is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook The --syntax-check option does not work for me. Ansible 1.4.3, installed via pip on OS X 10.9. Basic playbook which consists out of a few roles: # cat ./playbooks/default-vps-setup.yml --- - hosts: local user: remy connection: ssh # or paramiko roles: - { role: basic-debian-setup, sudo: yes } - { role: git-setup } - { role: vim } - { role: bash } - { role: screen } - { role: openssh, sudo: yes } - { role: fail2ban, sudo: yes } - { role: sudo, sudo: yes } - { role: postfix, sudo: yes } - { role: vnstat, sudo: yes } Specific role: # cat playbooks/roles/vim/tasks/main.yml --- - apt: pkg=vim-tiny state=latest update_cache=yes sudo: yes - file: path=/home/{{ user }}/.vimrc src=/home/{{ user }}/conf/vimrc state=link owner={{ user }} force=yes sudo: no The command fails: ansible-playbook --syntax-check -i tests/ansible_hosts ./playbooks/roles/vim/tasks/main.yml Result: playbook: ./playbooks/roles/vim/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook When manually setting the Library path it also fails: ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=/usr/share/ansible/ ansible-playbook --syntax-check -i tests/ansible_hosts ./playbooks/roles/vim/tasks/main.yml playbook: ./playbooks/roles/vim/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook When checking the playbook which includes the roles it always works, even when the included roles do not exist or are syntaxically incorrect. This worked on Ansible 1.3. (checking the individual files). I noticed this because my CI started bombarding me with emails. (It checks my ansible repository with this command: find ./playbooks/roles -name '*.yml' -not -path './roles/*/files/*' | xargs -t -n1 ansible-playbook --syntax-check -i tests/ansible_hosts.) This was a clean install of Ansible to test. On a new VM with 1.3 it works, a new VM with 1.4 fails. And it is not just the APT module, it is every module. See the full output here: find ./playbooks -name '*.yml' -not -path './playbooks/group_vars/*' -not -path './playbooks/roles/*/files/*' | xargs -n1 ansible-playbook --syntax-check -i tests/ansible_hosts playbook: ./playbooks/debug.yml playbook: ./playbooks/default-vps-setup.yml playbook: ./playbooks/nginx-vps-for-raymii.org.yml playbook: ./playbooks/roles/bash/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/basic-debian-setup/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/debug/tasks/main.yml ERROR: register is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/fail2ban/handlers/main.yml ERROR: service is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/fail2ban/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook ERROR: parse error: playbooks must be formatted as a YAML list playbook: ./playbooks/roles/git-setup/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/nginx/handlers/main.yml ERROR: service is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml ERROR: template is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/openssh/handlers/main.yml ERROR: service is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/openssh/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook ERROR: parse error: playbooks must be formatted as a YAML list playbook: ./playbooks/roles/postfix/handlers/main.yml ERROR: service is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/postfix/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/screen/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/sudo/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/vim/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/vnstat/handlers/main.yml ERROR: action is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook playbook: ./playbooks/roles/vnstat/tasks/main.yml ERROR: apt is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook On a fresh install of Ansible 1.3 it all works, on a fresh install (both in new clean VM's) of 1.4 it fails. -- 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
