I don't know if this is a normal use-case but I am using packer.io and the
local ansible provisioner to build docker images. I wanted to use a
pre_task to actually install the role and then immediately use the role on
a managed node. The problem is that *I think* there is a sanity check that
runs before the pre_tasks actually gets called to make sure the referenced
roles actually exist. So the play will fail with a message the role does
not exist in which wouldn't be true if the pre_tasks ran first. Is my
assumption of this sanity check correct and is there a recommended
approach? I can have packer upload the role to my docker image if need be
but I thought there might be a cleaner way.
See the following simple example playbook:
- name: Install openldap
hosts: all
sudo: True
pre_tasks:
- name: Install the openldap role
command: ansible-galaxy install bennojoy.openldap_server
creates=/etc/ansible/roles/bennojoy.openldap_server
roles:
- role: bennojoy.openldap_server
openldap_server_domain_name: example.com
openldap_server_rootpw: passme
openldap_server_enable_ssl: true
openldap_server_country: US
openldap_server_state: Oregon
openldap_server_location: Portland
openldap_server_organization: IT
root@archvile:~/packer/openldap_server-packer# sudo packer build
-var-file=variables.json packer.json
docker output will be in this color.
==> docker: Creating a temporary directory for sharing data...
==> docker: Pulling Docker image: jgrowl/ubuntu-ansible
docker: Pulling repository jgrowl/ubuntu-ansible
==> docker: Starting docker container...
docker: Run command: docker run -d -i -t -v
/tmp/packer-docker258851345:/packer-files jgrowl/ubuntu-ansible /bin/bash
docker: Container ID:
aa033de85e2009aea6d808ce9dc2ca5ae0dab7008b1de9de890955cf38d39780
==> docker: Provisioning with Ansible...
docker: Creating Ansible staging directory...
docker: Creating directory: /tmp/packer-provisioner-ansible-local
docker: Uploading main Playbook file...
docker: Executing Ansible: cd /tmp/packer-provisioner-ansible-local &&
ansible-playbook /tmp/packer-provisioner-ansible-local/openldap_server.yml
-c local -i "127.0.0.1,"
docker: ERROR: cannot find role in
/tmp/packer-provisioner-ansible-local/roles/bennojoy.openldap_server or
/tmp/packer-provisioner-ansible-local/bennojoy.openldap_server or
/etc/ansible/roles/bennojoy.openldap_server
==> docker: Killing the container:
aa033de85e2009aea6d808ce9dc2ca5ae0dab7008b1de9de890955cf38d39780
Build 'docker' errored: Error executing Ansible: Non-zero exit status: 1
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