hm. adding a become: yes makes the TASK go through, so the hint was good, thx.
However the line is not being replaced. can it be the regexp: 'MYHOME=/opt/db/mysql/mariadb-10.0.23-linux-x86_64' does not identify the line to be changed correctly? that would explain that behavior somewhat. If so ... what may the the problem with this? > On 01/15/2022 3:37 PM Parth Patel <parthpatel.pp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey, > > Are you trying to use become method to be root or privileged user ? If file > exist on target node can u show permissions on it. > > And in line regexp change to below to look for starting with line using ^ > > regexp = ‘^MYHOME=/opt/db/mysql/*’ > > Cheers, > Parth > > On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 at 7:58 PM, dulhaver via Ansible Project > <ansible-project@googlegroups.com mailto:ansible-project@googlegroups.com > > wrote: > > > I want to change replace a particular line in an exiting file (after having > > pushed a template of it to the remote) > > > > this is ant extract of the file content > > > > > cat bin/.myenv > > # Mysql Environment > > ... > > MYBASE=/opt/db/mysql/mariadb > > MYHOME=/opt/db/mysql/mariadb-10.0.23-linux-x86_64 > > MYDATA=/opt/db/data/mysql > > MYBACK=/opt/db/backup/mysql/dumps > > ... > > > > I want to replace the line > > MYHOME=/opt/db/mysql/mariadb-10.0.23-linux-x86_64 > > > > with this new line > > MYHOME=/opt/db/mysql/mariadb-10.5.4-linux-x86_64 > > > > my TASK looks like this > > > > - name: replace mariadb version in " {{ mariadb_base }}"/bin/.myenv > > lineinfile: > > path: " {{ mariadb_base }}/bin/.myenv " > > regexp: 'MYHOME=/opt/db/mysql/mariadb-10.0.23-linux-x86_64' > > line: MYHOME=/opt/db/mysql/mariadb-10.5.4-linux-x86_64 > > where {{ mariadb_base }} equals /opt/db/mysql > > > > the error I am getting is: > > > > TASK [mariadb_install : replace mariadb version in " > > /opt/db/mysql"/bin/.myenv] > > ******************************************************************* > > fatal: [vm-51150-0198]: FAILED! => changed=false > > msg: Destination /opt/db/mysql/bin/.myenv does not exist ! > > rc: 257 > > > > however checking on the target I can see that the file > > /opt/db/mysql/bin/.myenv actually does exist > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > mailto:ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/32365982.212197.1642256863668%40office.mailbox.org > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/32365982.212197.1642256863668%40office.mailbox.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > > . > > > > > -- > 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 > mailto:ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEMGyLJ4VnaPr9Wghgbtu7Fc%2BX0d_e%2BjDuK5ubdBd%2BzNjhGQrA%40mail.gmail.com > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEMGyLJ4VnaPr9Wghgbtu7Fc%2BX0d_e%2BjDuK5ubdBd%2BzNjhGQrA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1767078023.213453.1642258729221%40office.mailbox.org.
