On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 19:47, Guy Knights wrote:
>
> According to the docs
> (https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#ansible-configuration-settings-locations),
> Ansible is supposed to use ansible.cfg from the current directory as the
> second option if the env var ANSIBLE_CONFIG isn't defined. However it doesn't
> appear to be working for me.
>
> I'm in the process of creating a collection and I have a virtual env set up
> in the current directory, with Ansible 2.9 installed. When I run Ansible
> however, it is going straight to the .ansible.cfg file in my user's home
> directory and ignores the ansible.cfg file I created in the collection dir.
> The folder layout is as follows:
>
> ansible.cfg docs env galaxy.yml hosts.yml playbooks plugins README.md
> requirements.txt roles
>
> My venv is enabled and when I run ansible it shows the following:
>
> (env) root@DESKTOP-JH6A27J:~/work/knightsg/dkron# ansible --version
> ansible 2.9.9
> config file = /root/.ansible.cfg
> configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules',
> '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
> ansible python module location =
> /mnt/c/Users/guy/Documents/Work/knightsg/dkron/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
> executable location =
> /mnt/c/Users/guy/Documents/Work/knightsg/dkron/env/bin/ansible
> python version = 3.6.5 (default, May 3 2018, 10:08:28) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609]
>
> As you can see, it's using /root/.ansible.cfg.
>
> If I supply ANSIBLE_CONFIG then it uses the ansible.cfg file in the current
> folder:
>
> (env) root@DESKTOP-JH6A27J:~/work/knightsg/dkron#
> ANSIBLE_CONFIG=./ansible.cfg ansible --version
> ansible 2.9.9
> config file = /mnt/c/Users/guy/Documents/Work/knightsg/dkron/ansible.cfg
> configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules',
> '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
> ansible python module location =
> /mnt/c/Users/guy/Documents/Work/knightsg/dkron/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
> executable location =
> /mnt/c/Users/guy/Documents/Work/knightsg/dkron/env/bin/ansible
> python version = 3.6.5 (default, May 3 2018, 10:08:28) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609]
>
> Any idea why Ansible isn't selecting the correct config file by default?
This could be the case if the directory the config file is in, is
world writable.
The path you use ( /mnt/c/Users/guy) indicates this is some sort of
Windows filesystem. Could it be that this is mounted is a way that
causes it directory in question to be world writable?
See also
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#avoiding-security-risks-with-ansible-cfg-in-the-current-directory
--
Dick Visser
Trust & Identity Service Operations Manager
GÉANT
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