I'm getting this error with the following playbook: --- # file: deploy.yml # usage: ansible-playbook deploy.yml --inventory-file <hosts-file> --extra-vars "service_name=<service-name> rpm_src_url=<rpm URL>" # extra-vars: # service_name - name of the RPM service e.g. medio-spitback # rpm_src_url - URL where RPM to install can be downloaded - hosts: webservers remote_user: raven gather_facts: false sudo: yes sudo_user: raven vars: rpm_dest: "/tmp/{{ service_name }}.rpm" tasks: - name: download RPM to host get_url: url="{{ rpm_src_url }}" dest="{{ rpm_dest }}" force=yes - name: yum uninstall service if needed yum: name="{{ service_name }}" state=absent - name: yum install RPM yum: name="{{ rpm_dest }}" state=present - name: ensure service is running service: name="{{ service_name }}" state=started - name: Delete uploaded RPM file: dest="{{ rpm_dest }}" state=absent
The full logging: TASK: [yum uninstall service if needed] *************************************** <dla19-sea.hq.msrch> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: raven on PORT 22 TO dla19-sea.hq.msrch <dla19-sea.hq.msrch> REMOTE_MODULE yum name="medio-spitback" state=absent <dla19-sea.hq.msrch> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p /tmp/ansible-tmp-1406220230.33-96765765740082 && chmod a+rx /tmp/ansible-tmp-1406220230.33-96765765740082 && echo /tmp/ansible-tmp-1406220230.33-96765765740082' <dla19-sea.hq.msrch> PUT /tmp/tmpq7NAYC TO /tmp/ansible-tmp-1406220230.33-96765765740082/yum <dla19-sea.hq.msrch> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod a+r /tmp/ansible-tmp-1406220230.33-96765765740082/yum' <dla19-sea.hq.msrch> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python -tt /tmp/ansible-tmp-1406220230.33-96765765740082/yum' <dla19-sea.hq.msrch> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -rf /tmp/ansible-tmp-1406220230.33-96765765740082/ >/dev/null 2>&1' failed: [dla19-sea.hq.msrch] => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "rc": 1, "results": ["Loaded plugins: fastestmirror\n"]} msg: You need to be root to perform this command. What am I doing wrong? TIA Tomy -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/4838c027-00f8-475f-8214-15721b1ac526%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.