Re: [ansible-project] help debugging calling import_playbook

2021-06-30 Thread need abettername
OK, thanks Brian, that gives me some things to go on and I'm clearly in need of going back and starting again to avoid this spaghetti. Didn't know about the env variable rather than using those paths so will go that route and that alone has been very helpful. Thanks for your patience, just

Re: [ansible-project] help debugging calling import_playbook

2021-06-29 Thread Brian Coca
When I say 'no connection is involved' it is in the act of importing a playbook, this is a 'LOCAL ACTION' that has nothing to do with a remote, so if it fails it will not give a connection error. One of many issues with your play is that you are trying to import a playbook inside a play, this

Re: [ansible-project] help debugging calling import_playbook

2021-06-26 Thread need abettername
Perhpas I have a misunderstanding here When you say " no connection is involved" If I'm right it is possible to ssh from a server to itself - shown by a new shell and the ability to exit back to the previous shell - or am I mistaken and it's somehow ignoring that Is this not what ansible is

Re: [ansible-project] help debugging calling import_playbook

2021-06-25 Thread needabettername
Thanks Brian Not quite sure I understand, it's the output I'm trying to get (more of) to understand why it's failing. In case it helps at all Here's the play 2 created that it fails on. This is fine to run directly through ansible-playbook, just not through that play1 - hosts: nott

Re: [ansible-project] help debugging calling import_playbook

2021-06-25 Thread Brian Coca
The import would not fail with connection issues, no connection is involved, what is failing is a task, but you are not providing enough output to determine which task it is. -- -- Brian Coca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible

[ansible-project] help debugging calling import_playbook

2021-06-25 Thread needabettername
I need help getting more information on why an import_ playbook fails please During a play (play 1) I'm (ansible.builtin.template) sucessfully templating out another play (play 2) and variables file and using trying to call them later in play 1, but that import fails import_playbook: