unarchive module can't find file but it exist

[winmasta]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

unarchive

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.4.0.0
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/home/winmasta/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.12 (default, Nov 19 2016, 06:48:10) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609]

CONFIGURATION

DEFAULT_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /home/winmasta/.ssh/kireva_ans
DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(env: ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE) = /home/winmasta/vault_pass.txt
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False

OS / ENVIRONMENT

running OS: Linux 4.10.0-37-generic #41~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 6 22:42:59 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

managing OS: Ubuntu server 16.04.3 x64

SUMMARY

unarchive module can't find the file but it exist

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- name: getting node_exporter
    get_url:
      url: https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v{{ NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION }}/node_exporter-{{ NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
      dest: /tmp/
      mode: 0777

- name: unpacking node_exporter
    unarchive:  
      src: /tmp/node_exporter-{{ NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
      dest: /tmp/

EXPECTED RESULTS

Expect no errors.

ACTUAL RESULTS

amazon-ebs: TASK [getting node_exporter] ***************************************************
    amazon-ebs: changed: [default]
    amazon-ebs:
    amazon-ebs: TASK [debug] *******************************************************************
    amazon-ebs: ok: [default] => {
    amazon-ebs:     "result": {
    amazon-ebs:         "changed": true,
    amazon-ebs:         "cmd": "cd /tmp && ls -lA",
    amazon-ebs:         "delta": "0:00:00.002823",
    amazon-ebs:         "end": "2017-10-19 08:10:39.288165",
    amazon-ebs:         "failed": false,
    amazon-ebs:         "rc": 0,
    amazon-ebs:         "start": "2017-10-19 08:10:39.285342",
    amazon-ebs:         "stderr": "",
    amazon-ebs:         "stderr_lines": [],
    amazon-ebs:         "stdout": "total 5188\ndrwx------ 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:10 ansible_Poq6xM\ndrwxrwxrwt 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 .font-unix\ndrwxrwxrwt 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 .ICE-unix\n-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root   5276195 Oct 19 08:10 node_exporter-0.15.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz\ndrwx------ 2 ubuntu ubuntu    4096 Oct 19 08:09 ssh-vJN9uGp4lf\ndrwx------ 3 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 systemd-private-d63b439562cf4faaa60e759301a3be87-systemd-timesyncd.service-vE2ivK\ndrwxrwxrwt 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 .Test-unix\n-rw------- 1 root   root         0 Oct 19 08:10 tmpkGWnS9\n-rw------- 1 root   root         0 Oct 19 08:10 tmpYcCBUb\ndrwxrwxrwt 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 .X11-unix\ndrwxrwxrwt 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 .XIM-unix",
    amazon-ebs:         "stdout_lines": [
    amazon-ebs:             "total 5188",
    amazon-ebs:             "drwx------ 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:10 ansible_Poq6xM",
    amazon-ebs:             "drwxrwxrwt 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 .font-unix",
    amazon-ebs:             "drwxrwxrwt 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 .ICE-unix",
    amazon-ebs:             "-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root   5276195 Oct 19 08:10 node_exporter-0.15.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz",
    amazon-ebs:             "drwx------ 2 ubuntu ubuntu    4096 Oct 19 08:09 ssh-vJN9uGp4lf",
    amazon-ebs:             "drwx------ 3 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 systemd-private-d63b439562cf4faaa60e759301a3be87-systemd-timesyncd.service-vE2ivK",
    amazon-ebs:             "drwxrwxrwt 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 .Test-unix",
    amazon-ebs:             "-rw------- 1 root   root         0 Oct 19 08:10 tmpkGWnS9",
    amazon-ebs:             "-rw------- 1 root   root         0 Oct 19 08:10 tmpYcCBUb",
    amazon-ebs:             "drwxrwxrwt 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 .X11-unix",
    amazon-ebs:             "drwxrwxrwt 2 root   root      4096 Oct 19 08:09 .XIM-unix"
    amazon-ebs:         ]
    amazon-ebs:     }
    amazon-ebs: }
    amazon-ebs:
    amazon-ebs: TASK [unpacking node_exporter] *************************************************
    amazon-ebs: fatal: [default]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Could not find or access '/tmp/node_exporter-0.15.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz'"}
    amazon-ebs: 	to retry, use: --limit @/home/winmasta/hasca/iac/packer/playbook.retry

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[winmasta]

It also affects "copy" module whith the same error. So if I replace "unarchive" with "shell: tar xvzf" and "copy" with "shell: cp" everything works fine.

[andreaso]

Have you read what https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/unarchive_module.html has to say about the src parameter?

[albertomurillo]

Please close since is not a bug

[bcoca]

Possible Misunderstanding

Hi!

Thanks very much for your submission to Ansible. It sincerely means a lot to us.

We believe the ticket you have filed is being somewhat misunderstood, as one thing works a little differently than stated.

In the future, this might be a topic more well suited for the user list, which you can also post here if you'd like some more help with the above.

• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ansible-project

Thank you once again for this and your interest in Ansible!

[luzfcb]

Same problem here.

- name: 'untar files on remote server'
  unarchive:
    remote_src: yes
    src: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/file_to_untar.tar.xz"
    dest: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/app/src"

The unarchive works if i run directly on remote server

/bin/tar --extract -C /home/myuser/app/src --show-transformed-names -f /home/myuser/file_to_untar.tar.xz

ansible-playbook playbook.yml -vvv --version
ansible-playbook 2.4.0.0
  config file = /home/luzfcb/projetos/ansible_solar/ansible-solar3/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/home/luzfcb/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/luzfcb/virtualenvs/ansiblesolarp2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /home/luzfcb/virtualenvs/ansiblesolarp2/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 2.7.11 (default, Mar  8 2016, 09:32:11) [GCC 5.2.1 20151010]

[Brulemat]

same problem , but I have a good result with

• name: unzip installer
  become: true
  become_method: sudo
  unarchive:
  src: "{{ oracle_tmp }}/{{ installer }}"
  dest: "{{ oracle_tmp }}"
  remote_src: yes

[dankalytovskyy]

all you need to do is add remote_src: yes on the bottom.