Error installing packages with yum-module

[RafnexJr]

SUMMARY

If I try to install the Packages yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2 with the YUM-Module. I get the Error fatal: [example.example.com]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failure talking to yum: Invalid version flag from: yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2"}. If I run the command local on the machine everything works.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

YUM Module

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.6.4
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.5 (default, Jul 13 2018, 13:06:57) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-28)]

CONFIGURATION

Nothing Changed

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Running Ansible from Windows 10 - CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core) WSL

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Run on clean CentOS 7 Digital Ocean Droplet. (Only installed the epel package and updated the all packages.)

- name: Install Docker required packages
  yum:
    name: "{{ docker_required_packages }}"
    state: present

Variable File:

---
docker_required_packages: yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2

EXPECTED RESULTS

It should install the packages or return that they're already installed.

ACTUAL RESULTS

If I run the Playbook it gives me this error:

TASK [docker-node : Install Docker required packages] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************task path: <censored path> :17
<example.example.com> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<example.example.com> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/root/.ansible/cp/293b3e19f9 example.example.com '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo ~ && sleep 0'"'"''
<example.example.com> (0, '/root\n', '')
<example.example.com> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<example.example.com> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/root/.ansible/cp/293b3e19f9 example.example.com '/bin/sh -c '"'"'( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506="` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506 `" ) && sleep 0'"'"''
<example.example.com> (0, 'ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506=/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506\n', '')
Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum.py
<example.example.comh> PUT /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-12438_D1mb/tmp5id90u TO /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506/yum.py
<example.example.com> SSH: EXEC sftp -b - -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o
PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/root/.ansible/cp/293b3e19f9 '[example.example.com]'
<example.example.com> (0, 'sftp> put /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-12438_D1mb/tmp5id90u /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506/yum.py\n', '')
<example.example.com> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<example.example.com> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/root/.ansible/cp/293b3e19f9 example.example.com '/bin/sh -c '"'"'chmod u+x /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506/ /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506/yum.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<example.example.com> (0, '', '')
<example.example.com> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<example.example.com> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/root/.ansible/cp/293b3e19f9 -tt example.example.com '/bin/sh -c '"'"'/usr/bin/python /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506/yum.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<example.example.com> (1, '\r\n{"msg": "Failure talking to yum: Invalid version flag from: yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2", "failed": true, "exception": "  File \\"/tmp/ansible_dx_Pw_/ansible_module_yum.py\\", line 565, in what_provides\\n    pkgs = my.returnPackagesByDep(req_spec) + my.returnInstalledPackagesByDep(req_spec)\\n  File \\"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py\\", line 4283, in returnPackagesByDep\\n    raise Errors.YumBaseError, _(\'Invalid version flag from: %s\') % str(depstring)\\n", "invocation": {"module_args": {"allow_downgrade": false, "name": ["yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2"], "bugfix": false, "list": null, "disable_gpg_check": false, "conf_file": null, "install_repoquery": true, "validate_certs": true, "state": "present", "disablerepo": null, "update_cache": false, "disable_plugin": [], "enablerepo": null, "exclude": null, "security": false, "update_only": false, "enable_plugin": [], "installroot": "/", "skip_broken": false}}}\r\n', 'Shared connection to example.example.com closed.\r\n')
<example.example.com> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<example.example.com> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/root/.ansible/cp/293b3e19f9 example.example.com '/bin/sh -c '"'"'rm -f -r /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1538226624.0-15049333638506/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'"'"''
<example.example.com> (0, '', '')
The full traceback is:
  File "/tmp/ansible_dx_Pw_/ansible_module_yum.py", line 565, in what_provides
    pkgs = my.returnPackagesByDep(req_spec) + my.returnInstalledPackagesByDep(req_spec)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 4283, in returnPackagesByDep
    raise Errors.YumBaseError, _('Invalid version flag from: %s') % str(depstring)

fatal: [example.example.com]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "allow_downgrade": false,
            "bugfix": false,
            "conf_file": null,
            "disable_gpg_check": false,
            "disable_plugin": [],
            "disablerepo": null,
            "enable_plugin": [],
            "enablerepo": null,
            "exclude": null,
            "install_repoquery": true,
            "installroot": "/",
            "list": null,
            "name": [
                "yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2"
            ],
            "security": false,
            "skip_broken": false,
            "state": "present",
            "update_cache": false,
            "update_only": false,
            "validate_certs": true
        }
    },
    "msg": "Failure talking to yum: Invalid version flag from: yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2"
}

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[mkrizek]

From yum module documentation (https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/yum_module.html):

To operate on several packages this can accept a comma separated list of packages or (as of 2.0) a list of packages.

So, your variable needs to look like this:

docker_required_packages: yum-utils, device-mapper-persistent-data, lvm2

or (for instance) this:

docker_required_packages:
  - yum-utils
  - device-mapper-persistent-data
  - lvm2