The module does not work with ansible install via apt #55

But4ler · 2018-03-22T13:36:30Z

Hi,
Module does not work on servers or ansible was installed directly via apt and not pip
OS: Ubuntu 16.04 x64 update to date

root@srv01:~# ansible --version
ansible 2.4.3.0
  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/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.12 (default, Dec  4 2017, 14:50:18) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609]

Exemple

apt update
apt install software-properties-common
apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
apt update

apt install ansible
pip install ansible-modules-hashivault

export VAULT_ADDR="https://vault.mydomain:8200"
export VAULT_SKIP_VERIFY=1

Exemple: test.yml

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - name: "blabla"
    hashivault_status:
    register: 'vault_status'
  - assert: { that: "{{vault_status.changed}} == False" }
  - assert: { that: "{{vault_status.status.progress}} == 0" }
  - assert: { that: "{{vault_status.status.sealed}} == False" }
  - assert: { that: "{{vault_status.rc}} == 0" }

root@srv01:~# ansible-playbook test.yml
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

ERROR! no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path.

The error appears to have been in '/root/test.yml': line 3, column 5, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  tasks:
  - name: "blabla"
    ^ here


The error appears to have been in '/root/test.yml': line 3, column 5, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  tasks:
  - name: "blabla"
    ^ here

exception type: <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleParserError'>
exception: no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path.

The error appears to have been in '/root/test.yml': line 3, column 5, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  tasks:
  - name: "blabla"
    ^ here

The same playbook on a server with Ansible install via pip

root@srv02:~# ansible-playbook test.yml
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'


PLAY [localhost] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [blabla] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [assert] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "changed": false,
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}

TASK [assert] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "changed": false,
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}

TASK [assert] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "changed": false,
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}

TASK [assert] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "changed": false,
    "msg": "All assertions passed"
}

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=6    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0

TerryHowe · 2018-03-23T17:01:27Z

Yes on Xenial:

root@sandbox:/usr/local/lib/python2.7# find / -name module_utils
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils

TerryHowe · 2018-03-23T18:04:21Z

Two possible solutions:

Add a package to ubuntu or a ppa to install hashivault
Perhaps there is some environment variable to determine the location of ansible for pip

TerryHowe · 2018-03-23T18:05:12Z

For now, the work around is going to have to be use pip to install ansible on ubuntu

But4ler · 2018-03-26T07:18:35Z

Otherwise, the pip installation method is quite satisfactory.
Besides, it's probably better to fix the pip package than to create a new one for apt.

Thanks for this module !

pokerazor · 2018-07-18T15:01:37Z

I had success using the following command after installing hashivault via pip:
ansible-playbook --module-path=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/modules/hashivault -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.ini -b cluster.yml

Mykolaichenko · 2018-08-07T17:34:11Z

The main problem is default ansible python module location.
Default path is: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible when it installed from apt.
But pip installing module to local libs: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible

In my opinion it's huge problem and it must be resolved inside module.

By the way, we can quickly hack it this using symlinks:

ln -s /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/modules/hashivault /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/modules/hashivault

ln -s /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils/hashivault.py /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils/hashivault.py

@TerryHowe could you please confirm it will be fixed soon even I will made it for community. It's official module and I think it may be done asap.

UPD: one more option:

export ANSIBLE_LIBRARY='/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible:/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible' 
export ANSIBLE_MODULE_UTILS='/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils:/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils'

TerryHowe · 2018-11-12T16:07:07Z

Related ansible/ansible#46004

zoobab · 2018-12-10T13:12:53Z

I have the same problem under Centos 7 with ansible-playbook:

centos@bhenrion4 /home/centos/soft/ansible-modules-hashivault/functional [master] $ ./start.sh
+ set -e
+ DOCKER_NAME=testvault
+ PORT=8201
+ export VAULT_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:8201
+ VAULT_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:8201
++ mktemp -q /tmp/./start.sh.XXXXXX
+ TMP_CONFIG=/tmp/./start.sh.TrZYta
+ trap 'rm /tmp/./start.sh.TrZYta' EXIT
+ cat
+ chmod a+r /tmp/./start.sh.TrZYta
+ docker stop testvault
testvault
+ docker rm testvault
testvault
+ docker run --name testvault -h testvault -d --cap-add IPC_LOCK -p 127.0.0.1:8201:8201 -v /tmp/./start.sh.TrZYta:/etc/vault/config.json:ro vault server -config /etc/vault/config.json
2584dfb0ccb267259e27055a50631a59dddbb7bdbf15f421ee0e79194b103004
+ CNT=0
+ curl -sI http://127.0.0.1:8201/v1/sys/health
+ sleep 0.1
++ expr 0 + 1
+ CNT=1
+ '[' 1 -gt 20 ']'
+ curl -sI http://127.0.0.1:8201/v1/sys/health
+ sleep 0.1
++ expr 1 + 1
+ CNT=2
+ '[' 2 -gt 20 ']'
+ curl -sI http://127.0.0.1:8201/v1/sys/health
+ sleep 0.1
++ expr 2 + 1
+ CNT=3
+ '[' 3 -gt 20 ']'
+ curl -sI http://127.0.0.1:8201/v1/sys/health
+ ansible-playbook -v test_init.yml
Using /home/centos/soft/ansible-modules-hashivault/functional/ansible.cfg as config file
/home/centos/soft/ansible-modules-hashivault/functional/hosts did not meet host_list requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected
/home/centos/soft/ansible-modules-hashivault/functional/hosts did not meet script requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected
ERROR! no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path.

The error appears to have been in '/home/centos/soft/ansible-modules-hashivault/functional/test_init.yml': line 5, column 7, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  tasks:
    - name: Initialize vault
      ^ here

+ rm /tmp/./start.sh.TrZYta

The version was installed via yum, and is:

centos@bhenrion4 /home/centos/soft/ansible-modules-hashivault/functional [master] $ ansible-playbook --version
ansible-playbook 2.7.2
  config file = /home/centos/soft/ansible-modules-hashivault/functional/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/home/centos/.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-playbook
  python version = 2.7.5 (default, Jul 13 2018, 13:06:57) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-28)]
centos@bhenrion4 /home/centos/soft/ansible-modules-hashivault/functional [master] $

onitake · 2020-06-16T15:50:04Z

If you install the module as a normal user, the modules and module_utils paths must point to your home directory.

For example, on Debian 11, you would do:

export ANSIBLE_LIBRARY="${HOME}/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible/modules"
export ANSIBLE_MODULE_UTILS="${HOME}/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible/module_utils"

Not sure what the distinction between ansible and ansible/modules is, but the latter seems to work for me.

You can also put these into your ansible.cfg. The settings are called library and module_utils, respectively.

TerryHowe added the enhancement label May 7, 2018

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"ERROR! no action detected in task..." kubernetes-sigs/kubespray#2768

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Allow use of hashivault without requiring root #90

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