Can't overwrite default inventory hosts file in .debops.cfg about debops-tools HOT 7 CLOSED

You need to use lookup('file_src', 'sshkey/mykey.pub') lookup plugin. file is the "normal" one.

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No problem. I know what is happening here. The file module is used to get the contents of a specified file. The DebOps file_src is used to select a specific file from a set of possible paths. It was written for cases like this:

- copy:
    src: '{{ lookup("file_src", "relative/path/to/file") }}'
    dest: '/remote/file'

The main reason being, so that role contents could stay static and be able to be updated via git, and you could still modify what the role does externally via the configuration file.

In your case, you are using the file_src lookup in the wrong place. You would instead need to do something like this:

sshkeys:
  - '{{ lookup("file", lookup("file_src", "sshkeys/mykey.pub")) }}'

So basically, first find the absolute path to a file you want, and then get its contents. That should make it work.

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After debops script generates the ansible.cfg configuration file, ansible command can be used and has the same functionality that debops-task has. I am all in favor of fixing this bug and removing debops-task.

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Great, I'll use ansible command then.

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debops command doesn't work well too, it looks like it's trying to read the old inventory file, instead of the file set in ansible.cfg.

I think it could be something related to the function find_inventorypath, but I'm not an expert in Python.

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I'm running debops (with ansible-playbook 2.1.0.0, from fedora 21) and it looks like the myproject/.debops.cfg is not being read. If I set file-paths in .debops.cfg,

[paths]
file-paths: /home/myname/cm-sys-servers/ansible/files

[ "{{ lookup('file', 'sshkeys/mykey.pub') }}" ] still does not find the file, but searches in the default location only:

fatal: [mymachine]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "the file_name '/home/myname/.local/share/debops/debops-playbooks/playbooks/sshkeys/mykey.pub' does not exist, or is not readable"}

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Indeed, when I use file_src, the file is found. But there is a difference between lookup('file_src', 'sshkey/mykey.pub') and lookup('file', '/home/myname/cm-sys-servers/ansible/files/sshkeys/mykey.pub'). The latter reads contents of the file, while the first only reads the path with filename. I get an invalid key specified:

sshkeys: [ "{{ lookup('file_src', 'sshkeys/mykey.pub') }}" ]
gives the following error in the log:

whereas 
`sshkeys: [ "{{ lookup('file', '/home/myname/cm-sys-servers/ansible/roles/users/files/mykey.pub') }}" ]`
gives something like:

"sshkeys": ["ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"], "state": "present", "system": false, "uid": 1001, "update_password": "on_create"}, "name": "users", "state": "present", "system": false}

Not sure if this is the intended behaviour or I'm doing something else wrong again. (apologies if I should be creating a new issue instead)

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