Problem: Semaphore doesn't reads `ansible.cfg` about semaphore

[davidwinterstein]

I'd prefer Semaphore to read the settings from the file so I don't have to maintain them in one more place.
Also I have far more settings in there, those are just the most important.

I think the solution to cd somewhere first would make most sense, maybe a config option like working directory or something?
Has been suggested in #1984, too.

[tboerger]

Not directly a solution for loading the ansible.cfg, but all mentioned configs you guys try to apply you should be able to change via environment variables.

[dwedia]

Similar Issue for me, looks like Semaphore is creating an empty ansible.cfg in /tmp/semaphore/ansible.cfg you can over-mount from the host as a workarround.

I attempted this, but it still ignores it.
I Use exec'ed in to the container and checked the contents of /tmp/semaphore/ansible.cfg after volume mounting it. I see my ansible.cfg file there, but Semaphore still ignores it.

[Harfusha]

Not directly a solution for loading the ansible.cfg, but all mentioned configs you guys try to apply you should be able to change via environment variables.

But each project + playbook is creating new folder in which ansible.cfg is stored. For this solution to work i would need to make new enviroment for each playbook in project and set its path to correct one.

Solution i found so far is to create enviromental variable ANSIBLE_CONFIG = /tmp/semaphore/repository_3_*
[SEMAPHORE_PLAYBOOK_PATH] + 'repository_' +[REPOSITORY NUMBER] + '_*' to get config from any repository that is already checked out.

But this works until you edit something in config - you would need to clear all checked out repositories to make sure it loads config from last commit

[sdiepend]

I am also setting up Semaphore for the first time and testing it out, I am running into the same issue. I have a folder structure where separate internal and external roles and this is set in the ansible.cfg

└── roles
    ├── external
    └── internal

[defaults]
roles_path = roles/internal:roles/external:roles

[Fabl0s]

Similar Issue for me, looks like Semaphore is creating an empty ansible.cfg in /tmp/semaphore/ansible.cfg you can over-mount from the host as a workarround.

[davidwinterstein]

Similar issue here. Just getting started with Semaphore, so I might be missing a setting or something.

I got a repository that contains a subfolder with all the ansible stuff, something like this:

repo/
repo/av2/
repo/av2/ansible.cfg
repo/av2/inventory/
repo/av2/plays/
repo/av2/plays/ansible.cfg
repo/av2/plugins/
repo/av2/roles/

Where repo/av2/ansible.cfg contains this:

[defaults]
inventory = ./inventory/
roles_path = ./roles/:/etc/ansible/roles/
filter_plugins = ./plugins/filter/
vault_password_file = ./.ansible.vault.pass.txt

And repo/av2/plays/ansible.cfg contains this:

[defaults]
inventory = ../inventory/
roles_path = ../roles/:/etc/ansible/roles/
filter_plugins = ../plugins/filter/
vault_password_file = ../.ansible.vault.pass.txt

It works fine on my workstation but Semaphore seems to be ignoring the ansible.cfg files; I have a task setup to execute a playbook at repo/av2/plays/full.yml that immediately fails when including roles from repo/av2/roles/:

11:45:45 AM
TASK [system] ******************************************************************
11:45:45 AM
ERROR! the role 'system' was not found in /tmp/semaphore/repository_2_5/av2/plays/roles:/tmp/semaphore/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles:/tmp/semaphore/repository_2_5/av2/plays
11:45:45 AM
11:45:45 AM
The error appears to be in '/tmp/semaphore/repository_2_5/av2/plays/full.yml': line 8, column 15, but may
11:45:45 AM
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
11:45:45 AM
11:45:45 AM
The offending line appears to be:
11:45:45 AM
11:45:45 AM
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
11:45:45 AM
        name: "system"
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              ^ here

[davidwinterstein]

I just saw that #1036 suggests that ansible.cfg has to be located in the repository root. The Ansible documentation just states it reads ansible.cfg from the "current directory".

Is there a way to tell Semaphore to cd av2/ first?

[davidwinterstein]

I tested with an ansible.cfg like this at the root of the repository:

[defaults]
inventory = ./av2/inventory/
roles_path = ./av2/roles/:/etc/ansible/roles/
filter_plugins = ./av2/plugins/filter/
vault_password_file = ./av2/.ansible.vault.pass.txt

Still does not work, same error. So Semaphore seems to be ignoring the config completely?
Running v2.9.113-beta.

[ramiuslr]

Hey guys thank's for your interest in this issue, I confirm as I said in my first post that my ansible.cfg is also in the root of my repository, and that it works fine on my laptop.

Not directly a solution for loading the ansible.cfg, but all mentioned configs you guys try to apply you should be able to change via environment variables.

@tboerger thank for your advice, I'm gonna try this as a workaround !

However I agree with @davidwinterstein I think it would be great to manage general Ansible config in a file in the repo, that would be easier to port and maintain in my opinion.

[agarzon-orangerine]

Same issue, I have my own custom ansible.cfg and since recent semaphore update all stop working. Inventory cannot find the proper ssh keys.

[dwedia]

Same issue here.
ansible.cfg contains this line:
roles_path = /opt/ansiblectrl/roles:./roles:roles
which worked just fine on v.2.9.75, but isnt working anymore on v.2.9.112.

ERROR! the role 'aptUpdate' was not found in /tmp/semaphore/repository_1_1/playbooks/roles: /tmp/semaphore/.ansible/roles: /usr/share/ansible/roles: /etc/ansible/roles: /tmp/semaphore/repository_1_1/playbooks

[agarzon-orangerine]

Same issue here. ansible.cfg contains this line: roles_path = /opt/ansiblectrl/roles:./roles:roles which worked just fine on v.2.9.75, but isnt working anymore on v.2.9.112.

ERROR! the role 'aptUpdate' was not found in /tmp/semaphore/repository_1_1/playbooks/roles: /tmp/semaphore/.ansible/roles: /usr/share/ansible/roles: /etc/ansible/roles: /tmp/semaphore/repository_1_1/playbooks

In effect the version v2.9.75 works with my ansible repository and makes use of my ansible.cfg 👍 I might need to stick to that version until this is fixed.

[dwedia]

Same issue here. ansible.cfg contains this line: roles_path = /opt/ansiblectrl/roles:./roles:roles which worked just fine on v.2.9.75, but isnt working anymore on v.2.9.112.
ERROR! the role 'aptUpdate' was not found in /tmp/semaphore/repository_1_1/playbooks/roles: /tmp/semaphore/.ansible/roles: /usr/share/ansible/roles: /etc/ansible/roles: /tmp/semaphore/repository_1_1/playbooks

In effect the version v2.9.75 works with my ansible repository and makes use of my ansible.cfg 👍 I might need to stick to that version until this is fixed.

I am just very happy that I encountered this bug in my homelab, where I can just go back to using ansible CLI.
I am going to stay on v.2.9.75 in my work production setup for now...

[Fabl0s]

Similar Issue for me, looks like Semaphore is creating an empty ansible.cfg in /tmp/semaphore/ansible.cfg you can over-mount from the host as a workarround.

I attempted this, but it still ignores it.
I Use exec'ed in to the container and checked the contents of /tmp/semaphore/ansible.cfg after volume mounting it. I see my ansible.cfg file there, but Semaphore still ignores it.

Works for me on the current 2.9.112 Docker Image at least, but I didn't set an EnvVar for the Config anywhere else.

[dwedia]

Not directly a solution for loading the ansible.cfg, but all mentioned configs you guys try to apply you should be able to change via environment variables.

Could you elaborate on this? I am not sure I understand what you mean here?