Undefined variable, The error was: 'dict object'
purencool opened this issue · 3 comments
purencool commented
Hi,
Great work firstly, I don't know is this a bug or I am not following your howto properly(which is more likely). So I have created this ticket to see which one it is. I have Two PI's 4, 2gig with a Debian installation.
Testing your configuration it works fine:
ansible all -i inventory -m ping
[WARNING]: Platform linux on host 192.168.20.17 is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python, but future installation of
another Python interpreter could change this. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more
information.
192.168.20.17 | SUCCESS => {
"ansible_facts": {
"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
},
"changed": false,
"ping": "pong"
}
[WARNING]: Platform linux on host 192.168.20.18 is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python, but future installation of
another Python interpreter could change this. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more
information.
192.168.20.18 | SUCCESS => {
"ansible_facts": {
"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
},
"changed": false,
"ping": "pong"
}
Sitecore:networking john.cullen$ ansible all -i inventory -a "df -h"
[WARNING]: Platform linux on host 192.168.20.18 is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python, but future installation of
another Python interpreter could change this. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more
information.
192.168.20.18 | CHANGED | rc=0 >>
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 29G 1.3G 27G 5% /
devtmpfs 841M 0 841M 0% /dev
tmpfs 970M 0 970M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 970M 8.4M 962M 1% /run
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 970M 0 970M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p1 253M 52M 201M 21% /boot
tmpfs 194M 0 194M 0% /run/user/1000
[WARNING]: Platform linux on host 192.168.20.17 is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python, but future installation of
another Python interpreter could change this. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more
information.
192.168.20.17 | CHANGED | rc=0 >>
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 29G 1.3G 27G 5% /
devtmpfs 841M 0 841M 0% /dev
tmpfs 970M 0 970M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 970M 8.5M 962M 1% /run
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 970M 0 970M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p1 253M 52M 201M 21% /boot
tmpfs 194M 0 194M 0% /run/user/1000
ansible all -i inventory -a "free -m"
[WARNING]: Platform linux on host 192.168.20.17 is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python, but future installation of
another Python interpreter could change this. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more
information.
192.168.20.17 | CHANGED | rc=0 >>
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 1939 70 1782 8 86 1784
Swap: 99 0 99
[WARNING]: Platform linux on host 192.168.20.18 is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python, but future installation of
another Python interpreter could change this. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more
information.
192.168.20.18 | CHANGED | rc=0 >>
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 1939 61 1749 8 128 1791
Then I navigate to the following directory
raspberry-pi-dramble/setup/networking
and set up my variables in vars.yml
---
# Mapping of what hardware MAC addresses should be configured with specific IPs.
mac_address_mapping:
"macaddressofmachine":
name: k1.purencool.net
ip: "192.168.20.45"
"macaddressofmachine":
name: k2.purencool.net
ip: "192.168.20.46"
# Nameservers to use in resolv.conf.
dns_nameservers:
- "8.8.8.8"
- "8.8.4.4"
My inventory file looks like this
[dramble]
192.168.20.17
192.168.20.18
[dramble:vars]
ansible_ssh_user=pi
When I try the following command ansible-playbook -i inventory main.yml. I get the following output
PLAY [dramble] **********************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [192.168.20.18]
ok: [192.168.20.17]
TASK [Set the current MAC address for eth0.] ****************************************************************************************************
ok: [192.168.20.17]
ok: [192.168.20.18]
TASK [Set variables based on eth0 MAC address.] *************************************************************************************************
fatal: [192.168.20.17]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'mac-address-i-have-removed'\n\nThe error appears to be in '/path-I-have-removed/raspberry-pi-dramble/setup/networking/main.yml': line 13, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - name: Set variables based on eth0 MAC address.\n ^ here\n"}
fatal: [192.168.20.18]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'mac-address-i-have-removed'\n\nThe error appears to be in '/path-I-have-removed/raspberry-pi-dramble/setup/networking/main.yml': line 13, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - name: Set variables based on eth0 MAC address.\n ^ here\n"}
PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************************************************************
192.168.20.17 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
192.168.20.18 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
This is line 13 - name: Set variables based on eth0 MAC address.
This is the main.yml
---
- hosts: dramble
become: yes
vars_files:
- vars.yml
tasks:
- name: Set the current MAC address for eth0.
set_fact:
dramble_mac_address: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].ansible_default_ipv4.macaddress }}"
- name: Set variables based on eth0 MAC address.
set_fact:
dramble_hostname: "{{ mac_address_mapping[dramble_mac_address].name }}"
dramble_ip_address: "{{ mac_address_mapping[dramble_mac_address].ip }}"
- name: Set up networking-related files.
template:
src: "templates/{{ item.template }}"
dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
mode: 0644
with_items:
- { template: hostname.j2, dest: /etc/hostname }
- { template: hosts.j2, dest: /etc/hosts }
- { template: resolv.conf.j2, dest: /etc/resolv.conf }
- { template: dhcpcd.conf.j2, dest: /etc/dhcpcd.conf }
notify:
- update hostname
- delete dhcp leases
handlers:
- name: update hostname
command: "hostname {{ dramble_hostname }}"
- name: delete dhcp leases
file:
path: /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases
state: absent
with_items:
- /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases
- /var/lib/dhcpcd5/dhcpcd-eth0.lease
My question is: I am not sure what it is that creating the error are you able to see what it is?
amajot commented
@purencool I had this same error, the issue was that the characters in my MAC addresses were uppercase (copy/pasted from my router). Ansible is expecting lowercase. If you look at the error message it shows the MAC as lowercase, which is the clue for what the problem is
purencool commented
@amajot, yes that was the issue, the MAC addresses needed to be lowercase in this circumstance. Thanks for the information.
geerlingguy commented
Thanks for posting the fix!