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I can ssh to the remote host and do a source /home/username/.bashrc - everything works fine. However if I do:
- name: source bashrc sudo: no action: command source /home/username/.bashrc I get:
failed: [hostname] => {"cmd": ["source", "/home/username/.bashrc"], "failed": true, "rc": 2} msg: [Errno 2] No such file or directory I have no idea what I'm doing wrong...
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bashrc file is a script, and by sourcing it, you execute the commands placed in that file. The commands define aliases in your case, but there can be virtually any commands placed in that file. you could also use exec bash to replace the current bash process with a new.
Both modules execute commands on target nodes but in a sensible different way. The command modules execute commands on the target machine without using the target shell, it simply executes the command. The target shell is for example the popular bash , zsh , or sh .
You have two options to use source with ansible. One is with the "shell:" command and /bin/sh (the ansible default). "source" is called "." in /bin/sh. So your command would be:
- name: source bashrc sudo: no shell: . /home/username/.bashrc && [the actual command you want run] Note you have to run a command after sourcing .bashrc b/c each ssh session is distinct - every ansible command runs in a separate ssh transaction.
Your second option is to force Ansible shell to use bash and then you can use the "source" command:
- name: source bashrc sudo: no shell: source /home/username/.bashrc && [the actual command you want run] args: executable: /bin/bash Finally, I'll note that you may want to actually source "/etc/profile" if you're on Ubuntu or similar, which more completely simulates a local login.
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So command will only run executables. source per se is not an executable. (It's a builtin shell command). Is there any reason why you want to source a full environment variable?
There are other ways to include environment variables in Ansible. For example, the environment directive:
- name: My Great Playbook hosts: all tasks: - name: Run my command sudo: no action: command <your-command> environment: HOME: /home/myhome Another way is to use the shell Ansible module:
- name: source bashrc sudo: no action: shell source /home/username/.bashrc && <your-command> or
- name: source bashrc sudo: no shell: source /home/username/.bashrc && <your-command> In these cases, the shell instance/environment will terminate once the Ansible step is run.
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