File copy in ansible failed! =>{"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute &-CodePudding

I am trying to find files with .ign extension from a directory and copy it to another directory. Tried using the 'find' and 'copy' module as follows:

- name: Find files
  find: 
    paths: "{{ item }}"
    recurse: yes
  register: find_result
  with_items:
    - "{{ workdir }}/*.ign"

- name: Copy files
  copy:
    src: "{{ item.path }}"
    dest: "/var/www/html/ignition/"
    mode: o r
    remote_src: yes
  with_items: "{{ find_result.files }}"

workdir is set as /root/openstack-upi. And I am running this as a non-root(cloud-user) user with the command--

ansible-playbook  -i inventory -e @install_vars.yaml playbooks/install.yaml --become

However, after running this I get an error as below:

TASK [ocp-config : Find files] ***************************************************
ok: [ash-test-faf0-bastion-0] => (item=/root/openstack-upi/*.ign)

TASK [ocp-config : Copy files] ***********************************************
fatal: [ash-test-faf0-bastion-0]: FAILED! => {"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute 'files'"}

PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************
ash-test-faf0-bastion-0    : ok=3    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=1    rescued=0    ignored=0

Running a debug on variable find_result gives the following-

"msg": "/root/openstack-upi/*.ign was skipped as it does not seem to be a valid directory or it cannot be accessed\n"

Am I missing anything here? Can anybody tell me the exact command for the ansible-playbook for the above scenario?

CodePudding user response：

The following solution will does not use the with_items option. It will recursively find all the files which ends with the extension/suffix .ign.

      - name: Find files                                                         
        find:                                                                    
          paths: "/path/to/directory"
          patterns: "*.ign"                                             
          recurse: yes                                                           
        register: result                                                         
                                                                                 
      - name: Print find result 
        debug:                                                                   
          msg: "{{ item.path }}"                                                 
        with_items:                                                              
          - "{{ result.files }}"

CodePudding user response：

An explanation regarding your given find file loop

  with_items:
    - "{{ workdir }}/*.ign"
  register: find_result

and the given error message

msg": "/root/openstack-upi/*.ign was skipped as it does not seem to be a valid directory or it cannot be accessed

It will be necessary to lookup the files matching a pattern before. This can be done with the with_fileglob lookup plugin.

  with_fileglob:
    - "{{ workdir }}/*.ign"
  register: find_result

or better and as explained in the accepted answer here in this thread.

The error message just sayed the path and filename were skipped as .../*.ign wasn't a valid path and filename. It means it hasn't looked up any files by resolving the fileglob.