When I run the following ansible command:
$ ansible-playbook deploy/solo/wifi.yml -i inventories/solo
I got the following error message:
ERROR! the role 'solo/controller/wifi' was not found in /home/peng/git/uavops/deploy/roles:/home/peng/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles:/home/peng/git/uavops/deploy
The error appears to be in '/home/peng/git/uavops/deploy/wifi.yml': line 5, column 7, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
roles:
- solo/controller/wifi
^ here
How did this happen? I invoke the ansible-playbook under the working directory /home/peng/git/uavops. Yet ansible-playbook ignores it and try to find the roles in directory /home/peng/git/uavops/deploy.
How do I tell ansible to locate the right role directory?
By default, Ansible looks for roles in two locations:
roles/ # in a directory called relative to the playbook file
/etc/ansible/roles
If you store your roles in a different location, set the roles_path configuration option so Ansible can find your roles. Checking shared roles into a single location makes them easier to use in multiple playbooks. See Configuring Ansible for details about managing settings in ansible.cfg.
Alternatively, you can call a role with a fully qualified path:
---
- hosts: webservers
roles:
- role: '/path/to/my/roles/common'
You can set role_path in your inventory file to tell ansible where to search role.
In your case,
you should move your roles inside a directory called roles at same level as the playbook.
Full path of the role or
roles: - home/peng/git/uavops/deploy/solo/controller/wifi
use role_path to point to desired location.