Ansible Playbook cannot locate the role

Question

I am trying to create a new Ansible role called "Adminer" which requires the "Apache" role.

I've specified the Apache role as a dependency in meta/main.yml:

---
dependencies:
  - src: git+https@github.com:alexandrubau/ansible-apache.git
    name: apache

I'm testing the Adminer role using Vagrant and I get the following error:

vagrant provision
==> default: Running provisioner: shell...
    default: Running: inline script
==> default: Running provisioner: ansible_local...
Vagrant has automatically selected the compatibility mode '2.0'
according to the Ansible version installed (2.4.2.0).

Alternatively, the compatibility mode can be specified in your Vagrantfile:
https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/provisioning/ansible_common.html#compatibility_mode

    default: Running ansible-playbook...
ERROR! the role 'apache' was not found in /vagrant/tests/roles:/home/vagrant/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles:/:/vagrant/tests

The error appears to have been in '/vagrant/meta/main.yml': line 3, column 5, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

dependencies:
  - src: https://github.com/alexandrubau/ansible-apache.git
    ^ here

Ansible failed to complete successfully. Any error output should be
visible above. Please fix these errors and try again.

Comments

Hi Laksha,

1. Please check the role whether it is properly configured(mail.yml)

2. Check your syntax in the dependencies section, I think it is not in the proper format.

3. If roles are added with proper dependencies in /meta/main.yml exists then only it will execute either in ansible 1.3 or higher version

Answer 1

Use requirements.yml file and running it with:

ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml

Seems like the meta/main.yml file is being read only by the ansible-galaxy command, when you install a role.