How to resolve the error "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'ansible.vars.hostvars.HostVarsVars object' has no attribute '_automationhub_main_host' " while installing the Ansible Automation Platform 2.x ? ?

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Environment

  • Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform 2.x

Issue

  • While installing Ansible Automation Platform, the installer fails with the following error:

    TASK [ansible.automation_platform_installer.automationcontroller : set_fact] ***
^[[1;30mtask path: /opt/ansible-automation-platform-setup-bundle-2.3-1.3/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/automation_platform_installer/roles/automationcontroller/tasks/post_install_setup.yml:2^[[0m
^[[0;31mfatal: [controller]: FAILED! => {^[[0m
^[[0;31m    "msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'ansible.vars.hostvars.HostVarsVars object' has no attribute '_automationhub_main_host'. 'ansible.vars.hostvars.HostVarsVars object' has no attribute '_automationhub_main_host'\n\nThe error appears to be in '/opt/ansible-automation-platform-setup-bundle-2.3-1.3/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/automation_platform_installer/roles/automationcontroller/tasks/post_install_setup.yml': line 2, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n- block:\n    - set_fact:\n      ^ here\n"^[[0m
^[[0;31m}^[[0m

Resolution

  • Replace the following task inside installer directory ./ansible-automation-platform-setup-bundle-2.3-1.3/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/automation_platform_installer/roles/automationcontroller/tasks/post_install_setup.yml

    From:

      - set_fact:
      _hub_host: "{{ hostvars[groups['automationhub'][0]]['_automationhub_main_host'] + '/' }}"

    To:

    - set_fact:
      _hub_host: "{{ hostvars[groups['automationhub'][0]]['automationhub_main_host'] + '/' }}"

Diagnostic Steps

  • Automation hub installation fails with the following error.

    TASK [ansible.automation_platform_installer.automationhub : Create temporary directory for collections] ***
fatal: [autohub.example.com]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The conditional check '_collection_tarball_check.results | selectattr('stat.exists', 'true') | length' failed. The error was: no test named 'true'\n\nThe error appears to be in '/var/installs/ansible-automation-platform-setup-bundle-2.4-7.1-x86_64/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/automation_platform_installer/roles/automationhub/tasks/seed_collection_for_repository.yml': line 88, column 11, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n    - block:\n        - name: Create temporary directory for collections\n          ^ here\n"}

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