Why Ansible Tower Installer is Failing With "repoquery error: Error accessing file for config file?"
Issue
Ansible Tower installer fails with yum module repoquery error at package installation step.
TASK [packages_el : Pre-install Erlang] ********************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [xx.xx.xx.xx]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Error from repoquery: ['/bin/repoquery', '--show-duplicates', '--plugins', '--quiet', '-c', None, '--disablerepo', '', '--enablerepo', '', '--qf', '%{epoch}:%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}', 'erlang-20.3.8.2']: Error accessing file for config file:///root/ansible-tower-setup-bundle-3.3.3-1.el7/--disablerepo\nError accessing file for config file:///root/ansible-tower-setup-bundle-3.3.3-1.el7/--disablerepo\n"}
or
TASK [packages_el : Install the Tower RPM.] *************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [xx.xx.xx.xx]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Error from repoquery: ['/bin/repoquery', '--show-duplicates', '--plugins', '--quiet', '-c', None, '--disablerepo', '', '--enablerepo', 'ansible-tower,ansible-tower-dependencies', '--qf', '%{epoch}:%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}', 'ansible-tower == 3.3.3']: Error accessing file for config file:///home/devops/--disablerepo\nError accessing file for config file:///home/devops/--disablerepo\n"}
Environment
Ansible Tower
Ansible Engine 2.7.0
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