I have a command in ubuntu as
sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config
I want to convert into ansible script. I have tried below
- name: Changing ownership
command: chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config
become: true
but i am getting error as below
fatal: [ubuntu]: FAILED! => {"changed": t> fatal: [ubuntu]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["chown", "$(id", "-u):$(id", "-g)", "$HOME/.kube/config"], "delta": "0:00:00.003948", "end": "2019-07-17 07:22:31.798773", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2019-07-17 07:22:31.794825", "stderr": "chown: invalid option -- 'u'\nTry 'chown --help' for more information.", "stderr_lines": ["chown: invalid option -- 'u'", "Try 'chown --help' for more information."], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}rue, "cmd": ["chown", "$(id", "-u):$(id", "-g)", "$HOME/.kube/config"], "delta": "0:00:00.003948", "end": "2019-07-17 07:22:31.798773", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2019-07-17 07:22:31.794825", "stderr": "chown: invalid option -- 'u'\nTry 'chown --help' for more information.", "stderr_lines": ["chown: invalid option -- 'u'", "Try 'chown --help' for more information."], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}
EDIT: File module also did not work.
- name: Create a symbolic link
file:
path: $HOME/.kube
owner: $(id -u)
group: $(id -g)
Assuming the file already exists and you just want to change permissions, you can retrieve user ID and group from Ansible facts and do something like:
- name: Change kubeconfig file permission
file:
path: $HOME/.kube/config
owner: "{{ ansible_effective_user_id }}"
group: "{{ ansible_effective_group_id }}"
You can also use ansible_real_group_id
/ ansible_real_user_id
or ansible_user_gid
/ansible_user_uid
depending on your need.
Please don't forget double quotes around ansible expression.
See this post for details on the difference between real and effective user
See Ansible docs on system variables for all available variables