ansible-lint does not recognize the module ansible.posix.synchronize

[ArgyrisKefalas2022]

Summary

I use [email protected] and it seems that even this latest version does not recognize the module ansible.posix.synchronize

Issue Type

• Bug Report

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS ansible-lint 24.2.0 using ansible-core:2.16.3

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

I use [email protected] and it seems that it does not recognize the module ansible.posix.synchronize

so, when I define the below task:

- name: Synchronization of src on the control machine to dest on the remote hosts
  ansible.posix.synchronize:
    src: some/relative/path
    dest: /some/absolute/path

It show error:

Error: couldn't resolve module/action 'ansible.posix.synchronize'. This often indicates a misspelling, missing collection, or incorrect module path.
deploy/ansible/roles/role_aurora_delivery_pst/tasks/nomad_delivery.yml:97:3
                     Rule Violation Summary                      
 count tag                          profile rule associated tags 
     1 syntax-check[unknown-module] min     core, unskippable    
Failed: 1 failure(s), 0 warning(s) on 1491 files. Profile 'min' was required.
Error: Process completed with exit code 2.

instead, when I define the task as below, which is using the old module synchronize, then it passes without any error or warnings:

- name: Synchronization of src on the control machine to dest on the remote hosts
  synchronize:
    src: some/relative/path
    dest: /some/absolute/path

By the way, In my ansible server the collection ansible.posix is installed/included so the task that is calling the new module ansible.posix.synchronize is executed without any problem.

[ArgyrisKefalas2022]

Hi, can you confirm if this is a bug?

[rrauenza]

I'm also seeing this, my pre-commit is:

  - repo: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-lint.git                 
    rev: v24.2.1                                                                
    hooks:                                                                      
      - id: ansible-lint                                                        
        always_run: true                                                        
        args: ["ansible/"]                                                      
        pass_filenames: false                                                   
        additional_dependencies:                                                
            - ansible-core                                                      
            - yamllint  

If I comment it out, I then get it for ini_file as well. And it fails with either ansible.posix.synchronize or just synchronize.

[vazome]

The same goes for community.general.sudoers

I tried installing community.general in for lint playbook before launching linter, it is already installed

Run ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
  ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
  shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
Starting galaxy collection install process
Nothing to do. All requested collections are already installed. If you want to reinstall them, consider using `--force`.

[Tanguille]

I'm also experiencing this issue.

[ssbarnea]

You must declare dependencies suck posix collection inside requirements.yml if you want the linter to find them. Linter will ignore manually installed dependencies as it wants to be sure you declared them.

Basically is more of a feature than a bug, but I do agree the the messaging can be improved to tell users what to do to address it, so keeping the issue open.

[shatakshiiii]

To resolve this, you must declare all the used collections inside a requirements.yml file, so the linter can install them when they are missing.

Please refer this documentation: https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/lint/rules/syntax-check/#syntax-checkunknown-module