openwisp
[ERROR]: Task failed: Unexpected AnsibleActionFail error: Could not find or access 'ow2_static/'
Hi, I want to try the new release and I've installed a new VM on Debian Trixie. I created a new playbook following the documentation (I read that there are different variables and started from scratch). I didn't add any custom files, but the playbook gives me this error:
TASK [openwisp.openwisp2 : Copy static files] *********************************************************************************************************************************
[ERROR]: Task failed: Unexpected AnsibleActionFail error: Could not find or access 'ow2_static/'
Searched in:
/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/roles/openwisp.openwisp2/files/ow2_static/
/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/roles/openwisp.openwisp2/ow2_static/
/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/roles/openwisp.openwisp2/tasks/files/ow2_static/
/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/roles/openwisp.openwisp2/tasks/ow2_static/
/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/files/ow2_static/
/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/ow2_static/ on the Ansible Controller.
If you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option
Origin: /git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/roles/openwisp.openwisp2/tasks/django.yml:163:3
161 - openwisp2_theme
162
163 - name: Copy static files
^ column 3
fatal: [controller.nnxx.ninux.org]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unexpected AnsibleActionFail error: Could not find or access 'ow2_static/'\nSearched in:\n\t/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/roles/openwisp.openwisp2/files/ow2_static/\n\t/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/roles/openwisp.openwisp2/ow2_static/\n\t/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/roles/openwisp.openwisp2/tasks/files/ow2_static/\n\t/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/roles/openwisp.openwisp2/tasks/ow2_static/\n\t/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/files/ow2_static/\n\t/git/openwisp-local-25.10.0/ow2_static/ on the Ansible Controller.\nIf you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option"}
My playbook is:
- hosts: openwisp2
become: "{{ become | default('yes') }}"
roles:
- openwisp.openwisp2
vars:
openwisp2_default_from_email: "[email protected]"
openwisp2_language_code: it-it
openwisp2_http_allowed_ip: "10.27.0.0/16"
openwisp2_allowed_hosts:
- controller.nnxx.ninux.org
openwisp2_leaflet_config:
DEFAULT_CENTER: [40.4476419, 16.4735738]
DEFAULT_ZOOM: 6
openwisp2_firmware_upgrader: true
openwisp2_extra_django_settings_instructions:
- |
OPENWISP_CUSTOM_OPENWRT_IMAGES = (
('my-custom-image-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin', {
'label': 'My Custom Image',
'boards': ('MyCustomImage',)
}),
)
openwisp2_network_topology: true
openwisp2_database:
engine: django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis
name: "openwisp2"
user: "openwisp2"
host: "localhost"
password: "Pippo"
port: 5432
# set to false when you don't want to register openwisp-radius
# API endpoints.
openwisp2_radius_urls: true
# Configuration to use Let's Encrypt certificate for OpenWISP server (Nnginx)
openwisp2_ssl_cert: "/etc/letsencrypt/live/nnxx.ninux.org/fullchain.pem"
openwisp2_ssl_key: "/etc/letsencrypt/live/nnxx.ninux.org/privkey.pem"
# Configuration for openwisp-radius
openwisp2_radius: true
openwisp2_freeradius_install: true
freeradius_eap_orgs:
- name: demo
uuid: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
radius_secret: demo-radius-token
auth_port: 1832
acct_port: 1833
inner_tunnel_auth_port: 18330
# Update the cert_file and private_key paths to point to the
# Let's Encrypt certificate.
cert: /etc/letsencrypt/live/nnxx.ninux.org/fullchain.pem
private_key: /etc/letsencrypt/live/nnxx.ninux.org/privkey.pem
# If you choose to re-use the same certificate for both services,
# your configuration would look like this
# cert: /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ inventory_hostname }}/fullchain.pem
# private_key: /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ inventory_hostname }}/privkey.pem
pre_tasks:
- name: Update APT package cache
apt:
update_cache: true
changed_when: false
retries: 5
delay: 10
register: result
until: result is success
- name: Creates temp directory ansible
file:
path: /var/www/.ansible/tmp
state: directory
owner: www-data
group: www-data
mode: 0777
recurse: yes
What should I do to resolve this? Best regards, Michele
I can reproduce this issue on a clean Debian Trixie VM using a minimal playbook. The error occurs because the role always attempts to copy theow2_static/ directory, but this directory does not exist by default in the role or project structure.
Proposed Fix Options I see two possible approaches:
A) Make the task conditional Only copy static files if a variable such as openwisp2_custom_static_dir is defined, or if ow2_static/ actually exists.
B) Include an empty directory by default Ship an empty ow2_static/ directory inside the role so that the task succeeds even when users do not define custom static files.
if this can workout then assign this issue to me
Okay for B. I created an empty directory and it worked. Now I have another error...https://github.com/openwisp/ansible-openwisp2/issues/576
This is the task which is causing the failure: https://github.com/openwisp/ansible-openwisp2/blob/master/tasks/django.yml#L163
It shouldn't cause the playbook to fail because it's flagged with failed_when: false.
CC: @pandafy
@Sparshagarwal29 can you check why is failed_when: false being ignored for you as well?
@mikysal78 @Sparshagarwal29 what's your ansible version?
I have enabled CI builds on the stable branches to facilitate releasing bug fix releases and this came out on the 24.11 branch: https://github.com/openwisp/ansible-openwisp2/actions/runs/20238275231/job/58098815686
TASK [openwisp.openwisp2 : Copy static files] **********************************
[ERROR]: Task failed: Unexpected AnsibleActionFail error: Could not find or access 'ow2_static/'
Searched in:
/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/files/ow2_static/
/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/ow2_static/
/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/tasks/files/ow2_static/
/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/tasks/ow2_static/
/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/molecule/resources/files/ow2_static/
/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/molecule/resources/ow2_static/ on the Ansible Controller.
If you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option
Origin: /home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/tasks/django.yml:163:3
161 - openwisp2_theme
162
163 - name: Copy static files
^ column 3
fatal: [openwisp2-debian12]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unexpected AnsibleActionFail error: Could not find or access 'ow2_static/'\nSearched in:\n\t/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/files/ow2_static/\n\t/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/ow2_static/\n\t/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/tasks/files/ow2_static/\n\t/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/tasks/ow2_static/\n\t/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/molecule/resources/files/ow2_static/\n\t/home/runner/work/ansible-openwisp2/ansible-openwisp2/molecule/resources/ow2_static/ on the Ansible Controller.\nIf you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option"}
However, this error is not happening on the master branch nor on the 25.10 branch. I am still not sure about the cause of this mismatch of behavior.
Thanks for suggesting possible solutions @Sparshagarwal29! In the spirit of urgency, I opened a PR to fix this issue. Please work on any other open issue.
