Cannot copy file from awx to remote host

[kurokobo]

Cannot copy file from awx to remote host

[kurokobo]

@hoanbc
Thanks for filling the issue.

The short answer

Place your copyfile.txt on the project root directory, or under the files directory that placed on the project root.
I mean, if you are using hoanbc/test as your project, copyfile.txt should be either:

.
|-- hello_world.yml
|-- copyfile.txt     👈 here,
`-- files
    `-- copyfile.txt     👈 or here

The long answer

Your playbook will be executed inside the volatile pod that called Execution Environment (EE). Yes, the awx-ee is the one of the EE, but this is not for your playbook, but for internal management job. The EE for your playbook will be created as the pod named automatuon-job-* at the run time, and will be deleted once your playbook will be finished.

/runner/project is the directory inside the volatile EE. The all files under your project will be copied to this directory at the run time. So, you should place your copyfile.txt in your project directory.

If you want to use the file that placed on the K3s host, since that file can't be touched from inside the volatile EE, you should create additional PV/PVC and specify it by defining customized specification for the Container Group. Refer my guide for detail: https://github.com/kurokobo/awx-on-k3s/tree/main/containergroup

[hoanbc]

Hi @kurokobo

I did try put my file need copy to project directory but it not work. Please review my playbook and confirm this is true.
[root@srv-awx _9__project_test]# pwd
/data/projects/_9__project_test
[root@srv-awx _9__project_test]# ls -la
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9 May 29 01:46 copyfile.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 26 May 29 11:11 files
-rw-r--r-- 1 devops root 219 May 29 11:14 hello_world.yml
[root@srv-awx _9__project_test]# ls -la files/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9 May 29 11:11 copyfile.txt

My playbook.yml

• name: Copy file
  hosts: all
  tasks:
  • name: Copy file
    ansible.builtin.copy:
    src: copyfile.txt
    dest: /opt/

[kurokobo]

@hoanbc
Hi, if your project type is SCM, any manual modification under /data/projects/_9__project_test will not be copied to the EE.
Place your copyfile.txt in the SCM and update your project to make your copyfile.txt visible in the EE.

[hoanbc]

Hi.

Nice, this working. Thank for tutorial me.