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Mention playbook ownership issues when running Ansible in a container and potential workarounds

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Related to https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/2248
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Slavi Pantaleev 2022-11-09 09:01:56 +02:00
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@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ docker.io/devture/ansible:2.13.6-r0
Once you execute the above command, you'll be dropped into a `/work` directory inside a Docker container.
The `/work` directory contains the playbook's code.
You can execute `ansible-playbook ...` (or `ansible-playbook --connection=community.docker.nsenter ...`) commands as per normal now.
First, consider running `git config --global --add safe.directory /work` to [resolve directory ownership issues](#resolve-directory-ownership-issues).
Finally, you can execute `ansible-playbook ...` (or `ansible-playbook --connection=community.docker.nsenter ...`) commands as per normal now.
### Running Ansible in a container on another computer (not the Matrix server)
@ -98,7 +100,10 @@ If your SSH key is at a different path (not in `$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa`), adjust that
Once you execute the above command, you'll be dropped into a `/work` directory inside a Docker container.
The `/work` directory contains the playbook's code.
You can execute `ansible-playbook ...` commands as per normal now.
First, consider running `git config --global --add safe.directory /work` to [resolve directory ownership issues](#resolve-directory-ownership-issues).
Finally, you execute `ansible-playbook ...` commands as per normal now.
#### If you don't use SSH keys for authentication
@ -109,3 +114,13 @@ apk add sshpass
```
Then, to be asked for the password whenever running an `ansible-playbook` command add `--ask-pass` to the arguments of the command.
#### Resolve directory ownership issues
Because you're `root` in the container running Ansible and this likely differs fom the owner (your regular user account) of the playbook directory outside of the container, certain playbook features which use `git` locally may report warnings such as:
> fatal: unsafe repository ('/work' is owned by someone else)
> To add an exception for this directory, call:
> git config --global --add safe.directory /work
These errors can be resolved by making `git` trust the playbook directory by running `git config --global --add safe.directory /work`