From 3dd0517f0472d22efc7fc4bad6caf46dbc0e7ab2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Raimist Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 20:13:49 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Check for buggy version of Ansible that Ubuntu 20.04 provides --- docs/ansible.md | 2 +- roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/ansible.md b/docs/ansible.md index 776147bdd..b51356395 100644 --- a/docs/ansible.md +++ b/docs/ansible.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ If your local computer cannot run Ansible, you can also run Ansible on some serv Ansible 2.7.0 or newer is required. -Ubuntu (at least 20.04) ships with a buggy version (see this [bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ansible/+bug/1880359)), which can't be used in combination with a host running new systemd (more detaisl in [#517](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/517), [#669]([669](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/669))). If this problem affects you, you can: avoid running Ubuntu 20.04 on your host; run Ansible from another machine targeting your host; or try to upgrade to a newer Ansible version (see below). +Note: Ubuntu 20.04 ships with Ansible 2.9.6 which is a buggy version (see this [bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ansible/+bug/1880359)), which can't be used in combination with a host running new systemd (more details in [#517](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/517), [#669](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/669)). If this problem affects you, you can: avoid running Ubuntu 20.04 on your host; run Ansible from another machine targeting your host; or try to upgrade to a newer Ansible version (see below). ## Checking your Ansible version diff --git a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml index e504bfe92..22dde5f37 100644 --- a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml +++ b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml @@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ msg: "You are running on Ansible {{ ansible_version.string }}, which is not supported. See our guide about Ansible: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/blob/master/docs/ansible.md" when: "(ansible_version.major < 2) or (ansible_version.major <= 2 and ansible_version.minor < 7)" +# Though we do not support Ansible 2.9.6 which is buggy +- name: Fail if running on Ansible 2.9.6 on Ubuntu + fail: + msg: "You are running on Ansible {{ ansible_version.string }}, which is not supported. See our guide about Ansible: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/blob/master/docs/ansible.md" + when: + - ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' + - "ansible_version.major = 2 and ansible_version.major == 9 and ansible_version.minor = 6" + - name: (Deprecation) Catch and report renamed settings fail: msg: >-