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Error on Windows Server 2016

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ansible, java
Domain
devops

Research direction

Start with tasks/Win32NT/finalize_paths.yml at line 12 and reproduce the reported playbook on Windows Server 2016 using Ansible 2.10.8. Trace why the Java path lookup has an empty sequence when using the jdk package, Chocolatey transport, and Java 11. Done means the role installs the Java SDK without the undefined-variable error or requiring manual directory creation.

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Description

SUMMARY

Got an error:

TASK [lean_delivery.java : Set actual java directory] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [win-iiq]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: No last item, sequence was empty.\n\nThe error appears to be in '/etc/ansible/roles/lean_delivery.java/tasks/Win32NT/finalize_paths.yml': line 12, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n- name: Set actual java directory\n ^ here\n"}

ISSUE TYPE
  • Bug Report
ANSIBLE VERSION
ansible 2.10.8
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/home/vagrant/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.9.6 (default, Jun 29 2021, 10:19:25) [GCC 10.3.0]
CONFIGURATION
OS / ENVIRONMENT

Windows Server 2016 obtained via vagrant box "jborean93/WindowsServer2016"

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
---

- name: Install openjdk java
  hosts: win-dev
  
  roles:
    - role: lean_delivery.java
      java_package: jdk
      transport: chocolatey
      java_major_version: 11
      java_minor_version: 0.2
EXPECTED RESULTS

Java SDK installed on the system

ACTUAL RESULTS
TASK [lean_delivery.java : Set actual java directory] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [win-iiq]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: No last item, sequence was empty.\n\nThe error appears to be in '/etc/ansible/roles/lean_delivery.java/tasks/Win32NT/finalize_paths.yml': line 12, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n- name: Set actual java directory\n  ^ here\n"}

Folder c:\Program Files\Java doesn't get created
If I create it manually, same error happens.
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