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where is start.yml

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ansible, python, shell
Domain
devops

Research direction

Start with entrypoint.sh and inspect the restart() function, then trace prep_ansible and the ansible-playbook invocation using inventory/environ.py. Search the repository for start.yml and check whether the restart path can resolve it in the container. Done means the location or missing-file behavior is documented and the restart command's status is clear.

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Description

in your entrypoint.sh

You have:

restart(){
	sh -c "echo 'restarting' > ${CONTAINER_ARTIFACT_DIR}/splunk-container.state"
	prep_ansible
	${SPLUNK_HOME}/bin/splunk stop 2>/dev/null || true
	ansible-playbook -i inventory/environ.py -l localhost start.yml
	watch_for_failure
}

Where is the start.yml?

Has this ever worked???

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