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Ansible troubleshooting - invalid argument

How to reproduce the `invalid argument` error of the Ansible module file, troubleshooting, and fix to be able to successfully create a symlink in Linux.

November 16, 2021
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Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about Invalid argument errors. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

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error code

---
- name: file module demo
  hosts: all
  vars:
    mylink: "~/example"
    mysrc: "/proc/cpuinfo"
  tasks:
    - name: Creating a symlink
      ansible.builtin.file:
        path: "{{ mylink }}"
        dest: "{{ mysrc }}"
        state: link

error execution


$ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/demo/inventory troubleshooting/invalidargument_error.yml
PLAY [file module demo] ********************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
ok: [demo.example.com]
TASK [Creating a symlink] ******************************************************
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: b'/proc/cpuinfo'
fatal: [demo.example.com]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "module_stderr": "Shared connection to 192.168.0.190 closed.\r\n", "module_stdout": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075583.2696111-7687-94302336849468/AnsiballZ_file.py\", line 100, in <module>\r\n    _ansiballz_main()\r\n  File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075583.2696111-7687-94302336849468/AnsiballZ_file.py\", line 92, in _ansiballz_main\r\n    invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n  File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075583.2696111-7687-94302336849468/AnsiballZ_file.py\", line 41, in invoke_module\r\n    run_name='__main__', alter_sys=True)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 205, in run_module\r\n    return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 96, in _run_module_code\r\n    mod_name, mod_spec, pkg_name, script_name)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 85, in _run_code\r\n    exec(code, run_globals)\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_7ktwrx3h/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py\", line 966, in <module>\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_7ktwrx3h/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py\", line 954, in main\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_7ktwrx3h/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py\", line 688, in ensure_symlink\r\nOSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: b'/proc/cpuinfo'\r\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
demo.example.com           : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

high verbose execution (-vvv)


$ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/demo/inventory troubleshooting/invalidargument_error.yml -vvv
ansible-playbook [core 2.11.6] 
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/Users/lberton/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/4.8.0/libexec/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /Users/lberton/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 3.10.0 (default, Oct 13 2021, 06:45:00) [Clang 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3)]
  jinja version = 3.0.2
  libyaml = True
No config file found; using defaults
host_list declined parsing /Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/virtualmachines/demo/inventory as it did not pass its verify_file() method
script declined parsing /Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/virtualmachines/demo/inventory as it did not pass its verify_file() method
auto declined parsing /Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/virtualmachines/demo/inventory as it did not pass its verify_file() method
Parsed /Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/virtualmachines/demo/inventory inventory source with ini plugin
Skipping callback 'default', as we already have a stdout callback.
Skipping callback 'minimal', as we already have a stdout callback.
Skipping callback 'oneline', as we already have a stdout callback.
PLAYBOOK: invalidargument_error.yml ********************************************
1 plays in troubleshooting/invalidargument_error.yml
PLAY [file module demo] ********************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
task path: /Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/troubleshooting/invalidargument_error.yml:2
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo ~devops && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'/home/devops\n', b'')
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/devops/.ansible/tmp `"&& mkdir "` echo /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101="` echo /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101 `" ) && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101=/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101\n', b'')
<demo.example.com> Attempting python interpreter discovery
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo PLATFORM; uname; echo FOUND; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/bin/python'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.9'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.8'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.7'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.6'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.5'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python2.7'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python2.6'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/libexec/platform-python'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/bin/python3'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; echo ENDFOUND && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'PLATFORM\nLinux\nFOUND\n/usr/bin/python3.6\n/usr/libexec/platform-python\n/usr/bin/python3\nENDFOUND\n', b'')
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'/usr/bin/python3.6 && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'{"platform_dist_result": ["redhat", "8.4", "Ootpa"], "osrelease_content": "NAME=\\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux\\"\\nVERSION=\\"8.4 (Ootpa)\\"\\nID=\\"rhel\\"\\nID_LIKE=\\"fedora\\"\\nVERSION_ID=\\"8.4\\"\\nPLATFORM_ID=\\"platform:el8\\"\\nPRETTY_NAME=\\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (Ootpa)\\"\\nANSI_COLOR=\\"0;31\\"\\nCPE_NAME=\\"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.4:GA\\"\\nHOME_URL=\\"https://www.redhat.com/\\"\\nDOCUMENTATION_URL=\\"https://access.redhat.com/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/\\"\\nBUG_REPORT_URL=\\"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/\\"\\n\\nREDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT=\\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8\\"\\nREDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.4\\nREDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT=\\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux\\"\\nREDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=\\"8.4\\"\\n"}\n', b'')
Using module file /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/4.8.0/libexec/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansible/modules/setup.py
<192.168.0.190> PUT /Users/lberton/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-7697iluh4khz/tmpjxztg1jt TO /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101/AnsiballZ_setup.py
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC sftp -b - -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 '[192.168.0.190]'
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'sftp> put /Users/lberton/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-7697iluh4khz/tmpjxztg1jt /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101/AnsiballZ_setup.py\n', b'')
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'chmod u+x /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101/ /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101/AnsiballZ_setup.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'', b'')
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 -tt 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'/usr/libexec/platform-python /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101/AnsiballZ_setup.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'\r\n{"ansible_facts": {"ansible_python": {"version": {"major": 3, "minor": 6, "micro": 8, "releaselevel": "final", "serial": 0}, "version_info": [3, 6, 8, "final", 0], "executable": "/usr/libexec/platform-python", "has_sslcontext": true, "type": "cpython"}, "ansible_system": "Linux", "ansible_kernel": "4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64", "ansible_kernel_version": "#1 SMP Thu Apr 29 08:54:30 EDT 2021", "ansible_machine": "x86_64", "ansible_python_version": "3.6.8", "ansible_fqdn": "demo.example.com", "ansible_hostname": "demo", "ansible_nodename": "demo.example.com", "ansible_domain": "example.com", "ansible_userspace_bits": "64", "ansible_architecture": "x86_64", "ansible_userspace_architecture": "x86_64", "ansible_machine_id": "e03fdda4378049efaa08f0a40eeb3df7", "ansible_iscsi_iqn": "", "ansible_user_id": "devops", "ansible_user_uid": 1001, "ansible_user_gid": 10, "ansible_user_gecos": "", "ansible_user_dir": "/home/devops", "ansible_user_shell": "/bin/bash", "ansible_real_user_id": 1001, "ansible_effective_user_id": 1001, "ansible_real_group_id": 10, "ansible_effective_group_id": 10, "ansible_cmdline": {"BOOT_IMAGE": "(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz-4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64", "root": "/dev/mapper/rhel_rhel8-root", "ro": true, "no_timer_check": true, "crashkernel": "auto", "resume": "/dev/mapper/rhel_rhel8-swap", "rd.lvm.lv": "rhel_rhel8/swap", "biosdevname": "0", "net.ifnames": "0", "rhgb": true, "quiet": true}, "ansible_proc_cmdline": {"BOOT_IMAGE": "(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz-4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64", "root": "/dev/mapper/rhel_rhel8-root", "ro": true, "no_timer_check": true, "crashkernel": "auto", "resume": "/dev/mapper/rhel_rhel8-swap", "rd.lvm.lv": ["rhel_rhel8/root", "rhel_rhel8/swap"], "biosdevname": "0", "net.ifnames": "0", "rhgb": true, "quiet": true}, "ansible_distribution": "RedHat", "ansible_distribution_release": "Ootpa", "ansible_distribution_version": "8.4", "ansible_distribution_major_version": "8", "ansible_distribution_file_path": 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"SSH_CONNECTION": "192.168.0.105 56448 192.168.0.190 22", "_": "/usr/libexec/platform-python", "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8", "S_COLORS": "auto", "XDG_SESSION_ID": "9", "USER": "devops", "SELINUX_ROLE_REQUESTED": "", "PWD": "/home/devops", "HOME": "/home/devops", "LC_CTYPE": "C.UTF-8", "SSH_CLIENT": "192.168.0.105 56448 22", "SELINUX_LEVEL_REQUESTED": "", "SSH_TTY": "/dev/pts/0", "SHELL": "/bin/bash", "TERM": "xterm-256color", "SELINUX_USE_CURRENT_RANGE": "", "SHLVL": "2", "LOGNAME": "devops", "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS": "unix:path=/run/user/1001/bus", "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR": "/run/user/1001", "PATH": "/home/devops/.local/bin:/home/devops/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin", "HISTSIZE": "100000", "LESSOPEN": "||/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s"}, "ansible_pkg_mgr": "dnf", "gather_subset": ["all"], "module_setup": true}, "invocation": {"module_args": {"gather_subset": ["all"], "gather_timeout": 10, "filter": [], "fact_path": "/etc/ansible/facts.d"}}}\r\n', b'Shared connection to 192.168.0.190 closed.\r\n')
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'rm -f -r /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075611.201921-7700-238727032540101/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'', b'')
ok: [demo.example.com]
META: ran handlers
TASK [Creating a symlink] ******************************************************
task path: /Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/troubleshooting/invalidargument_error.yml:8
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo ~devops && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'/home/devops\n', b'')
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/devops/.ansible/tmp `"&& mkdir "` echo /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000="` echo /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000 `" ) && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000=/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000\n', b'')
Using module file /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/4.8.0/libexec/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansible/modules/file.py
<192.168.0.190> PUT /Users/lberton/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-7697iluh4khz/tmp6r_9w7_f TO /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC sftp -b - -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 '[192.168.0.190]'
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'sftp> put /Users/lberton/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-7697iluh4khz/tmp6r_9w7_f /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py\n', b'')
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'chmod u+x /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/ /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'', b'')
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 -tt 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'/usr/libexec/platform-python /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (1, b'Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File "/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py", line 100, in <module>\r\n    _ansiballz_main()\r\n  File "/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py", line 92, in _ansiballz_main\r\n    invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n  File "/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py", line 41, in invoke_module\r\n    run_name=\'__main__\', alter_sys=True)\r\n  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 205, in run_module\r\n    return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)\r\n  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 96, in _run_module_code\r\n    mod_name, mod_spec, pkg_name, script_name)\r\n  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code\r\n    exec(code, run_globals)\r\n  File "/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_gvofg1m0/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py", line 966, in <module>\r\n  File "/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_gvofg1m0/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py", line 954, in main\r\n  File "/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_gvofg1m0/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py", line 688, in ensure_symlink\r\nOSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: b\'/proc/cpuinfo\'\r\n', b'Shared connection to 192.168.0.190 closed.\r\n')
<192.168.0.190> Failed to connect to the host via ssh: Shared connection to 192.168.0.190 closed.
<192.168.0.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: devops
<192.168.0.190> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/lberton/prj/github/ansible-pilot/demo/id_rsa"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="devops"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/lberton/.ansible/cp/bf202c4314 192.168.0.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'rm -f -r /home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'"'"''
<192.168.0.190> (0, b'', b'')
The full traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py", line 100, in <module>
    _ansiballz_main()
  File "/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py", line 92, in _ansiballz_main
    invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)
  File "/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py", line 41, in invoke_module
    run_name='__main__', alter_sys=True)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 205, in run_module
    return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 96, in _run_module_code
    mod_name, mod_spec, pkg_name, script_name)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_gvofg1m0/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py", line 966, in <module>
  File "/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_gvofg1m0/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py", line 954, in main
  File "/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_gvofg1m0/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py", line 688, in ensure_symlink
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: b'/proc/cpuinfo'
fatal: [demo.example.com]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "module_stderr": "Shared connection to 192.168.0.190 closed.\r\n",
    "module_stdout": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py\", line 100, in <module>\r\n    _ansiballz_main()\r\n  File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py\", line 92, in _ansiballz_main\r\n    invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n  File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1637075612.284926-7710-266273776232000/AnsiballZ_file.py\", line 41, in invoke_module\r\n    run_name='__main__', alter_sys=True)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 205, in run_module\r\n    return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 96, in _run_module_code\r\n    mod_name, mod_spec, pkg_name, script_name)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 85, in _run_code\r\n    exec(code, run_globals)\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_gvofg1m0/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py\", line 966, in <module>\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_gvofg1m0/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py\", line 954, in main\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload_gvofg1m0/ansible_ansible.builtin.file_payload.zip/ansible/modules/file.py\", line 688, in ensure_symlink\r\nOSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: b'/proc/cpuinfo'\r\n",
    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error",
    "rc": 1
}
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
demo.example.com           : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

fix code

---
- name: file module demo
  hosts: all
  vars:
    mylink: "~/example"
    mysrc: "/proc/cpuinfo"
  tasks:
    - name: Creating a symlink
      ansible.builtin.file:
        src: "{{ mysrc }}"
        dest: "{{ mylink }}"
        state: link

fix execution


$ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/demo/inventory troubleshooting/invalidargument_fix.yml
PLAY [file module demo] ***************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] ****************************************************************************
ok: [demo.example.com]
TASK [Creating a symlink] *************************************************************************
ok: [demo.example.com]
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************
demo.example.com           : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

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