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Troubleshooting

See Podman and Vagrant for framework specific troubleshooting.

YAML files reverted on test execution

File linking or caching issue with IDE or Molecule.

Suspected causes:

  • SSHFS connection drops.
  • Rebooting while molecule testing instances are running.
  • IDE environment using stale file handle.

Clear all caches and re-open affected file:

  1. CLOSE the file with the issue in the editor and reopen/save. Re-run tests.
  2. Remove all molecule test state from all tested roles. Re-run tests. 
    for x in $(ls -1); do pushd ${x} && molecule destroy --all && popd; done
  3. Clean out all ansible caches. Re-run tests. 
    molecule destroy --all
molecule reset
rm -rfv ~/.cache/molecule/*
rm -rfv /tmp/ansible-tmp*
rm -rfv /tmp/ansible-cache/*
rm -rfv ~/.ansible/*
rm -rfv ~/.ansible_async/*

ERROR! Could not find or access

Molecule uses galaxy roles as dependencies when testing.

Error 
ERROR! Could not find or access '.../ansible_collection_srv/roles/{ROLE}/molecule/{TEST}/{TASK_FROM_FILE}.yml on the Ansible Controller.

fatal: [{INSTANCE}]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "include": "{TASK_FROM_FILE}.yml",
    "reason": "Could not find or access '/var/git/ansible_collection_srv/roles/debian/molecule/network/global.yml' on the Ansible Controller."
}

Use FQCN 

- name: 'include full role'
  ansible.builtin.include_role:
    name: 'r_pufky.deb.os'

Use tasks_from when no other tasks are sourced within 

- name: 'include task from role if there are no additional include_roles'
  ansible.builtin.include_role:
    name: 'r_pufky.deb.os'
    tasks_from: 'optimizations/firmware.yml'
Reference:

ERROR! the role '{ROLE}' was not found ...

Molecule uses galaxy roles as dependencies when testing.

Error 
ERROR! the role 'r_pufky.{COLLECTION}.{ROLE}' was not found in ...

The offending line appears to be:

      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: 'r_pufky.deb.apt'
              ^ here

Force install updated collection 

ansible-galaxy collection build -f
ansible-galaxy collection install {COLLECTION}-X.X.X.tar.gz -f

CRITICAL Idempotence test failed because of the following tasks

Not all operations are idempotent.

Explicitly disable when idempotence cannot be guaranteed molecule.yml 

scenario:
  test_sequence:
    # - 'idempotence'  # Reason for disable.

Gathering Facts failed

Leftover state from previous or interrupted test.

Error 
TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
fatal: [{HOST}]: UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to create temporary directory. In some cases, you may have been able to authenticate and did not have permissions on the target

Destroy and re-create

molecule destroy --all

molecule reset resets internal molecule cache without destroying containers.