Ansible troubleshooting — Error args

How to Solve the Ansible Error args

Introduction

In Ansible, the args rule is a critical aspect of ensuring that your playbook’s task arguments align with the plugin’s documentation. It’s vital to maintain a proper structure and adhere to the required parameters for each module. Failure to do so can lead to unexpected behavior and issues in your automation workflow.

This rule primarily serves as a validator, confirming that your task arguments are not only present but also correctly defined. It checks if the option names are valid and if they have the correct values. Additionally, it examines conditions related to these options, such as mutually exclusive, required together, required one of, and more.

Here are some possible messages that this rule might generate:

• args[module] - missing required arguments: ...
• args[module] - missing parameter(s) required by ...

Let’s delve into some examples to understand this rule better.

Problematic Code

---
- name: Fixture to validate module options failure scenarios
  hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: Clone content repository
      ansible.builtin.git: # <- Required option `repo` is missing…