Ansible troubleshooting — Permission denied Errno 13

How to troubleshoot the Permission denied Errno 13 Ansible fatal error and workaround the problem using the privilege escalation on Ansible Playbook.

Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about permission denied [Errno 13].
I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

demo

How to troubleshoot the Ansible fatal error[Errno 13] Permission denied and fix in Ansible Playbook code.

error code

---
- name: set environment demo
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    os_environment:
      - key: EDITOR
        value: vi
  tasks:
    - name: customize /etc/environment
      ansible.builtin.lineinline:
        dest: "/etc/environment"
        state: present
        regexp: "^{{ item.key }}="
        line: "{{ item.key }}={{ item.value }}"
      with_items: "{{ os_environment }}"

error execution

ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/demo/inventory…