Ansible Troubleshooting: Resolving the “Missing Module Parameter” Error

Unraveling Ansible Woes: Navigating and Rectifying the “Missing Module Parameter” Error

Introduction

Welcome to another episode of Ansible Pilot! I’m Luca Berton, and today we’re delving into Ansible troubleshooting, focusing on the notorious “Missing Module Parameter” error. Join me as we explore this common issue, reproduce it in a live demo, and learn how to resolve it effectively.

The Demo

To illustrate the troubleshooting process, let’s dive straight into a live demo. In this example, we have a playbook (missingparam_error.yml) that attempts to restart the SSH daemon using the Ansible service module. However, a critical mistake is made with a missing module parameter.

Error Code

# missingparam_error.yml
---
- name: Service module demo
  hosts: all
  become: true
  tasks:
    - name: sshd restart
      ansible.builtin.service:
        nme: sshd
        state: restarted
        enabled: true

Executing this playbook (ansible-playbook -i inventory missingparam_error.yml) results in an error due to…