RHEL workshop exercise failure for tomcat install

[dpullman-emergent]

SUMMARY

Exercise 2.6 fails when the template Tomcat Deploy runs the tomcat.yml file. The nodes are rhel 8.1 and tomcat is not available.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

EXTRA VARS FILE

[ec2-user@ip-172-31-87-102 provisioner]$ cat extra_vars_frb-workshop.yml
---
# Where to provision (Don't change: only testing ec2)
instance_loc: ec2
# region where the nodes will live
ec2_region: us-east-1
# name prefix for all the VMs
ec2_name_prefix: frb-workshop
# creates student_total of workbenches for the workshop
student_total: 20
# Set the right workshop type, like networking, rhel or f5 (see above)
workshop_type: rhel
# OPTIONAL VARIABLES
# creates 2 windows instances per student instead of default 1
doubleup: false
# password for Ansible control node, defaults to ansible
admin_password: emergent
# creates AWS S3 website for ec2_name_prefix.workshop_dns_zone
create_login_page: true
# Sets the Route53 DNS zone to use for the S3 website
workshop_dns_zone:  labs-emergent360.com
# automatically installs Tower to control node
towerinstall: true
# automatically licenses Tower if license is provided
autolicense: true

e.g. here is an example of an extra vars file we are looking for:

$ cat ~/Github/linklight/provisioner/seans_workshop.yml
---
ec2_region: us-east-1
ec2_name_prefix: seantest
student_total: 25
admin_password: ansible
create_login_page: true

for more information on the extra vars file please refer to: https://github.com/network-automation/linklight/blob/master/provisioner/README.md

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.9.6
  config file = /home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/home/ec2-user/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.5 (default, Sep 26 2019, 13:23:47) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)]

CONFIGURATION

DEFAULT_CALLBACK_WHITELIST(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = [u'time']
DEFAULT_FORKS(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = 50
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = [u'/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/hosts'
DEFAULT_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = False
DEFAULT_SCP_IF_SSH(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = True
DEFAULT_STDOUT_CALLBACK(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = yaml
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = False
INTERPRETER_PYTHON(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = auto_silent
PERSISTENT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = 60
PERSISTENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = 60
RETRY_FILES_ENABLED(/home/ec2-user/workshops/provisioner/ansible.cfg) = False

OS / ENVIRONMENT

[ec2-user@ip-172-31-87-102 provisioner]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.8 (Maipo)

TOWER

Engine

PLAYBOOK SHORT OUTPUT

SSH password: 
PLAY [Install Tomcat server] ***************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
ok: [node2]
ok: [node3]
ok: [node1]
TASK [latest Tomcat version installed] *****************************************
fatal: [node3]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failures": ["No package tomcat available."], "msg": "Failed to install some of the specified packages", "rc": 1, "results": []}
fatal: [node2]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failures": ["No package tomcat available."], "msg": "Failed to install some of the specified packages", "rc": 1, "results": []}
fatal: [node1]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failures": ["No package tomcat available."], "msg": "Failed to install some of the specified packages", "rc": 1, "results": []}
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
node1                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   
node2                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   
node3                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   

PLAYBOOK LONG OUTPUT

SSH password: 
PLAY [Install Tomcat server] ***************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
ok: [node2]
ok: [node3]
ok: [node1]
TASK [latest Tomcat version installed] *****************************************
fatal: [node3]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failures": ["No package tomcat available."], "msg": "Failed to install some of the specified packages", "rc": 1, "results": []}
fatal: [node2]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failures": ["No package tomcat available."], "msg": "Failed to install some of the specified packages", "rc": 1, "results": []}
fatal: [node1]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failures": ["No package tomcat available."], "msg": "Failed to install some of the specified packages", "rc": 1, "results": []}
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
node1                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   
node2                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   
node3                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   

[dpullman-emergent]

Would it be as simple as constraining the AMI used to rhel7? If so, how can that be done?

[IPvSean]

@goetzrieger @cloin @liquidat what is the plan here?

[goetzrieger]

I'll look into this, needs a rewrite of the lab task as Tomcat is gone and some workaround like installing from tarball is not making sense. I mean JSP's are so early 2000 anyway... ;)

And I need to fix this for Summit anyway.

[IPvSean]

Fixed with #800