Ansible error on vagrant provision

trellis
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during this step …

default: Running ansible-playbook…
PLAY [Set ansible_python_interpreter] ******************************************

i am getting this error :

ERROR! failed to combine variables, expected dicts but got a ‘dict’ and a ‘AnsibleUnicode’:

{“ntp_timezone”: “Etc/UTC”, “site_env”: "{{ wordpress_env_defaults | combine(vault_wordpress_env_defaults | default({}), item.value.env | default({}), vault_wordpress_sites[item.key].env) }}

…

Ansible failed to complete successfully. Any error output should be visible above. Please fix these errors and try again.

i had ansible 2.7.10 installed, i downgraded to 2.7.5, still getting the error and can’t complete provision

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still stuck on this, im using ansible 2.7.5, vagrant 2.2.4. i have destroyed the box, re-provisioned, tried other versions of ansible. anyone seeing the same error?

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Please share the full contents of any files that you modified in your Trellis install versus the base repo

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thanks for your reply Ben.

i did update trellis to 1.0.2, before this happened. to check the update i have cloned trellis from github and checked out version 1.0.2, then in phpstorm compared the 2 trellis folders. the differences are:

  • .gitignore
  • ansible.cfg (one line added for vault file)
  • users.yml, vault.yml, wordpress_sites.yml
  • hosts (production & staging)
  • roles/php/defaults/main.yml (execution time, filesize settings)

the changes are just project specific configuration

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this is the full error:

ERROR! failed to combine variables, expected dicts but got a ‘dict’ and a ‘AnsibleUnicode’:
{“ntp_timezone”: “Etc/UTC”, “site_env”: “{{ wordpress_env_defaults | combine(vault_wordpress_env_defaults | default({}), item.value.env | default({}), vault_wordpress_sites[item.key].env) }}”, “logrotate_scripts”: [{“path”: “{{ www_root }}/**/logs/.log", “options”: [“weekly”, “maxsize 50M”, “missingok”, “rotate 8”, “compress”, “delaycompress”, “notifempty”, “create 0640 {{ web_user }} {{ web_group }}”, “sharedscripts”], “name”: “wordpress-sites”, “scripts”: {“postrotate”: “service nginx rotate”, “prerotate”: “if [ -d /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate ]; then \\n run-parts /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate; \\n fi \\n”}}], “sshd_password_authentication”: false, “cron_enabled”: “{{ site_env.disable_wp_cron and (not item.value.multisite.enabled | default(false) or (item.value.multisite.enabled | default(false) and item.value.multisite.cron | default(true))) }}”, “ferm_input_list”: [{“dport”: [“http”, “https”], “type”: “dport_accept”, “filename”: “nginx_accept”}, {“dport”: [“ssh”], “type”: “dport_accept”, “saddr”: “{{ ip_whitelist }}”}, {“dport”: [“ssh”], “seconds”: 300, “hits”: 20, “type”: “dport_limit”}], “www_root”: “/srv/www”, “wordpress_env_defaults”: {“wp_env”: “{{ env }}”, “db_user”: “{{ item.key | underscore }}”, “disable_wp_cron”: true, “wp_siteurl”: “{{ ssl_enabled | ternary(‘https’, ‘http’) }}://{{ site_hosts_canonical | first }}/wp”, “db_name”: “{{ item.key | underscore }}_{{ env }}”, “domain_current_site”: “{{ site_hosts_canonical | first }}”, “db_host”: “localhost”, “wp_home”: “{{ ssl_enabled | ternary(‘https’, ‘http’) }}://{{ site_hosts_canonical | first }}”, “db_user_host”: “localhost”}, “apt_package_state”: “present”, “mail_password”: “{{ vault_mail_password }}”, “site_hosts_redirects”: “{{ item.value.site_hosts | selectattr(‘redirects’, ‘defined’) | sum(attribute=‘redirects’, start=[]) | list }}”, “mail_smtp_server”: “smtp.example.com:587”, “web_group”: “www-data”, “mail_user”: “smtp_user”, “site_hosts”: “{{ site_hosts_canonical | union(site_hosts_redirects) }}”, “ip_whitelist”: [“{{ (env == ‘development’) | ternary(ansible_default_ipv4.gateway, ipify_public_ip | default(‘’)) }}”], “sshd_permit_root_login”: true, “apt_dev_package_state”: “latest”, “ntp_manage_config”: true, “multisite_subdomains_wildcards”: "{{ item.value.multisite.subdomains | default(false) | ternary( site_hosts_canonical | map(‘regex_replace’, '^(www\.)?(.)$', '.\2’) | list, [] ) }}“, “admin_user”: “ubuntu”, “users”: [{“keys”: [”{{ lookup(‘file’, ‘~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub’) }}“], “name”: “{{ web_user }}”, “groups”: [”{{ web_group }}“]}, {“keys”: [”{{ lookup(‘file’, ‘~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub’) }}"], “name”: “{{ admin_user }}”, “groups”: [“sudo”]}], “mail_hostname”: “example.com”, “site_hosts_canonical”: “{{ item.value.site_hosts | map(attribute=‘canonical’) | list }}”, “sites_use_ssl”: “{{ wordpress_sites.values() | map(attribute=‘ssl’) | selectattr(‘enabled’) | list | count > 0 }}”, “composer_keep_updated”: true, “composer_global_packages”: [{“name”: “hirak/prestissimo”}], “repo_accept_hostkey”: true, “raw_vars”: [“vault_mail_password”, “vault_mysql_root_password”, "vault_users..password”, “vault_users.*.salt”, “vault_wordpress_env_defaults”, “vault_wordpress_sites”], “ssl_stapling_enabled”: “{{ item.value.ssl is defined and item.value.ssl.stapling_enabled | default(true) }}”, “web_user”: “web”, “known_hosts”: [{“name”: “github.com”, “key”: “github.com ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAq2A7hRGmdnm9tUDbO9IDSwBK6TbQa+PXYPCPy6rbTrTtw7PHkccKrpp0yVhp5HdEIcKr6pLlVDBfOLX9QUsyCOV0wzfjIJNlGEYsdlLJizHhbn2mUjvSAHQqZETYP81eFzLQNnPHt4EVVUh7VfDESU84KezmD5QlWpXLmvU31/yMf+Se8xhHTvKSCZIFImWwoG6mbUoWf9nzpIoaSjB+weqqUUmpaaasXVal72J+UX2B+2RPW3RcT0eOzQgqlJL3RKrTJvdsjE3JEAvGq3lGHSZXy28G3skua2SmVi/w4yCE6gbODqnTWlg7+wC604ydGXA8VJiS5ap43JXiUFFAaQ==”}, {“name”: “bitbucket.org”, “key”: “bitbucket.org ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAubiN81eDcafrgMeLzaFPsw2kNvEcqTKl/VqLat/MaB33pZy0y3rJZtnqwR2qOOvbwKZYKiEO1O6VqNEBxKvJJelCq0dTXWT5pbO2gDXC6h6QDXCaHo6pOHGPUy+YBaGQRGuSusMEASYiWunYN0vCAI8QaXnWMXNMdFP3jHAJH0eDsoiGnLPBlBp4TNm6rYI74nMzgz3B9IikW4WVK+dc8KZJZWYjAuORU3jc1c/NPskD2ASinf8v3xnfXeukU0sJ5N6m5E8VLjObPEO+mN2t/FZTMZLiFqPWc/ALSqnMnnhwrNi2rbfg/rd/IpL8Le3pSBne8+seeFVBoGqzHM9yXw==”}, {“name”: “gitlab.com”, “key”: “gitlab.com ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIAfuCHKVTjquxvt6CM6tdG4SLp1Btn/nOeHHE5UOzRdf”}, {“name”: “gitlab.com”, “key”: “gitlab.com ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCsj2bNKTBSpIYDEGk9KxsGh3mySTRgMtXL583qmBpzeQ+jqCMRgBqB98u3z++J1sKlXHWfM9dyhSevkMwSbhoR8XIq/U0tCNyokEi/ueaBMCvbcTHhO7FcwzY92WK4Yt0aGROY5qX2UKSeOvuP4D6TPqKF1onrSzH9bx9XUf2lEdWT/ia1NEKjunUqu1xOB/StKDHMoX4/OKyIzuS0q/T1zOATthvasJFoPrAjkohTyaDUz2LN5JoH839hViyEG82yB+MjcFV5MU3N1l1QL3cVUCh93xSaua1N85qivl+siMkPGbO5xR/En4iEY6K2XPASUEMaieWVNTRCtJ4S8H+9”}], “ssl_enabled”: “{{ item.value.ssl is defined and item.value.ssl.enabled | default(false) }}”, “web_sudoers”: [“/usr/sbin/service php7.3-fpm *”], “apt_security_package_state”: “latest”, “apt_cache_valid_time”: 3600, “mail_admin”: “admin@example.com”}
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Ansible failed to complete successfully. Any error output should be
visible above. Please fix these errors and try again.

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any help on this would be much appreciated, this has halted a huge chunk of work, thanks

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Searching for your error gave me these:

https://grokbase.com/t/gg/ansible-project/163a0mcdt7/how-to-debug-error-failed-to-combine-variables-expected-dicts-but-got-a-dict-and-a-ansibleunicode

Do either of those apply?

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Still waiting on the full contents of the files you’ve changed, not a list of the files you’ve changed

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sorry ben, here are the changes:

ansibe.cfg
added 1 line:
vault_password_file = .vault_pass

group_vars/all/users.yml
changed user name:
admin_user: admin

group_vars/development/vault.yml
changed to:

vault_mysql_root_password: devpw

vault_wordpress_sites:
  myproject.co.uk:
    admin_password: admin
    env:
      db_password: example_dbpassword

group_vars/development/wordpress_sites.yml
changed to:

wordpress_sites:
  myproject.co.uk:
    site_hosts:
      - canonical: www.myproject.test
        redirects:
          - myproject.test
      - canonical: www.annual-report.myproject.test
        redirects:
          - annual-report.myproject.test
    local_path: ../site # path targeting local Bedrock site directory (relative to Ansible root)
    admin_email: admin@myproject.test
    multisite:
      enabled: true
      subdomains: true
    ssl:
      enabled: false
      provider: self-signed
    cache:
      enabled: true

roles/php/defaults/main.yml
changed to:

disable_default_pool: true
memcached_sessions: false

php_extensions_default:
  php7.3-cli: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-common: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-curl: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-dev: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-fpm: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-gd: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-mbstring: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-mysql: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-opcache: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-xml: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-xmlrpc: "{{ apt_package_state }}"
  php7.3-zip: "{{ apt_package_state }}"

php_extensions_custom: {}
php_extensions: "{{ php_extensions_default | combine(php_extensions_custom) }}"

php_error_reporting: 'E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT'
php_display_errors: 'Off'
php_display_startup_errors: 'Off'
php_max_execution_time: 300
php_max_input_time: 300
php_max_input_vars: 1000
php_memory_limit: 96M
php_mysqlnd_collect_memory_statistics: 'Off'
php_post_max_size: 100M
php_sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/ssmtp -t
php_session_save_path: /tmp
php_session_cookie_httponly: 'On'
php_session_cookie_secure: 'Off'
php_upload_max_filesize: 100M
php_track_errors: 'Off'
php_timezone: '{{ ntp_timezone }}'
php_output_buffering: 'Off'

php_opcache_enable: 1
php_opcache_enable_cli: 1
php_opcache_fast_shutdown: 1
php_opcache_interned_strings_buffer: 8
php_opcache_max_accelerated_files: 4000
php_opcache_memory_consumption: 128
php_opcache_revalidate_freq: 60
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thanks for this. i can confirm there are only yml files in the group_vars folder and i think that i have the correct syntax for variable assignment in those yml file (key: value). please see comment below. thanks

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after going through this again i managed to fix the problem. it was an extra space before a key/value pair in the wordpress_sites.yml file. thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction

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