Automating GAIA API installation with Ansible

[DemisT]

Hi all, I'm trying to make a playbook to automate the installation of the GAIA API on a Check Point (virtual) appliance as per sk143612.

Here are the steps in the article:

1. Download the engine package to your machine.
2. Open the tgz file: tar -zxvf Check_Point_gaia_api.tgz
3. Run the installer: ./install_gaia_api.sh  
4. Run gaia_api status to verify it is up and running

I created an ansible playbook:

- name: Create gaia_api directory

  file:

    path: /var/log/gaia_api

    state: directory

- name: SCP and extract gaia_api package

  unarchive:

    src: Check_Point_gaia_api.tgz

    dest: /var/log/gaia_api

    mode: u+x,g+x,o+x

- name: Install gaia_api

  raw: sh /var/log/gaia_api/install_gaia_api.sh

  ignore_errors: yes

It works, up until the last task. Doing a gaia_api status shows: "-bash: /bin/gaia_api: No such file or directory"

I also tried the following:

- name: Install gaia_api

  command: /var/log/gaia_api/install_gaia_api.sh

  args:

    executable: /bin/bash

even tried copying the install_gaia_api.sh script to my Ansible machine and using the script module:

- name: Install gaia_api

  script: install_gaia_api.sh

Any suggestions?

[PhoneBoy · Accepted solution]

You're not doing exactly what the installation instructions say to do, which is run the installation script in the current working directory (e.g. using ./install_gaia_api.sh).
I recommend running the commands manually from an ssh session precisely as you're trying to do it from the Ansible playbook and debug it from there.

[DemisT]

Hi Dameon,

Thanks! figured it out.

Changed the task to:

- name: Install gaia_api

  command: sh ./install_gaia_api.sh

  args:

    chdir: /var/log/gaia_api