Build failed due to missing data folder at root directory

[kmcquade]

Hi,

I found a fix for this but unfortunately I don't have time to pull/modify/push etc., so I figured I would put it here so you can make the quick update.

Playbook failed here:

TASK [emmetog.jenkins : Create Jenkins user] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [hostname]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "useradd: cannot create directory /data/jenkins\n", "name": "ubuntu", "rc": 12}

Manual fix:
If there is no /data directory on the target, create one manually.

This means that I have to add an extra step to my VM creation script to create a /data directory. Obviously that works for me for now, but it would be good to have this fixed / improve the error handling for it so other users don't run into the same issue.

Hope this helps.

[SubOptimal]

In your playbook you should override the setting for jenkins_home. Based on the error you posted I assume you are installing it on Ubuntu. If you want to use the default Jenkins work directory (defined by the jenkins_x.y.z_all.deb) your playbook could look like

---
- name: your Jenkins install playbook
  hosts: ...

  vars:
    # default Jenkins home 
    jenkins_home: /var/lib/jenkins
    ...

  roles:
    - emmetog.jenkins

[alainchiasson]

I just ran into this - running on centos with yum.

You are currently setting the default in defaults/main.yml as /data/jenkins.

If it is the case that we must redefine the jenkins_home variable, you should remove it from the default and error out if it is not defined. Otherwise maybe verify/create the directory ?

Just an opinion :-)