Invalid variable name in 'register' specified: '%s'
Package:
ansible
49704

Exception Class:
AnsibleError
Raise code
# preserve no log
result["_ansible_no_log"] = self._play_context.no_log
# update the local copy of vars with the registered value, if specified,
# or any facts which may have been generated by the module execution
if self._task.register:
if not isidentifier(self._task.register):
raise AnsibleError("Invalid variable name in 'register' specified: '%s'" % self._task.register)
vars_copy[self._task.register] = result = wrap_var(result)
if self._task.async_val > 0:
if self._task.poll > 0 and not result.get('skipped') and not result.get('failed'):
result = self._poll_async_result(result=result, templar=templar, task_vars=vars_copy)
Links to the raise (1)
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/015331518dff60f31a7d8ce24fc315e3ac9e86f8/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py#L613Ways to fix
This code will throw you the same exception
---
- name: "Playing with Ansible and Git"
hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: "just execute a ls -lrt command"
shell: "ls -la"
register: "1output"
- debug: var=1output.stdout_lines
The problem is that a valid variable to register should contain only letters, numbers and '_'. But it shouldn't start with a number neither it should contain any spaces
---
- name: "Playing with Ansible and Git"
hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: "just execute a ls -lrt command"
shell: "ls -la"
register: "output2"
- debug: var=output2.stdout_lines
This code is valid.
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