Ansible running as your user does not have permission to create directory. You should add "sudo: yes" at the top in the ansible playbook? Does your user have sudo privilege?
From: <jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com<mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com>> on behalf of GBANE FETIGUE <beme...@gmail.com<mailto:beme...@gmail.com>> Reply-To: "jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com<mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com>" <jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com<mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com>> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 10:06 AM To: "jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com<mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com>" <jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com<mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com>> Subject: Need help jenkins /ansible hey Guys Is anybody has an idea about that error message PLAY [Deploy to status servers] *********************************************** GATHERING FACTS *************************************************************** ok: [172.16.21.129] TASK: [nodejs_app | Put upstart script in place] ****************************** changed: [172.16.21.129] TASK: [nodejs_app | Create config directory] ********************************** failed: [172.16.21.129] => {"failed": true, "item": "", "parsed": false} invalid output was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1445961024.27-103100734571092/file", line 1357, in <module> main() File "/var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1445961024.27-103100734571092/file", line 263, in main os.makedirs(path) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs mkdir(name, mode) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/config' FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************** to retry, use: --limit @/var/lib/jenkins/deploy_system_status.retry 172.16.21.129 : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/fe359efc-e95a-4c39-9400-42a6b35d8302%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/fe359efc-e95a-4c39-9400-42a6b35d8302%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/D255CE4B.322F3%25ingunawa%40cisco.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.