One or more undefined variables: 'unicode object' has no attribute 'name'

[sebastianwr]

When executing the aem_packages_common role, the definition of packages_common and the usage in the task don't match.

It looks like the task expects something like this:

packages_common:
  - { name: "my-package-1.0", file: "my-package-1.0.zip" }
  - ...

whereas the sample (and in my config) they are defined simply as this:

packages_common:
  - aem-5.6.1-service-pack-2-1.0.zip

This results in the following error when executing the playbook:

TASK: [aem_packages_common | Upload common packages] ************************** 
fatal: [xx.xx.xx.xx] => One or more undefined variables: 'unicode object' has no attribute 'name'
...

[pmarkham]

I did change the module at some stage, it looks like I forgot to update the sample to match. I'll fix it and push a new version.

You need to specify name at a minimum; if the file name doesn't match the package name, you also need to specify file. So, something like this:

packages_common:
    # package name and file name the same
    - name: 'cq-6.0.0-hotfix-5869-1.0.2.zip'
    # package name and file name different
    - name: 'cq-6.0.0-hotfix-5918-wrapper-1.6.zip'
      file: 'cq-6.0.0-hotfix-5918-1.6.zip'

Thanks for the feedback.