aoh

commit 3d39709d640e4bcb65634d240a703742fa0f2846
parent 39e55ba4681751a0f8936a79f2b6f5f497b4e248
Author: Asher Morgan <asher@ashermorgan.net>
Date:   Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:39:52 -0700

Run ansible commands inside playbook directory

Diffstat:
M
README.md
 | 
6
++++--
M
aoh/config.py
 | 
1
+
M
aoh/runner.py
 | 
4
+++-

3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ variables.
   `./passwords.yml` otherwise.
 
 - `AOH_PLAYBOOKS_FILE`: The file containing playbook configuration (see the
-  [playbooks](#playbooks) section below). Defaults to `/aoh/playbooks.yml` when
-  running the Docker image and `./playbooks.yml` otherwise.
+  [playbooks](#playbooks) section below). The parent directory of this file is
+  also used as the working directory for all Ansible operations. Defaults to
+  `/aoh/playbooks.yml` when running the Docker image and `./playbooks.yml`
+  otherwise.
 
 
 ### Playbooks
diff --git a/aoh/config.py b/aoh/config.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ if AOH_ORIGIN is not None:
 AOH_PLAYBOOKS_FILE = os.getenv('AOH_PLAYBOOKS_FILE', 'playbooks.yml')
 if not os.path.exists(AOH_PLAYBOOKS_FILE):
     logger.warning('$AOH_PLAYBOOKS_FILE does not exist')
+AOH_PLAYBOOKS_DIR = os.path.dirname(AOH_PLAYBOOKS_FILE)
 
 AOH_PASSWORDS_FILE = os.getenv('AOH_PASSWORDS_FILE', 'passwords.yml')
 if not os.path.exists(AOH_PASSWORDS_FILE):
diff --git a/aoh/runner.py b/aoh/runner.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import uuid
 
 import ansible_runner
 
-from aoh.config import AOH_DEBUG
+from aoh.config import AOH_DEBUG, AOH_PLAYBOOKS_DIR
 
 _CONNECTION_PLUGIN_DIR = f'{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/connection_plugins/'
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def get_config_values(playbook, keys):
 
         raw_config = ansible_runner.get_ansible_config(
             'dump',
+            host_cwd=AOH_PLAYBOOKS_DIR,
             envvars=env,
             private_data_dir=dir,
             quiet=True,
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ class Runner:
         self._thread, self._runner = ansible_runner.run_async(
             private_data_dir=self._DIR,
             ident=self.id,
+            host_cwd=AOH_PLAYBOOKS_DIR,
             envvars=env,
             cmdline=cmdline,
             limit=self.playbook.host if self.playbook.limit else None,