Environment is CentOS 7.6, OSA version is 18.1.1, failure occurs within setup-openstack.yml. Same error occured with CentOS 7.5 and OSA 18.0.0
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ok: [infra2_horizon_container-bd0de810] => (item={u'src': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/enabled/_1650_project_template_generator_panel.py', u'state': u'file', u'path': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/enabled/_1650_project_template_generator_panel.py'})
failed: [infra1_horizon_container-be36b28a] (item={u'src': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py', u'state': u'file', u'path': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py'}) => {"changed": false, "item": {"path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py", "src": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py", "state": "file"}, "msg": "file (/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py) is absent, cannot continue", "path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py", "state": "absent"}
failed: [infra3_horizon_container-f1cf2e35] (item={u'src': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py', u'state': u'file', u'path': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py'}) => {"changed": false, "item": {"path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py", "src": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py", "state": "file"}, "msg": "file (/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py) is absent, cannot continue", "path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py", "state": "absent"}
failed: [infra2_horizon_container-bd0de810] (item={u'src': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py', u'state': u'file', u'path': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py'}) => {"changed": false, "item": {"path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py", "src": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py", "state": "file"}, "msg": "file (/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py) is absent, cannot continue", "path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.d/_1699_orchestration_settings.py", "state": "absent"}
failed: [infra1_horizon_container-be36b28a] (item={u'src': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json', u'state': u'file', u'path': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json'}) => {"changed": false, "item": {"path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json", "src": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json", "state": "file"}, "msg": "file (/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json) is absent, cannot continue", "path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json", "state": "absent"}
failed: [infra3_horizon_container-f1cf2e35] (item={u'src': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json', u'state': u'file', u'path': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json'}) => {"changed": false, "item": {"path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json", "src": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json", "state": "file"}, "msg": "file (/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json) is absent, cannot continue", "path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json", "state": "absent"}
failed: [infra2_horizon_container-bd0de810] (item={u'src': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json', u'state': u'file', u'path': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json'}) => {"changed": false, "item": {"path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json", "src": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/heat_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json", "state": "file"}, "msg": "file (/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json) is absent, cannot continue", "path": "/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/conf/heat_policy.json", "state": "absent"}
changed: [infra1_horizon_container-be36b28a] => (item={u'src': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/designatedashboard/enabled/_1710_project_dns_panel_group.py', u'state': u'absent', u'path': u'/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/enabled/_1710_project_dns_panel_group.py'})
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Any help would be very much appreciated. thx in advance!
sorry, i forgot: install method is 'distro'