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In the automox kb the ansible playbook is broken and I wanted to submit my corrections- https://support.automox.com/help/deploying-the-automox-agent-in-bulk:

Deploying with Ansible
You can distribute the Automox agent with Ansible using the Ansible playbook: get-automox.yml. Contact Automox Support for further assistance.

From the directory where the ‘get-automox.yml’ file is located, invoke the playbook with the following command, substituting your unique user key (zone key) as indicated: 

ansible-playbook get-automox.yml --extra-vars "zone=YOUR-ZONE-KEY-HERE

In get-automox.yml:

    - name: Ensure amagent is enabled and started
      service: 
        name: amagent 
        state: running <- Causes the playbook to fail.
        enabled: yes

state: running is not a valid state.  
Changing it to state: started fixes the problem.

Also, the command fails: ansible-playbook get-automox.yml --extra-vars "zone=YOUR-ZONE-KEY-HERE

Changing the command to
ansible-playbook -i hosts get-automox.yml --extra-vars “organization=ZONE_KEY”

The variable zone does not exist, I think it may have been updated but the documentation doesn’t reflect the change.  Also the command is missing a trailing double quote.

In get-automox.yml:

  vars:
    automox_url: https://console.automox.com/downloadInstaller?accesskey={{ organization }} <- variable name is not zone

The organization variable is where the zone variable would be. 
 

---
# Ansible playbook to install Automox Agent on Linux-based system
# Execute with following command (provide your organization key):
# ansible-playbook get-automox.yml --extra-vars "organization=your-organization-key-here"

- hosts: all
  become: true
  become_method: sudo

  remote_user: root
  vars:
    automox_url: https://console.automox.com/downloadInstaller?accesskey={{ organization }}
    automox_temp_dir: /tmp/automox_install
    automox_temp_dir_mode: 0700

    automox_temp_install_file: install.sh
    automox_install_script_owner: root
    automox_install_script_group: root
    automox_install_script_mode: 0700

  tasks:
    - name: Ensure temp directory exists
      file:
        path:  "{{ automox_temp_dir }}"
        state:  directory
        owner:  "{{ automox_install_script_owner }}"
        group:  "{{ automox_install_script_group }}"
        mode:   "{{ automox_temp_dir_mode }}"

    - name: Download Automox Agent from automox_url
      get_url:
        url: "{{ automox_url }}"
        dest: "{{ automox_temp_dir }}/{{ automox_temp_install_file }}"
        owner:  "{{ automox_install_script_owner }}"
        group:  "{{ automox_install_script_group }}"
        mode: "{{ automox_install_script_mode }}"

    - name: Execute Automox install script
      command: "./{{ automox_temp_install_file }}"
      args:
        chdir: "{{ automox_temp_dir }}"
      notify: 
        - restart Automox

    - name: Ensure amagent is enabled and started
      service: 
        name: amagent 
        state: started
        enabled: yes

  handlers:
    - name: restart Automox
      service:
        name:  amagent
        state: restarted

This is copypasta of my updated playbook :)

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