ERROR! the role 'zip' was not found in ansible/roles:…..:/etc/ansible/roles

Issue:

ansible-playbook -i dev testZip.yml

ERROR! the role 'zip' was not found in ansible/roles:…..:/etc/ansible/roles

Solution:

Default configuration path /etc/ansible/roles in ansible.cfg whereas current refer role zip in playbook not matching.

Modify the /etc/ansible/roles  location to your current role location in ansible.cfg file
#roles_path = pathofyourrole/roles

Or

Move your roles into /etc/ansible/roles directory

ansible/roles/zip

tree zip

zip

└── tasks

    └── main.yml

ansible-playbook -i dev testZip.yml

PLAY [localhost] ****************************************************************

TASK [zip : Install zip] ************************************************************

ok: [localhost] => (item=['zip'])

PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************

localhost                  : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0