NoMachine Installation Fails due to Broken Download Links

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Bug: NoMachine Installation Fails due to Broken Download Links

Problem Description

The Ansible installation of NoMachine in the automator project is currently failing. The download links for version 9.4.14_1 (both primary and mirror) redirect to the NoMachine homepage, resulting in an HTML file being saved as /tmp/nomachine.deb. This causes dpkg-deb to fail with the error: 'not a Debian format archive'.

Verified Fix

1. Updated src/ansible/roles/remote-desktop/defaults/main.yml to use version 9.5.7_2.
2. Switched to the verified stable mirror: https://web9001.nomachine.com/download/9.5/Linux/nomachine_9.5.7_2_amd64.deb.

Execution Logs

TASK [remote-desktop : Initialize NoMachine installation state nomachine_package_ready=False, nomachine_installed=False] **************************************************************************
ok: [35.86.185.172]

TASK [remote-desktop : Download NoMachine server package url={{ nomachine_deb_url }}, dest={{ nomachine_deb_path }}, mode=0644, timeout=600, force=True] ******************************************
changed: [35.86.185.172]

TASK [remote-desktop : Validate NoMachine package _raw_params=dpkg-deb --info {{ nomachine_deb_path }}] *******************************************************************************************
[ERROR]: Task failed: Module failed: non-zero return code
Origin: /app/src/ansible/roles/remote-desktop/tasks/nomachine.yml:34:7

32         force: true
33
34     - name: Validate NoMachine package
         ^ column 7

fatal: [35.86.185.172]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "cmd": [
        "dpkg-deb",
        "--info",
        "/tmp/nomachine.deb"
    ],
    "delta": "0:00:00.002118",
    "end": "2026-05-10 11:07:42.193976",
    "rc": 2,
    "start": "2026-05-10 11:07:42.191858"
}

STDERR:

dpkg-deb: error: '/tmp/nomachine.deb' is not a Debian format archive


MSG:

non-zero return code

TASK [remote-desktop : Remove invalid NoMachine package path={{ nomachine_deb_path }}, state=absent] **********************************************************************************************
changed: [35.86.185.172]

TASK [remote-desktop : Download NoMachine server package from mirror url={{ nomachine_deb_mirror_url }}, dest={{ nomachine_deb_path }}, mode=0644, timeout=600, force=True] ***********************
changed: [35.86.185.172]

TASK [remote-desktop : Validate NoMachine package from mirror _raw_params=dpkg-deb --info {{ nomachine_deb_path }}] *******************************************************************************
[ERROR]: Task failed: Module failed: non-zero return code
Origin: /app/src/ansible/roles/remote-desktop/tasks/nomachine.yml:59:11

57             force: true
58
59         - name: Validate NoMachine package from mirror
             ^ column 11

fatal: [35.86.185.172]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "cmd": [
        "dpkg-deb",
        "--info",
        "/tmp/nomachine.deb"
    ],
    "delta": "0:00:00.002109",
    "end": "2026-05-10 11:08:05.434600",
    "rc": 2,
    "start": "2026-05-10 11:08:05.432491"
}

STDERR:

dpkg-deb: error: '/tmp/nomachine.deb' is not a Debian format archive


MSG:

non-zero return code

TASK [remote-desktop : Remove invalid NoMachine mirror package path={{ nomachine_deb_path }}, state=absent] ***************************************************************************************
changed: [35.86.185.172]