Create an event when pvc is not set to alert the user

roles/backup/handlers/main.yml

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
----
-
-- name: Update awxbackup status
-  block:
-  - name: Set apiVersion and kind variables
-    set_fact:
-      api_version: '{{ hostvars["localhost"]["inventory_file"].split("/")[4:6] | join("/")  }}'
-      kind: '{{ hostvars["localhost"]["inventory_file"].split("/")[6]  }}'
-
-  - name: Update error status
-    operator_sdk.util.k8s_status:
-      api_version: '{{ api_version }}'
-      kind: "{{ kind }}"
-      name: "{{ meta.name }}"
-      namespace: "{{ meta.namespace }}"
-      status:
-        error: "{{ error_msg }}"

roles/backup/tasks/error_handling.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+
+- name: Set apiVersion and kind variables
+  set_fact:
+    api_version: '{{ hostvars["localhost"]["inventory_file"].split("/")[4:6] | join("/")  }}'
+    kind: '{{ hostvars["localhost"]["inventory_file"].split("/")[6]  }}'
+
+- name: Determine the timestamp
+  set_fact:
+    now: '{{ lookup("pipe", "date +%FT%TZ") }}'
+
+- name: Emit ocp event with error
+  community.kubernetes.k8s:
+    kind: Event
+    namespace: "{{ meta.namespace }}"
+    template: "event.yml.j2"

roles/backup/tasks/init.yml

@@ -17,17 +17,23 @@
     namespace: "{{ meta.namespace }}"
   register: provided_pvc
   when:
-    - tower_backup_pvc != '' or tower_backup_pvc is defined
+    - tower_backup_pvc != ''
 
-- name: Update status
-  set_fact:
-    error_msg: "{{ tower_backup_pvc }} does not exist, please create this pvc first."
-  notify: "Update awxbackup status"
+- name: Surface error to user
+  block:
+    - name: Set error message
+      set_fact:
+        error_msg: "{{ tower_backup_pvc }} does not exist, please create this pvc first."
 
-- name: Fail early if pvc is defined but does not exist
-  fail:
-    msg: "{{ tower_backup_pvc }} does not exist, please create this pvc first."
-  when: provided_pvc.resources | length == 0
+    - name: Handle error
+      import_tasks: error_handling.yml
+
+    - name: Fail early if pvc is defined but does not exist
+      fail:
+        msg: "{{ tower_backup_pvc }} does not exist, please create this pvc first."
+  when:
+    - tower_backup_pvc != ''
+    - provided_pvc.resources | length == 0
 
 # If tower_backup_pvc is defined, use in management-pod.yml.j2
 - name: Set default pvc name

roles/backup/templates/event.yml.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Event
+metadata:
+  name: backup-error.{{ now }}
+  namespace: {{ meta.namespace }}
+involvedObject:
+  apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
+  kind: {{ kind }}
+  name: {{ meta.name }}
+  namespace: {{ meta.namespace }}
+message: {{ error_msg }}
+reason: BackupFailed
+type: Warning
+firstTimestamp: {{ now }}
+lastTimestamp: {{ now }}
+count: 1