I am trying to write a playbook to setup mysql master-slave replication with multiple slave servers. For each slave server, I need access to a variable called next_id that should be incremented before use for each host. For example, for the first slave server, next_id should be 2 and for the second slave server it should be 3 and so on. What is the way to achieve this in Ansible?
This is the yaml file I use to run my role.
- name: Setup the environment
hosts: master , slave_hosts
serial: 1
roles:
- setup-master-slave
vars:
master_ip_address : "188.66.192.11"
slave_ip_list :
- "188.66.192.17"
- "188.66.192.22"
This is the yaml file where I use the variable.
- name: Replace conf file with template
template:
src: masterslave.j2
dest: /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf
when: inventory_hostname != 'master'
vars:
- ip_address : "{{ master_ip_address }}"
- server_id : "{{ next_id }}"
I can suggest a way which will work according to you requirement for any number of slave servers but it is not based on any any module but self conscience.
Here my master_ip_address is 10.x.x.x and input is any value of next_id you want to increment for every slave server
- hosts: master,slave1,slave2,slave3,slave4
serial: 1
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- shell: echo "{{ input }}" > yes.txt
delegate_to: localhost
when: inventory_hostname == '10.x.x.x'
- shell: cat yes.txt
register: var
delegate_to: localhost
when: inventory_hostname != '10.x.x.x'
- shell: echo "$(({{var.stdout}}+1))"
register: next_id
delegate_to: localhost
when: inventory_hostname != '10.x.x.x'
- shell: echo "{{ next_id.stdout }}" > yes.txt
delegate_to: localhost
when: inventory_hostname != '10.x.x.x'
- name: Replace conf file with template
template:
src: masterslave.j2
dest: 50-server.cnf
when: inventory_hostname != '10.x.x.x'
vars:
- ip_address : "{{ master_ip_address }}"
- server_id : "{{ next_id.stdout }}"
[ansibleserver#172 test_increment]$ cat masterslave.j2
- {{ ip_address }}
- {{ server_id }}
Now, if you run
ansible-playbook increment.yml -e 'master_ip_address=10.x.x.x input=1'
slave1 server
[root#slave1 ~]# cat 50-server.cnf
- 10.x.x.x
- 2
slave2 server
[root#slave2 ~]# cat 50-server.cnf
- 10.x.x.x
- 3
slave3 server
[root#slave3 ~]# cat 50-server.cnf
- 10.x.x.x
- 4
and so on
"serial" is available in a playbooks only and not working in roles
therefore, for fully automatic generation of server_id for MySQL in Ansible roles, you can use the following:
roles/my_role/defaults/main.yml
---
cluster_alias: test_cluster
mysql_server_id_config: "settings/mysql/{{ cluster_alias }}/server_id.ini"
roles/my_role/tasks/server-id.yml
---
- name: Ensures '{{ mysql_server_id_config | dirname }}' dir exists
file:
path: '{{ mysql_server_id_config | dirname }}'
state: directory
owner: root
group: root
mode: 0755
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Ensure mysql server id config file exists
copy:
content: "0"
dest: "{{ mysql_server_id_config }}"
force: no
owner: root
mode: '0755'
delegate_to: localhost
- name: server-id
include_tasks: server-id-tasks.yml
when: inventory_hostname == item
with_items: "{{ ansible_play_hosts }}"
tags:
- server-id
roles/my_role/tasks/server-id-tasks.yml
# tasks file
---
- name: get last server id
shell: >
cat "{{ mysql_server_id_config }}"
register: _last_mysql_server_id
check_mode: no
delegate_to: localhost
tags:
- server-id
- name: get new server id
shell: >
echo "$(({{_last_mysql_server_id.stdout}}+1))"
register: _new_mysql_server_id
check_mode: no
delegate_to: localhost
tags:
- server-id
- name: save new server id
shell: >
echo -n "{{ _new_mysql_server_id.stdout }}" > "{{ mysql_server_id_config }}"
check_mode: no
delegate_to: localhost
tags:
- server-id
- debug:
var: _new_mysql_server_id.stdout
tags:
- server-id
- name: Replace conf file with template
template:
src: server-id.j2
dest: server-id.cnf
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I'm running an ansible playbook against a number of ec2 instances to check if a directory exists.
---
- hosts: all
become: true
tasks:
- name: Check if foo is installed
stat:
path:
/etc/foo
register: path
- debug: msg="{{path.stat.exists}}"
And I would like to generate a localfile that lists the private IP addresses of the ec2 instances and states whether or not the directory foo does exist.
I can get the private IP addresses of the instances with this task
- name: Get info from remote
shell: curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/local-ipv4
register: bar
- debug: msg="{{bar.stdout}}"
How do I create a local file with content
IP address: 10.100.0.151 directory foo - false
IP address: 10.100.0.152 directory foo - true
I've tried adding a block for this as such
- hosts: localhost
become: false
vars:
installed: "{{bar.stdout}}"
status: "{{path.stat.exists}}"
local_file: "./Report.txt"
tasks:
- name: Create local file with info
copy:
dest: "{{ local_file }}"
content: |
"IP address {{ installed }} foo - {{ status }}"
But it doesn't look like I can read values of variables from earlier steps.
What am I doing wrong please?
A similar question has been answered here.
Basically what you want is to reference it through the host var variable.
This should work.
- hosts: localhost
become: false
vars:
local_file: "./Report.txt"
tasks:
- name: Create local file with info
lineinfile:
path: "{{ local_file }}"
line:
"IP Address: {{ hostvars[item]['bar'].stdout }} - Installed: {{ hostvars[item]['path'].stat.exists }}"
with_items: "{{ query('inventory_hostnames', 'all') }}"
And this should populate your local ./Report.txt file, with the info you need.
I've used the ec2_metadata_facts module to get the IP address us ingansible_ec2_local_ipv4
I've also created the directory /tmp/testdir on the second host.
- hosts: test_hosts
gather_facts: no
vars:
directory_name: /tmp/testdir
tasks:
- ec2_metadata_facts:
- name: check if directory '{{ directory_name }}' exsists
stat:
path: "{{ directory_name }}"
register: path
# I make the outputfile empty
# because the module lineinfile(as I know) can't overwrite a file
# but appends line to the old content
- name: create empty output file
copy:
content: ""
dest: outputfile
delegate_to: localhost
- name: write output to outputfile
lineinfile:
dest: outputfile
line: "IP Address: {{ ansible_ec2_local_ipv4 }} {{ directory_name }} - {{ path.stat.exists }}"
state: present
with_items: "{{ groups.all }}"
# with_items: "{{ ansible_play_hosts }}" can also be used here
delegate_to: localhost
The outputfile looks like:
IP Address: xxx.xx.x.133 /tmp/testdir - False
IP Address: xxx.xx.x.45 /tmp/testdir - True
I am trying to put together a playbook that will connect to hosts and report back if the connection was successful or not. The result of the connection check should be stored in a variable. I had a crack at this by using the ansible facts, however I cannot workout how to handle unsuccessful connections to hosts.
---
- name: Set Facts variables
set_fact:
server_domain: "{{ ansible_domain}}"
server_ip: "{{ ansible_ip_addresses[1] }}"
- name: Set PowerShell parameters
set_fact:
ps_params: '-server_ip "{{ ansible_ip_addresses[1] }}" -server_domain "{{ ansible_domain }}"'
- name: Execute Script
win_shell: "powershell.exe -file \\PSfile.ps1 {{ps_params}}"
Try this:
---
- hosts: all
gather_facts: yes
ignore_errors: true
ignore_unreachable: true
vars:
# email_file The filename to attach to the email
# email_recipient email address to send the email to
# email_subject text to appear in the subject line
email_subject: "Windows Server Connection Report for {{ awx_inventory_name }}"
email_file: ./failed_connect_report.csv
ansible_port: 5985
tasks:
- name: Write header and ensure the email file exists
lineinfile:
path: "{{ email_file }}"
line: 'VM Name,IP Address,Distribution,Port,Note,Port,Note'
state: present
mode: '0774'
create: yes
insertafter: EOF
become: no
delegate_to: localhost
run_once: True
when: email_recipient != ''
- name: Test connectivity to port {{ ansible_port }}
win_ping:
register: result
- name: Did we fail to talk to this host?
block:
- set_fact:
ip_addresses: "unknown"
- set_fact:
distribution: "unknown"
- name: Did we fail to talk to this host?
set_fact:
line1: "{{ inventory_hostname }},{{ ip_addresses }},{{ distribution }},{{ ansible_port }},FAILED - {{ result.msg | replace(',',' ') }}"
delegate_to: localhost
- set_fact:
failed1: "True"
when: ((result.unreachable is defined and
result.unreachable == True) or
(result.failed is defined and
result.failed == True)) and
email_recipient != ''
- name: Log the success
set_fact:
line1: "{{ inventory_hostname }},{{ ansible_facts.ip_addresses.0 }},{{ ansible_facts.distribution }},{{ ansible_port }},SUCCESS"
delegate_to: localhost
when: (failed1 is not defined) and
email_recipient != ''
I have a playbook that checks hard drive space on a group of servers, sends out an email, and it attaches a file containing the output contents. Is there a way to place the contents of the file in the body itself? I would like the file contents to be able to be seen at a glance in the email. The content would be the registered variable, result.
The current tasks:
---
- name: Check for output file
stat:
path: /tmp/ansible_output.txt
register: stat_result
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create file if it does not exist
file:
path: /tmp/ansible_output.txt
state: touch
mode: '0666'
when: stat_result.stat.exists == False
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Check hard drive info
become: yes
become_user: root
shell: cat /etc/hostname; echo; df -h | egrep 'Filesystem|/dev/sd'
register: result
- debug: var=result.stdout_lines
- local_action: lineinfile line={{ result.stdout_lines | to_nice_json }} dest=/tmp/ansible_output.txt
- name: Email Result
mail:
host: some_email_host
port: some_port_number
username: my_username
password: my_password
to:
- first_email_address
- second_email_address
- third_email_address
from: some_email_address
subject: My Subject
body: <syntax for file contents in body here> <--- What is the syntax?
attach:
/tmp/ansible_output.txt
run_once: true
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Remove Output File
file:
path: /tmp/ansible_output.txt
state: absent
run_once: true
delegate_to: localhost
Edit: I tried
body: "{{ result.stdout_lines | to_nice_json }}"
but it only sends me the output of the first host in the group.
Ok, I figured it out. I created a directory, files, and sent the output to a file in that directory using the {{ role_path }} variable. In the body portion of the email task, I used the lookup plugin to grab the contents of the file.
Here is the updated playbook with the original lines commented out:
---
- name: Check for output file
stat:
#path: /tmp/ansible_output.txt
path: "{{ role_path }}/files/ansible_output.txt"
register: stat_result
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create file if it does not exist
file:
#path: /tmp/ansible_output.txt
path: "{{ role_path }}/files/ansible_output.txt"
state: touch
mode: '0666'
when: stat_result.stat.exists == False
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Check hard drive info
become: yes
become_user: root
shell: cat /etc/hostname; echo; df -h | egrep 'Filesystem|/dev/sd'
register: result
- debug: var=result.stdout_lines
#- local_action: lineinfile line={{ result.stdout_lines | to_nice_json }} dest=/tmp/ansible_output.txt
- local_action: lineinfile line={{ result.stdout_lines | to_nice_json }} dest="{{ role_path }}/files/ansible_output.txt"
- name: Email Result
mail:
host: some_email_host
port: some_port_number
username: my_username
password: my_password
to:
- first_email
- second_email
- third_email
from: some_email_address
subject: Ansible Disk Space Check Result
#body: "{{ result.stdout_lines | to_nice_json }}"
body: "{{ lookup('file', '{{ role_path }}/files/ansible_output.txt') }}"
#attach:
#/tmp/ansible_output.txt
attach:
"{{ role_path }}/files/ansible_output.txt"
run_once: true
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Remove Output File
file:
#path: /tmp/ansible_output.txt
path: "{{ role_path }}/files/ansible_output.txt"
state: absent
run_once: true
delegate_to: localhost
Now, my email contains the attachment, as well as the contents in the body, and I didn't have to change much in the playbook. :-)
I'm sort of trying to build an inventory file from an ansible playbook run.
I'm trying to list out all the kvm hosts and the guests running on them, by running both service libvirtd status and if successful, virsh list --all, and to store the values in a file on the ansible host.
Ive tried a few different playbook structures but none have been successful in writing the file (using local_action wrote the ansible_hostname from just one host).
Please can someone guide me on what I'm doing wrong?
This is what I'm running:
- name: Determine KVM hosts
hosts: all
become: yes
#gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Check if libvirtd service exists
shell: "service libvirtd status"
register: libvirtd_status
failed_when: not(libvirtd_status.rc == 0)
ignore_errors: true
- name: List KVM guests
shell: "virsh list --all"
register: list_vms
when: libvirtd_status.rc == 0
ignore_errors: true
- name: Write hostname to file
lineinfile:
path: /tmp/libvirtd_hosts
line: "{{ ansible_hostname }} kvm guests: "
create: true
#local_action: copy content="{{ item.value }}" dest="/tmp/libvirtd_hosts"
with_items:
- variable: ansible_hostname
value: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
- variable: list_vms
value: "{{ list_vms }}"
when: libvirtd_status.rc == 0 or list_vms.rc == 0
Was able to cobble something that's mostly working:
- name: Check if libvirtd service exists
shell: "service libvirtd status"
register: libvirtd_status
failed_when: libvirtd_status.rc not in [0, 1]
- name: List KVM guests
#shell: "virsh list --all"
virt:
command: list_vms
register: all_vms
when: libvirtd_status.rc == 0
---
- name: List all KVM hosts
hosts: production, admin_hosts, kvm_hosts
become: yes
tasks:
- name: create file
file:
dest: /tmp/libvirtd_hosts
state: touch
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Copy VMs list
include_tasks: run_libvirtd_commands.yaml
- name: saving cumulative result
lineinfile:
line: '{{ ansible_hostname }} has {{ all_vms }}'
dest: /tmp/libvirtd_hosts
insertafter: EOF
delegate_to: localhost
when: groups["list_vms"] is defined and (groups["list_vms"] | length > 0)
Now if only I could clean up the output to filter out false positives (machines that don't have libvirtd status, and have an empty/no list of VMs, because the above doesn't really work.
But at least there is output from all the KVM hosts!
I'm setting fact in a role:
- name: Check if manager already configured
shell: >
docker info | perl -ne 'print "$1" if /Swarm: (\w+)/'
register: swarm_status
- name: Init cluster
shell: >-
docker swarm init
--advertise-addr "{{ ansible_default_ipv4.address }}"
when: "'active' not in swarm_status.stdout_lines"
- name: Get worker token
shell: docker swarm join-token -q worker
register: worker_token_result
- set_fact:
worker_token: "{{ worker_token_result.stdout }}"
Then I want to access worker_token on another hosts. Here's my main playbook, the fact is defined in the swarm-master role
- hosts: swarm_cluster
become: yes
roles:
- docker
- hosts: swarm_cluster:&manager
become: yes
roles:
- swarm-master
- hosts: swarm_cluster:&node
become: yes
tasks:
- debug:
msg: "{{ worker_token }}"
I'm getting undefined variable. How to make it visible globally?
Of course it works perfectly if I run debug on the same host.
if your goal is just to access worker_token from on another host, you can use hostvars variable and iterate through the group where you've defined your variable like this:
- hosts: swarm_cluster:&node
tasks:
- debug:
msg: "{{ hostvars[item]['worker_token'] }}"
with_items: "{{ groups['manager'] }}"
If your goal is to define the variable globally, you can add a step to define a variable on all hosts like this:
- hosts: all
tasks:
- set_fact:
worker_token_global: "{{ hostvars[item]['worker_token'] }}"
with_items: "{{ groups['manager'] }}"
- hosts: swarm_cluster:&node
tasks:
- debug:
var: worker_token_global