My inventory file is having below host groups:
[uat1]
123.11.23.22 ansible_user="xxx"
[OS_uat2]
123.45.6.7 ansible_user="yyy"
[uat1_childs:children]
uat1
OS_uat2
I am having the vars file which is having param for below hosts. I am running a playbook to run a shell command. I am passing some parameters with the playbook. I am passing deployment_environment as uat1_childs. This is giving me error. Playbook is:
- name: play to ping test
gather_facts: false
hosts: "{{ deployment_environment }}"
ignore_unreachable: yes
vars_files:
- r_params.yml
vars:
package: "{{ package }}"
tasks:
- set_fact:
env_param: "{{ deployment_environment }}"
- name: ping test
ping:
data: pong
- name: Deploy Services on "{{ deployment_environment }}"
shell: cd "{{ env_select[env_param].script_path }}"; sh "{{ env_select[env_param].script_path }}/deploy.sh" "param1" "param2" "{{ env_select[env_param].repo }}" "{{ artifact_version }}" "{{ env_select[env_param].ENV }}" "{{ arti_username }}" "{{ arti_pass }}" "{{ deployer }}" "{{ package }}" "{{ env_select[env_param].deployment_path }}"
when: (package == "abc")
with_items: "{{ groups[{{ 'deployment_environment' }}] }}"
This is giving me error as:
fatal: [123.11.23.22]: FAILED! =>
{
"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute 'deployment_environment'"
}
fatal: [123.45.6.7]: FAILED! =>
{
"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute 'deployment_environment'"
}
I tried removing apostrophe in with items, still it is giving me error. Cant identify how to run the task in all children host group.
Using ansible 2.9 I set a variable like this to store part of a group name
- name: set group
set_fact:
ansible_group: aaaa
I then want to use this variable in the following with_items clause:
- name: get
uri:
url: "http://{{ item }}:5324/kjhfg"
with_items: "{{ groups['thisgroup_{{ ansible_group }}'] }}"
However, using nested curly braces gives me the following error:
FAILED! => {"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute 'thisgroup_{{ ansible_group }}'"}
I also tried the following syntax variations
with_items: "{{ groups['thisgroup_ansible_group'] }}"
with_items: "groups['thisgroup_{{ ansible_group }}']"
with_items: "{{ groups['thisgroup_hostvars['localhost']['ansible_group']'] }}"
with_items: "{{ groups['thisgroup_hostvars[''localhost''][''ansible_group'']'] }}"
with_items: "{{ groups['thisgroup_hostvars[`localhost`][`ansible_group`]'] }}"
and probably one hundred other variations which all of them produced various errors
Can someone help me figure out the right syntax?
Simply concatenate the name of the group, e.g. given the inventory
shell> cat hosts
[thisgroup_aaaa]
host1
host2
host3
the playbook
- hosts: all
gather_facts: false
vars:
ansible_group: aaaa
_group: "{{ groups['thisgroup_' ~ ansible_group] }}"
tasks:
- debug:
var: item
loop: "{{ _group }}"
run_once: true
gives
item: host1
item: host2
item: host3
I am executing below as ansible playbook in loop with_together but need to know the status of the each task which is defined switch-host-config.yaml, but when i print register variable "sw_output" its not showing the task result it shows the with_together defined list...
is there any method or way to identify the task status in defined switch-host-config.yaml playbook.
- hosts: "{{ data_sw_ip1 }}"
connection: local
gather_facts: False
tasks:
- name: sw-host task
include_tasks: switch-host-config.yaml
vars:
- nic1_swport: "{{ item.0 }}"
- nic2_swport: "{{ item.1 }}"
- id_host: "{{ item.2}}"
register: sw_output
with_together:
- "{{ nic1_swport1 }}"
- "{{ nic2_swport }}"
- "{{ id_host }}"
ignore_errors: yes
- debug:
msg: "{{ sw_output }}"
I have a dict playbook which looks like this:
x_php_versions_installed:
ea-php71:
- ea-php71-php-bcmath
- ea-php71-php-xmlrpc
- ea-php71-php-zip
- pecl-memcached
- pecl-imagick
ea-php72:
- ea-php72-php-cli
- ea-php72-php-common
- ea-php72-php-curl
- pecl-imagick
I would like to filter them, to write me each item.value which contains 'ea' string but not everything else. My task looks like this:
- name: Write out only the ea packages
debug:
msg: '{{ item.value }}'
when: item.value | selectattr(item.value, 'contains', 'ea')
loop: '{{ x_php_versions_installed | dict2items }}
But it does not work, because it will list all of the packages, not only the ea ones. The expected answer should look like this:
...
"msg": [
"ea-php71-php-bcmath",
"ea-php71-php-xmlrpc",
"ea-php71-php-zip"
]
...
"msg": [
"ea-php72-php-cli",
"ea-php72-php-common",
"ea-php72-php-curl"
]
...
Another possibility is to filter out the 'pecl' string, it will gave me the same result and it also works fine.
Q: "Filter item.value which contains ea string."
A: The task below does the job
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|select('match','^ea-(.*)$')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
gives (abridged)
msg:
- ea-php71-php-bcmath
- ea-php71-php-xmlrpc
- ea-php71-php-zip
msg:
- ea-php72-php-cli
- ea-php72-php-common
- ea-php72-php-curl
Note: The test match by default "succeeds if it finds the pattern at the beginning of the string". The task below gives the same result
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|select('match', 'ea-')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
Q: "Filter out the pecl string."
A: Change the filter to reject and fit the regex. For example, the task below gives the same result
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|reject('match','^pecl-(.*)$')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
Notes:
Select the lists without iteration. Declare the variables
x_php_versions_installed_keys: "{{ x_php_versions_installed.keys()|list }}"
x_php_versions_installed_ea_vals: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items|
map(attribute='value')|
map('select', 'match', 'ea-')|list }}"
x_php_versions_installed_ea: "{{ dict(x_php_versions_installed_keys|
zip(x_php_versions_installed_ea_vals)) }}"
gives
x_php_versions_installed_ea:
ea-php71:
- ea-php71-php-bcmath
- ea-php71-php-xmlrpc
- ea-php71-php-zip
ea-php72:
- ea-php72-php-cli
- ea-php72-php-common
- ea-php72-php-curl
Example of a complete playbook for testing
- hosts: localhost
vars:
x_php_versions_installed:
ea-php71:
- ea-php71-php-bcmath
- ea-php71-php-xmlrpc
- ea-php71-php-zip
- pecl-memcached
- pecl-imagick
ea-php72:
- ea-php72-php-cli
- ea-php72-php-common
- ea-php72-php-curl
- pecl-imagick
x_php_versions_installed_keys: "{{ x_php_versions_installed.keys()|list }}"
x_php_versions_installed_ea_vals: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items|
map(attribute='value')|
map('select', 'match', 'ea-')|list }}"
x_php_versions_installed_ea: "{{ dict(x_php_versions_installed_keys|
zip(x_php_versions_installed_ea_vals)) }}"
tasks:
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|select('match','^ea-(.*)$')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|select('match', 'ea-')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|reject('match','^pecl-(.*)$')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.value|reject('match','pecl-')|list }}"
loop: "{{ x_php_versions_installed|dict2items }}"
- debug:
var: x_php_versions_installed_ea
I'm trying to get the inventory host group names by below process which is not working
- debug:
msg: "{{ groups['{{ item }}'] }}"
with_items: "{{ vm.stdout_lines }}"
this is what actually I'm trying to do
I will get a list of servers by a shell script
- name: Getting the servers list
shell: |
sh getServers.sh
register: vm
Then adding them into inventory by add_host
- name: Creating Logical host_group for each server
add_host:
name: "{{ item }}"
groups: ["{{item }}"]
with_items: "{{ vm.stdout_lines }}"
register: inv
Here I'm trying to get the only groups I've added in above step instead of all groups
- debug:
msg: "{{ groups['{{ item }}'] }}"
with_items: "{{ vm.stdout_lines }}"
Error is
{"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has no attribute '{{ item }}'
Appreciate help on this!
Fix the syntax
msg: "{{ groups[item] }}"