I need to rename hosts_example or hosts_Example to be named as hosts_real if any of the file exists
- name: Playbook to Standardize Hosts
hosts: test
vars:
destpath: /etc/hosts_real
filename: [ /etc/hosts_example,/etc/hosts_Example ]
tasks:
- name: Check if file exists
stat:
path: "{{ item }}"
with_items:
- "{{ filename }}"
register: check_file_name
- debug:
msg: "{{check_file_name}}"
- name: Rename file
command: mv "{{ item }}"{{destpath}}"
with_items:
- "{{ check_file_name.results }}"
when: item.stat.exists == true
I tried this am getting errors and not able to achieve the desired result
name: replace file
shell: mv /local/oracle/12.2/oldora.ora /local/oracle/12.2/tnsnames.ora
become: appuser
Works for us. Update your path in the shell command. I dont think the file module has a rename command. If you have a variable in your shell line put the whole line in quotes like:
shell: "mv {{ path_1 }} {{ path_2 }}"
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I've been using Ansible to fetch files from Windows nodes to a Linux node for some time with good results.
I would now like the nodes to remove fetched files once they have uploaded successfully.
However, since I'm fetching from lots of endpoints in various states, some files occasionally fail to transfer - and I'm having trouble using Ansible to skip those files, and those files only.
Here's what I have so far:
- name: Find .something files
ansible.windows.win_find:
paths: 'C:\Some\Path'
patterns: [ '*.something' ]
recurse: yes
age_stamp: ctime
age: -1w
register: found_files
- name: Create destination directory
file:
path: "/some/path/{{inventory_hostname}}/"
state: directory
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Fetch .something files
fetch:
src: "{{ item.path }}"
dest: "/some/path/{{inventory_hostname}}/"
flat: yes
validate_checksum: no
with_items: "{{ found_files.files }}"
register: item.sync_result
ignore_errors: yes
msg: "Would remove {{ item.path }}"
when: sync_result is succeeded
with_items: "{{ found_files.files }}"
The problem is, the sync_result variable seems to apply to each node instead of each file - that is, if one file has failed to transfer, no files will be deleted.
I've tried various loops and lists and could not get it to work.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
In a nutshell:
- name: Find .something files
ansible.windows.win_find:
paths: 'C:\Some\Path'
patterns: [ '*.something' ]
recurse: yes
age_stamp: ctime
age: -1w
register: find_something
- name: Create destination directory
file:
path: "/some/path/{{ inventory_hostname }}/"
state: directory
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Fetch .something files
fetch:
src: "{{ item.path }}"
dest: "/some/path/{{ inventory_hostname }}/"
flat: yes
validate_checksum: no
loop: "{{ find_something.files }}"
register: fetch_sync
ignore_errors: yes
- name: Delete successfully fetched files
file:
path: "{{ item.file }}"
state: absent
loop: "{{ fetch_sync.results | select('succeeded') }}"
# If you are using ansible < 2.10 you need to cast to list i.e.
# loop: "{{ fetch_sync.results | select('succeeded') | list }}"
my host_vars file has about 5k lines of yml code. So I would like to have separate yml files - one file per one service.
Simplified example:
user#test $ cat production/split_configs/a.example.net.yml
my_array:
- a.example.net
user#test $ cat production/split_configs/b.example.net.yml
my_array:
- b.example.net
user#test $ cat webhosts.yml
- hosts: myservers
pre_tasks:
- name: merge ansible arrays
tags: always
delegate_to: localhost
block:
- name: find config files
find:
paths: production/configs/
patterns: '*.yml'
register: find_results
- name: aaa
debug:
msg: "{{ find_results.files }}"
- name: bbb
debug:
msg: "{{ item.path }}"
with_items: "{{ find_results.files }}"
- name: ccc
debug:
msg: "{{ lookup('file', 'production/configs/a.example.net.yml') }}"
- name: ddd
debug:
msg: "{{ lookup('file', item.path) }}"
loop: "{{ find_results.files }}"
tasks:
- name: eee
debug:
msg: "{{ my_array }}"
The goal is to merge content of both arrays an print the merged content in task eee:
my_array:
- a.example.net
- b.example.net
Task aaa print informations about files (path, mode, uid, ...) - it works.
Tasks bbb, and ddd print nothing. I do not understand why.
Task ccc print content of file. But the path is written in playbook :-(
After load files I need to merge them. My idea is to use something like set_fact: my_array="{{ my_array + my_array }}" in task with with_items: "{{ find_results.files }}". Is it good idea? Or how better I can do it?
For example, the tasks below do the job
- include_vars:
file: "{{ item }}"
name: "my_prefix_{{ item|regex_replace('\\W', '_') }}"
with_fileglob: production/split_configs/*
- set_fact:
my_vars: "{{ my_vars|d({})|
combine(lookup('vars', item),
recursive=True,
list_merge='append') }}"
loop: "{{ q('varnames', 'my_prefix_.*') }}"
give
my_vars:
my_array:
- a.example.net
- b.example.net
You can use the simple cat commnd to merge the files into the one file and later include var file for example -
- raw: "cat production/split_configs/* >my_vars.yml"
- include_vars: file=my_vars.yml name=my_vars
will give you the result -
my_vars:
my_array:
- a.example.net
- b.example.net
I want to execute a task only when multiple files exist . if only single file is exist i need to ignore this task. How can i achieve this.
Am unable to achieve with the below playbook
---
- name: Standardize
hosts: test
gather_facts: false
vars:
file_vars:
- {id: 1, name: /etc/h_cm}
- {id: 2, name: /etc/H_CM}
tasks:
- block:
- name: Check if both exists
stat:
path: "{{ item.name }}"
with_items: "{{ file_vars }}"
register: cm_result
- name: Move both files
shell: mv "{{ item.item }}" /tmp/merged
with_items: "{{ cm_result.results }}"
when: item.stat.exists
After check if both exist task, you can add a set fact task like this one:
- name: set facts
set_fact:
files_exist: "{{ (files_exist | default([])) + [item.stat.exists] }}"
with_items: "{{ cm_result.results }}"
And you change your move files task to:
- name: Move both files
debug:
msg: "{{ item.stat.exists }}"
with_items: "{{ cm_result.results }}"
when: false not in files_exist
You have to specify shell: mv "{{ item.item.name }}" /tmp/merged insted of shell: mv "{{ item.item }}" /tmp/merged
Check the below works?:
- name: Standardize
hosts: test
gather_facts: false
become: yes ## If needed
vars:
file_vars:
- {id: 1, name: /etc/h_cm}
- {id: 2, name: /etc/H_CM}
tasks:
- block:
- name: Check if both file exists
stat:
path: "{{ item.name }}"
with_items: "{{ file_vars }}"
register: cm_result
- debug:
var: item.stat.exists
loop: "{{ cm_result.results }}"
- name: Crate a dummy list
set_fact:
file_state: []
- name: Add true to list if file exists
set_fact:
file_state: "{{ file_state }} + ['{{ item.stat.exists }}']"
loop: "{{ cm_result.results }}"
when: item.stat.exists == true
- name: Move both files
shell: mv "{{ item.item.name }}" /tmp/merged
loop: "{{ cm_result.results }}"
when: file_state|length > 1
I am just learning ansible and trying to understand how can i include multiple file in the path option in ansible replace module.
I have three files where i need to replace a old hostname with new hostanme.
Files are :
- /etc/hosts
- /etc/hosts.custom
- /etc/hosts-backup
Below Simple Play works fine:
- name: Replace string in hosts file
hosts: all
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Replace string in host file
replace:
path: /etc/hosts
regexp: "171.20.20.16 fostrain.example.com"
replace: "171.20.20.16 dbfoxtrain.example.com"
backup: yes
However, after lot of googling i see this can be done as follows, but in case i have multiple files and those needs to be called as a variable in different modules, How we can define then in such a way so as to call them by variable name.
Below is Just what i am trying to understand..
- name: Replace string in hosts file
hosts: all
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Checking file contents
slurp:
path: "{{ ?? }}" <-- How to check these three files here
register: fileCheck.out
- debug:
msg: "{{ (fileCheck.out.content | b64decode).split('\n') }}"
- name: Replace string in host file
replace:
path: "{{ item.path }}"
regexp: "{{ item:from }}"
replace: "{{ item:to }}"
backup: yes
loop:
- { path: "/etc/hosts", From: "171.20.20.16 fostrain.example.com", To: "171.20.20.16 dbfoxtrain.example.com"}
- { Path: "/etc/hosts.custom", From: "171.20.20.16 fostrain.example.com", To: "171.20.20.16 dbfoxtrain.example.com"}
- { Path: "/etc/hosts-backup", From: "171.20.20.16 fostrain.example.com", To: "171.20.20.16 dbfoxtrain.example.com"}
I will appreciate any help.
Create couple of variables; a list with all the files, from and to replacement strings or divide them by ip and domain. Then loop over all the files using the file list variable and use from and to replacement variables for each file. If multiple ip and domain mapping is required then you need to adjust the structure further. So recommend going through ansible documentation on using variables and loops for more details.
Playbook may look like below. Have used a minor regex and you can adjust as required.
- name: Replace string in hosts file
hosts: all
gather_facts: false
vars:
files:
- /etc/hosts
- /etc/hosts.custom
- /etc/hosts-backup
from_ip: "171.20.20.16"
from_dn: "fostrain.example.com"
to_ip: "171.20.20.16"
to_dn: "dbfoxtrain.example.com"
tasks:
- name: Replace string in host file
replace:
path: "{{ item }}"
regexp: "{{ from_ip }}\\s+{{ from_dn }}"
replace: "{{ to_ip }} {{ to_dn }}"
loop: "{{ files }}"
If you want to see the contents of each file then slurp and debug modules can be used like below:
- slurp:
path: "{{ item }}"
loop: "{{ files }}"
register: contents
- debug:
msg: "{{ (item.content | b64decode).split('\n') }}"
loop: "{{ contents.results }}"
I have to update sudoers.d multiple user files with few lines/commands using ansible playbook
users.yml
user1:
- Line1111
- Line2222
- Line3333
user2:
- Line4444
- Line5555
- Line6666
main.yml
- hosts: "{{ host_group }}"
vars_files:
- ../users.yml
tasks:
- name: Add user "user1" to sudoers.d
lineinfile:
path: /etc/sudoers.d/user1
line: '{{ item }}'
state: present
mode: 0440
create: yes
validate: 'visudo -cf %s'
with_items:
- "{{ user1 }}"
The above one is working only for user1..
If I want to also include user2 --> How to change the file name : path: /etc/sudoers.d/user1
I tried below and its not working :
Passing below users as variable to main.yml while running
users:
- "user1"
- "user2"
- name: Add user "{{users}}" to sudoers.d
lineinfile:
path: /etc/sudoers.d/{{users}}
line: '{{ item }}'
state: present
mode: 0440
create: yes
validate: 'visudo -cf %s'
with_items:
- "{{ users }}"
So, basically I want to pass in users to a variable {{users}} as user1 and user2 and wanted to use the lines for each user from users.yml and add it to respective user files (/etc/sudoers.d/user1 and /etc/sudoers.d/user2).
So /etc/sudoers.d/user1 should look like
Line1111
Line2222
Line3333
and /etc/sudoers.d/user2 should look like
Line4444
Line5555
Line6666
Try to add quotes:
users:
- "user1"
- "user2"
- name: "Add user {{users}} to sudoers.d"
lineinfile:
path: "/etc/sudoers.d/{{users}}"
line: "{{ item }}"
state: present
mode: 0440
create: yes
validate: 'visudo -cf %s'
with_items:
- "{{ users }}"
As per Ansible Documentation on Using Variables:
YAML syntax requires that if you start a value with {{ foo }} you quote the whole line, since it wants to be sure you aren’t trying to start a YAML dictionary. This is covered on the YAML Syntax documentation.
This won’t work:
- hosts: app_servers
vars:
app_path: {{ base_path }}/22
Do it like this and you’ll be fine:
- hosts: app_servers
vars:
app_path: "{{ base_path }}/22"
cat users.yml
---
users:
- user1:
filename: user1sudoers
args:
- Line1111
- Line2222
- Line3333
- user2:
filename: user2sudoers
args:
- Line4444
- Line5555
- Line6666
I use template here, instead of lineinfile
---
cat sudoers.j2
{% if item.args is defined and item.args %}
{% for arg in item.args %}
{{ arg }}
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
the task content
---
- hosts: localhost
vars_files: ./users.yml
tasks:
- name: sync sudoers.j2 to localhost
template:
src: sudoers.j2
dest: "/tmp/{{ item.filename }}"
loop: "{{ users_list }}"
when: "users_list is defined and users_list"
after run the task.yml, generate two files under /tmp directory.
cat /tmp/user1sudoers
Line1111
Line2222
Line3333
cat /tmp/user2sudoers
Line4444
Line5555
Line6666