checking java process

[skr...@gmail.com]

I have the below play to check if JBoss application server is RUNNING. I am getting the message "JBoss Process is running on localhost" (inventory_hostname = localhost) even when JBoss is DOWN. Am I doing anything wrong here?

  tasks:   

   - name: Check JBOss java process

     shell: ps -ef | grep java | grep "jboss.server"

     register: jboss_java_process

     ignore_errors: false

  

   - debug: msg="JBoss Process is running on {{ inventory_hostname }}"

     when: jboss_java_process.stdout.find("jboss.server") != -1

-SKR

[Co S]

Try this way:

when: 'jboss.server' in jboss_java_process.stdout

[Brian Coca]

tasks:
- name: Check JBOss java process

shell: ps -f "jboss.server"

register: jboss_java_process
ignore_errors: false

- debug: msg="JBoss Process is running on {{ inventory_hostname }}"

when: jboss_java_process.stdout_lines|length > 0

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Brian Coca

[rup]

We did it like this:

- name: Check for previous running Wildfly instances

  shell: ps -ef | grep jboss | grep java | grep -v activemq | grep -v /bin/sh | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'

  register: ps_result

- debug: msg="{{ps_result.stdout}}"

- debug: msg="{{ps_result.stderr}}"

We are also running activemq which uses java processes, so we have to exclude that from our grep results.