Complete debug output to file

[Dimitri Yioulos]

Hello, all.

It's been a long time since I posted here, so please forgive any posting faux pas.

I've created the following playboos:

---

- name: report aws migrator

  hosts: all

  gather_facts: false

  tasks:

    - name: collect facts

      shell:

        cmd: facter -p fqdn processorcount memorysize_mb blockdevice_sda_size blockdevice_vda_size operatingsystem operatingsystemrelease is_virtual processor0 --json

      register: facter_output

    - name: print output

      debug:

        msg: "{{ facter_output.stdout }}"

    - local_action: copy content="{{ facter_output.stdout }}". dest="/Users/dyioulos/Documents/prodrept.txt"

The problem is with the output to file.  Data are overwritten, and information for only the last host the playbook is run against is captured.  Additionally, i have to put any character here (denoted by ^): - local_action: copy content="{{ facter_output.stdout }}"^ dest="/Users/dyioulos/Documents/prodrept.txt" in order for the output to be in json format.  That extra character is also printed, including if I use newline) is also printed.

Your help in soving this would be greatly appreciated.

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

Hello Dimitri,

to collect the output from all hosts please try the following approach:

- local_action:
module: copy
content: |
{% for host in ansible_play_hosts %}
{{ host }}
{{ hostvars[host]['facter_output']['stdout'] }}

{% endfor %}
dest: "/Users/dyioulos/Documents/prodrept.txt"
run_once: yes

Regards
Racke

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[Dimitri Yioulos]

That worked great; thank you so much!

[Dimitri Yioulos]

Racke,

For my edification, might I ask exactly what your code does?

Thanks,

Dimitri

On Monday, April 26, 2021 at 9:03:19 AM UTC-4 Dimitri Yioulos wrote:

[Dimitri Yioulos]

I'm not sure if I should create another post for this ask: forgive me if I should.  As per Racke, here's my playbook now, and it works great:

---

- hosts: all

  gather_facts: false

  become: yes

  become_user: root

  become_method: su

#  ignore_errors: yes

  tasks:

    - name: list java version

      command: java -version

      register: java_one

    - name: print output

      debug:

        msg: "{{ java_one.stderr_lines }}"

    - local_action:

        module: copy

        content: |

          {% for host in ansible_play_hosts %}

          {{ host }}

          {{ hostvars[host]['java_one']['stderr_lines'] }}

          {% endfor %}

        dest: "/Users/dyioulos/Documents/prodjava.txt"

      run_once: yes

But, now what I want to do is return data only when the debug output includes "Java(TM)".  I've searched, and tried several things, but, i'm not getting the desired result.  How do I do that?