Local fact not passed

[Jerry Steele]

Hello,

Ansible_version: 1.9.2 stable

I have a custom fact, generated via bash:

#!/bin/bash 
MYSQL_PW=$(cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow)

cat << EOF
{
 "pw":"$MYSQL_PW"
} 
EOF

When I run this on the command line, it gives the expected output:

{ 
"pw":"$AES-128-xxxx$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 
}

(note: the above is obfuscated)

However when I use the setup module, the value of "pw" is empty:

"ansible_local": { 
     "mysql": {
        "pw": "" 
       } 
}

,

I tested this by catting another file, and this gave the expected string when ran standalone and via the setup module:

......
MYSQL_PW=$(cat /usr/local/psa/version)
.....

gives

"ansible_local": {
 "mysql": {
 "pw": "12.0.18 Ubuntu 14.04 1200150817.13"
         }
 }

which is what we expect. I think the error is due to the presence of "$" in the output of the first fact-generating script, but I'm not sure how to get round this.

Does anyone have any ideas?

[Vikas Kumar]

Hi Jerry,

Did you reloaded the local facts in your tasks before trying to use the facts.

- local_action: setup filter=ansible_local

Regards,

Vikas