replace module issue

[visar]

tried to replace specific path in .conf file with another file using ansible but not getting modified as wanted.

below is my .conf file content

<!-- Server Clusters --><ServerCluster CloneSeparatorChange="false" GetDWLMTable="false" IgnoreAffinityRequests="true" LoadBalance="Round Robin" Name="Shared_3_Cluster_0" PostBufferSize="0" PostSizeLimit="-1" RemoveSpecialHeaders="true" RetryInterval="60" ServerIOTimeoutRetry="-1">
        <Server CloneID="0577049b-9886-4e73-8717-1663b85204bb" ConnectTimeout="5" ExtendedHandshake="false" LoadBalanceWeight="20" MaxConnections="-1" Name="default_node_clm_2" ServerIOTimeout="900" WaitForContinue="false">
         <Transport Hostname="MYSERVER1DNS" Port="9080" Protocol="http"/>
         <Transport Hostname="MYSERVER1DNS" Port="9443" Protocol="https">
            <Property Name="keyring" Value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.kdb"/>
            <Property Name="stashfile" Value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.sth"/>
         </Transport>
      </Server>
        <Server CloneID="a89c5825-ed68-4e64-88a3-af800e1c98aa" ConnectTimeout="5" ExtendedHandshake="false" LoadBalanceWeight="20" MaxConnections="-1" Name="default_node_clm_1" ServerIOTimeout="900" WaitForContinue="false">
         <Transport Hostname="MYSERVER2DNS" Port="9080" Protocol="http"/>
         <Transport Hostname="MYSERVER2DNS" Port="9443" Protocol="https">
            <Property Name="keyring" Value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.kdb"/>
            <Property Name="stashfile" Value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.sth"/>
         </Transport>
      </Server>
        <Server CloneID="98e33a6f-822c-40b5-90a6-71b6747ed1bd" ConnectTimeout="5" ExtendedHandshake="false" LoadBalanceWeight="20" MaxConnections="-1" Name="default_node_clm_0" ServerIOTimeout="900" WaitForContinue="false">
         <Transport Hostname="MYSERVER3DNS" Port="9080" Protocol="http"/>
         <Transport Hostname="MYSERVER3DNS" Port="9443" Protocol="https">
            <Property Name="keyring" Value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.kdb"/>
            <Property Name="stashfile" Value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.sth"/>

           
Here I was trying to modify the repeating strings

From________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                  <Property Name="keyring" Value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.kdb"/>
                  <Property Name="stashfile" Value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.sth"/>

                 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

To

                  <Property Name="keyring" Value="/opt/HTTPServer/key.kdb"/>
                  <Property Name="stashfile" Value="/opt/HTTPServer/key.sth"/>

                 
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Tried with my below play , its changing the value, but the spaces are not coming exactly as it neeed ( the modified line is just staring from the begining) and which is making application down

- name: change ihs plugin
  hosts: IHS
  tasks:
    - name: Ansible replace string example
      replace:
        path: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/WebServer1/Plugin-cfg.xml
        regexp: '^(.*<Property Name="keyring" Value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.kdb"/>.*)'
        replace: '<Property Name="keyring" Value="/opt/IBM/HTTPServer/key.kdb"/>'
    - name: Ansible replace string example
      replace:
        path: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/WebServer1/Plugin-cfg.xml
        regexp: '^(.*<Property Name="stashfile" Value="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.sth"/>.*)'
        replace: '<Property Name="stashfile" Value="/opt/IBM/HTTPServer/key.sth"/>'

Also want to take backup of the file before making these changes and need to send a mail once the changes happened as expected with an attachment with this file.

tried this, but failed.

- name: Send email
     mail:
        host: smtpserver.com
        port: 25
        username: mydomainID
        password: mypass
        subject: "Ansible test mail"
        attach: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/WebServer1/Plugin-cfg.xml
        body: "Testing email"
        from: mymailid.com
        to:
          - mymailid.com
        charset: utf8
        secure: never

                 

[visar]

Hello Experts,

Any suggestion here please...

[Piotr Owcarz]

Hi Visar

As for the IHS plugin file modification try using the Ansible's xml module: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/xml_module.html

As for the mail, you are writing, that  your playbook fails, but you don't send us any output. Run your playbook with -vvv and see what's wrong. Also, note, that ansible tasks manipulating files usually make backups automatically on every modification. Check the 'backup' parameter of the xml module.

Piotr

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