mitogen and playbook_name

[Kathy L]

In the beginning of the playbook, I calculate the playbook_name this way:

playbook_name: "{{ lookup('file', '/proc/self/cmdline') | regex_replace('\u0000', ' ').split() | select match('match', '^[a-zA-Z-_/0-9]*[.]y[a]*ml') | list|first|basename }}"

This works in a typical, ssh playbook run.  We are now testing mitogen, and using the playbook_name variable fails with the error:
"Make sure your variable name does not contain invalid characters like '-': expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not AnsibleUndefined"

The ansible-playbook name is configServer.yml so it doesn't contain any strange characters.

Has anyone else had this problem with mitogen?  is there another way to get the playbook name being run?

[Dick Visser]

My initial reaction would be: this looks like a workaround for something that does not exist, probably for a reason. And then you add mitogen to the mix, which is notorious for pushing the limits with many things.

What is the use case for this playbook_name variable?

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[Kathy Lyons]

We use it in many instances to only do something for a specific playbook.  We have about 5 playbooks that work on different networks and rather than maintain 5 different playbooks we use the "when playbook_name == abc.yml" a lot. Is there another way to get the playbook name?

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[Philippe Kueck]

Hi,

On 17.10.23 18:13, Kathy Lyons wrote:
> We use it in many instances to only do something for a specific
> playbook.  We have about 5 playbooks that work on different networks and
> rather than maintain 5 different playbooks we use the "when
> playbook_name == abc.yml" a lot. Is there another way to get the
> playbook name?

How about this?

---
- name: "foobar playbook"
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- debug:
msg: '{{ansible_play_name}}'
...

- Philippe

[Kathy Lyons]

When I print out "{{ ansible_play_name }}" I simply get "localhost."

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[Philippe Kueck]

You need to name the playbook:

---
- name: "your playbook name goes here"
hosts: yourhostlist
tasks:
- debug:
msg: >
{{ansible_play_name}} should print
"your playbook name goes here"
...

On 17.10.23 19:34, Kathy Lyons wrote:
> When I print out "{{ ansible_play_name }}" I simply get "localhost."
>
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 12:18 PM 'Philippe Kueck' via Ansible Project
> <ansible...@googlegroups.com

> <mailto:ansible...@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 17.10.23 18:13, Kathy Lyons wrote:
> > We use it in many instances to only do something for a specific
> > playbook.  We have about 5 playbooks that work on different
> networks and
> > rather than maintain 5 different playbooks we use the "when
> > playbook_name == abc.yml" a lot. Is there another way to get the
> > playbook name?
>
> How about this?
>
> ---
> - name: "foobar playbook"
>    hosts: localhost
>    gather_facts: no
>    tasks:
>      - debug:
>          msg: '{{ansible_play_name}}'
> ...
>
> - Philippe
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[Kathy Lyons]

Got it - makes sense now.  Thanks!