Re: [ansible-project] update hots file - the default inventory file

[Abhijeet Kasurde]

Can you provide output of lineinfile ? Mine look like

changed: [localhost] => (item=a) => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "backup": "", "changed": true, "item": "a", "msg": "line added"}
changed: [localhost] => (item=b) => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "backup": "", "changed": true, "item": "b", "msg": "line added"}

On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 10:14 AM esxi...@gmail.com <esxi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi

I have a playbook which create the vm in vCenter

---
- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  vars_files:
    - ./vars/xxx.yml

  tasks:


    - name: Create VM using template
      vmware_guest:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
        datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"
        cluster: "{{ vcenter_cluster }}"
        template: "{{ vcenter_template }}"
  ..
          hostname: "{{ item }}"
      with_items: "{{ servers }}"




    - name: Update the Inventory
      lineinfile:
        dest: /etc/ansible/hosts
        insertafter: '^\[MyServers\]'
        line: '{{ item }}'
      with_items: "{{ servers }}"

      run_once: true

VM create works well, Any suggestions why the the hosts file is not getting updated .. above is the code

Thanks

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Thanks,

Abhijeet Kasurde

[esxi...@gmail.com]

Thanks for  the reply Abhi

What i noticed is it does update the file if there is no entry like blow is the o/p

TASK [Update the Inventory] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost] => (item=xx)

but if the entry already present in more than 1 group say .. then it does not update the file & the output is

TASK [Update the Inventory] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => (item=xxx)

So if a fresh box it is ok ( ie never had been provisioned  )

[esxi...@gmail.com]

for eg

[group1]

server1

server2

[group2]

server1

server2

if you remove from group one & run does not update .... So lineinfile should have someway to say the position exactly below [group1] add is missing ...

[Vladimir Botka]

On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 23:08:50 -0800 (PST)
"esxi...@gmail.com" <esxi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> but if the entry already present in more than 1 group say .. then it does
> not update the file

Try "ini_file", e.g.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/ini_file_module.html

- ini_file:
dest: /etc/ansible/hosts
section: MyServers
option: "{{ item }}"
allow_no_value: true
loop: "{{ servers }}"

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Vladimir Botka

[esxi...@gmail.com]

Thanks Vladimir Botka