Ansible output (changed/ok)

[wolfedale]

Hi All,

There is a way to control somehow the output from Ansible? The reason I'm asking is that I have a lot of problem to have on the result the real summary.

The main problem I have with modules like: (SELINUX, CHKCONFIG, SERVICES and so on).

Let's say I want to install Apache, add it to the chkconfig list and disable SELINUX.

---

- hosts: jenkins

  tasks:

  - name: disable selinux

    selinux: state=disabled

  - name: Install Apache

    yum: name=httpd state=latest

    notify:

    - Add to boot

  handlers:

  - name: Add to boot

    service: name=httpd state=started enabled=yes

My second version is:

---

- hosts: jenkins

  tasks:

  - name: Install Apache

    yum: name=httpd state=latest

  - name: Add to boot

    shell: chkconfig httpd on

  - name: disable selinux

    selinux: state=disabled

Both scenario are working fine but the problem is that when I will execute that task one more time I will have one more time: *changed* on the SEXLINUX/CHKCONFIG. Which is not true because it's already changed. This is really important to know when somethings has been changed or when it hasn't. This playbook will give me on the output/summary changed all the time which is not true, and when someone will disable httpd from the chkconfig (manually) I will think that this is just an Ansible which can be a security risk here.

Second problem I have with the installing some group of packages. Let's say I need to install 100 packages.

This is my playbook:

---

- hosts: jenkins

  remote_user: root

  sudo_user: root

  tasks:

  - name: remove old packages

    shell: rpm -e {{ item }}

    with_items:

    - libwvstreams

    - nss_db

    - bluez-gnome

    - (...)

This is working fine but again. When some package is not exist, on the screen I see "ERROR", when the package has been installed I see "CHANGED".

Now... the problem here is that on the summary I will have changed: 0, failed=1 (when 20 packages was with ERROR and 80 packages was with CHANGED), and again this is really confusing.

Failed=1 for me is that there was a fail which is fine. But why I don't change CHANGED on the summary when 80 packages just have been installed? I know that this executed by with_items but should I separate each package per separate task? To do that I think I will need to go for another automation tool to generate the correct list which is not something cool :(

Any help will he really appreciated! :-)

Thanks,

Pawel