Extract data from task in a variable

[Uday Medhi]

Hi,

This is a role i wrote which will get the IP addresses of the Hosts and then copy a file from the ansible server to the host server.

- name: Seeking the host IP address

  shell: |

    ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr" | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ' ' -f 1

  register: ipv4_address

- debug: var=ipv4_address.stdout_lines

- name: Make the copy to CTM agents

  delegate_to: 127.0.0.1

  shell: sshpass -p 'xyz@123456' scp /home/admin/schoolproject/deploy/Agent_{{ipv4_address.stdout_lines}}.zip admin@{{ipv4_address.stdout_lines}}:/var/tmp/

After running it, I am getting the error below.

fatal: [10.200.2.6 -> 127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": "sshpass -p 'xyz@123456' scp /home/admin/schoolproject/deploy/Agent_[u'10.200.2.6'].zip admin@[u'10.200.2.6']:/var/tmp/", "delta": "0:00:00.925109", "end": "2018-05-04 18:16:52.188862", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2018-05-04 18:16:51.263753", "stderr": "ssh: Could not resolve hostname u10.200.2.6: Name or service not known\r\nlost connection", "stderr_lines": ["ssh: Could not resolve hostname u10.200.2.6: Name or service not known", "lost connection"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

How do I remove the quotes and square bracket [u' ] from the variable ?

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 04.05.2018 15:06, Uday Medhi wrote:
> Hi,
> This is a role i wrote which will get the IP addresses of the Hosts and
> then copy a file from the ansible server to the host server.
>
> - name: Seeking the host IP address
> shell: |
> ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr" | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ' ' -f
> 1
> register: ipv4_address
> - debug: var=ipv4_address.stdout_lines
>
> - name: Make the copy to CTM agents
> delegate_to: 127.0.0.1
> shell: sshpass -p 'xyz@123456' scp
> /home/admin/schoolproject/deploy/Agent_{{ipv4_address.stdout_lines}}.zip
> admin@{{ipv4_address.stdout_lines}}:/var/tmp/

You need to use ipv4_address.stdout not ipv4_address.stdout_lines.

By the way, if you gather facts, which is the default, you already have
the ip in the variable {{ ansible_default_ipv4.address }}

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Kai Stian Olstad