Appending a line in a file

[lpesc...@google.com]

Hi, 

I want to add some stuff to my /etc/hosts file. 

For instance, if my /etc/hosts says "server.corp", I want to append that in all my machines to where it says "server.corp.company.com". Then I want it to save.

What is the best module for that , and can you tell me what the play might look like?

[Luca Cazzaniga]

Hi try the module lineinfile, see the manual page at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/lineinfile_module.html

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[lpesc...@google.com]

Thanks Luca, I sorta thought that was it, could you give a quick example on how the file would look?

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[lpesc...@google.com]

Thanks kylix,

Where would the append go?

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[fusillator]

I don't  know if I got your specification correctly

anyway this is an example

$ cat lineinfile.yml
- hosts: localhost
  tasks:

  - name: lineinfile
    lineinfile:
      path: ./hosts
      regexp: '^(.*) server\.corp\b(.*)$'
      line: '\1  server.corp server.corp.company.com \2'
      backrefs: yes

$ cat hosts
127.0.0.1    localhost
192.168.192.168  server.corp
fusillator@catorcio:~/Code/ansible/test$ ansible-playbook lineinfile.yml

PLAY [localhost] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [lineinfile] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0  

$ cat hosts
127.0.0.1    localhost
192.168.192.168   server.corp server.corp.company.com

regards

Luca

[Larry Pescatore]

Thank you sir, I am trying to find out how that exactly would look in my file (I am new to regexp so please forgive me). 

Heres what my file looks like:

 cat /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.1.1 server-rack5-test-server-5

What I need it to change to (on a dynamic level, as in "server-rack5-test-server-5" will of course always be different"):

 cat /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.1.1 server-rack5-test-server-5.corp.company.com

Could you help me with that?

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Best, 

Larry Pescatore

Lab Administrator @ Pixel 

[fusillator]

hi, you have to find common pattern in the hostnames and forge subregexp in brakets..

for example if the changing part is the number enclose them in brackets and backreference them in line as \cardianalnumber

in the example below

\1 will reference to (.*)

\2 will reference to the first (\d+)

\3 will reference to the second (\d+)

\4 will reference to the tailing (.*)

At the moment I can't test the playbook, anyway you try something like

- hosts: localhost

  tasks:

  - name: lineinfile
    lineinfile:
      path: ./hosts

      regexp: '^(.*)\bserver-rack(\d+)-test-server-(\d+)\b(.*)$'

      line: '\1  server-rack\2-test-server-\3.corp.company.com \4'
      backrefs: yes

Have a look at https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html for further details

regards

Luca

[fusillator]

I don't  know if I got your specification correctly

anyway this is an example

fusillator@catorcio:~/Code/ansible/test$ cat lineinfile.yml

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:

  - name: lineinfile
    lineinfile:
      path: ./hosts
      regexp: '^(.*) server\.corp\b(.*)$'
      line: '\1  server.corp server.corp.company.com \2'
      backrefs: yes

fusillator@catorcio:~/Code/ansible/test$ cat hosts

127.0.0.1    localhost
192.168.192.168  server.corp
fusillator@catorcio:~/Code/ansible/test$ ansible-playbook lineinfile.yml

PLAY [localhost] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [lineinfile] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0  

fusillator@catorcio:~/Code/ansible/test$ cat hosts

127.0.0.1    localhost
192.168.192.168   server.corp server.corp.company.com

regards

Luca

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