Could you perhaps save the results into different files on the local
machine (such as /tmp/local_action.{{ inventory_hostname }}), then assemble
them into a single file as a subsequent task? There is an assemble module
<http://docs.ansible.com/assemble_module.html> that may do the job.
On 18 January 2015 at 04:04, Jim McMahon <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to run a shell command on multiple servers and have the results > appended to a local file. The way I have it written now doesn't work. I > only get the result of the last server because it runs the first task for > each server before moving on to the next task. Hence I get the result of > the last server in my file. > > How do I get this to work with Ansible? The example here: > http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_loops.html doesn't really fit my > situation because I want the loop to be on inventory hosts. > > > --- > > - name: get metadata on legacy servers > shell: > > hostname; len=`hostname | wc -c` ; export len; perl -E 'say "=" x > ($ENV{"len"} - 1)' ; > ec2-metadata -i -a -z -s -v > register: result > tags: > - legacy > > - name: copy results to local file > local_action: copy > > content="{{ result.stdout }}" > dest="/tmp/local_action" > tags: > - legacy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/f980940c-bf3f-416f-896a-d258519e2d6d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/f980940c-bf3f-416f-896a-d258519e2d6d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAAnNz0MT3eEC_viDxYTyPc9Bboe1xQbFNF%3DJRvbj2zWOc2yBtQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
