Above looks good. You could try using win_stat, which returns a checksum
and then do whatever is necessary if the checksum has changed.
Something like the following
---
- hosts: all
tasks:
- name: stat the hosts file
win_stat:
path: C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
register: hosts_fileinfo
- name: show hosts file stats for debugging purposes
debug:
var: hosts_fileinfo
- name: fail if modified
fail:
msg: "HOSTS file has been modified"
when: hosts_fileinfo.stat.checksum !=
"4bed0823746a2a8577ab08ac8711b79770e48274"
Hope this helps,
Jon
On Tuesday, 16 February 2016 10:25:31 UTC, Mark Matthews wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> What is the best way to monitor any changes made to a Windows file (Either
> the web.config or hosts file)?
>
> I want to be able to check that these files have not been changed at all,
> and if they have, Ansible picks that up and warns me and I can change it
> back to a template.
>
> I am currently using the following playbook for the host file, but was
> wondering if there is sa easier way? As I want to do our web.config file?
>
>
> ---
> - name: Check Host File Entries
> hosts: all
> tasks:
> - name: Check Host File Entries
> win_lineinfile:
> dest: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
> regexp: "{{item.regexp}}"
> line: "{{item.line}}"
>
> with_items:
> - { regexp: '^10.10.3.76 www.test.co.uk', line: '10.10.3.76
> www.test.co.uk' }
> - { regexp: '^10.10.3.77 www.test1.co.uk', line: '10.10.3.77
> www.test1.co.uk' }
> - { regexp: '^10.10.3.77 ca.test1.com', line: '10.10.3.77
> ca.test1.com' }
> - { regexp: '^10.10.3.74 www.test3.com', line: '10.10.3.74
> www.test3.com' }
> - { regexp: '^10.10.3.19 test4.com', line: '10.10.3.19
> test4.com' }
>
>
> Cheers
> Mark
>
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