Hi all, The template module supports the --check and --diff options so you can see what changes would be made to a file without actually making the live change. For example, if I use a simple template to insert "hello world" in a file, I might get output that looks like:
TASK [template] **************************************************************** changed: [localhost] --- before +++ after: dynamically generated @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +hello world However, while Ansible is clearly generating the templated version of the file, I can't find a way to keep around the templated version of the file after the fact. We'd very much like to be able to save the templated file for later inspection, without having to install the result on a live system. (This is useful for such things as debugging very complex templates; feeding a file into a sanity checker for the given service; etc.) I tried using ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES, but this just keeps a python script that presumably includes the template in its ZIPDATA, rather than saving a cleartext version of the templated file. Can anyone suggest a way to save these templated files? I'd be happy to hear that I'm just overlooking some obvious option or flag. ;) Thanks, Adam -- 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/CAM2q2A4%2BtL4SE8sZ4mQEfd4KZHn8Ff7rCmpx73VoCkA7HRSndw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
