Hello -
Is there a way to store playbook name as a 'global' variable across plays??
I've seen potential options via callbacks
<https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/14772> or group_vars:all
<http://grokbase.com/t/gg/ansible-devel/149s71x0gv/global-variables-file> but
still struggling with the solve.
At the end of the day I want to log certain actions for a specific playbook
(which contains several different plays). I have the default ansible
logging setup, but it lacks readability and is otherwise difficult to
consume. The playbook contains all sorts of prep, validations, and
deployments but I only want to log the aggregate changes in our operational
environments such that it can be easily digested. I envision a log file
with <playbook_name>_<timestamp>.log with all the stuff I want to plop into
it.
I could approach the callback; however I'm still new to ansible so
hesitating before hopping into more 'advanced' features.
I don't believe group_vars:all will work because the playbook name isn't
tied to the host groups.
Passing in the name as an extra-var on the command line reduces usability.
So far the best that I could do is manually define the var in the playbook
when calling the role. However, it then only exists for that specific play.
- name: MHE Dematic Conveyer Configuration
hosts: "{{ target }}"
vars:
playbook_name: "pb_MA_WMOS_Post_Install_Config"
roles:
- { role: role_mhe_config_lower, when: "'Lower_Envs' in group_names", tags
: ["Lower_Envs"] }
- { role: role_mhe_config_upper, when: "'Upper_Envs' in group_names", tags
: ["Upper_Envs"] }
Or, perhaps I'm just looking at this all wrong and restricting too much
down one path. Thoughts?
Thanks!
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