Thanks Kai - i managed to get exactly what i wanted by using the following
environment variable;
ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=debug
Here's the final debug/msg configuration of the playbook;
- debug:
msg: |
{{ inventory_hostname }} has {{
available_updates.found_update_count }} updates available.
{% for key, value in available_updates.updates.iteritems() %}
- KB: {{ value.title }}
{% endfor %}
Now when i run the playbook, i get the following output;
ok: [host1] => {}
MSG:
host1 has 6 updates available.
- KB: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3013769)
- KB: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3102429)
- KB: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3013816)
- KB: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3084905)
- KB: 2017-11 Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2012 R2
for x64-based Systems (KB4050946)
- KB: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool for Windows 8, 8.1, 10 and
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 x64 Edition - November 2017 (KB890830)
Thanks for all your help
On Monday, December 4, 2017 at 10:25:58 AM UTC+11, Kai Stian Olstad wrote:
>
> On 03.12.2017 23:49, area0 wrote:
> > Thanks Kai. The output is working fine, it's more about the formatting.
> > For
> > example, with the following debug code, i receive the following;
>
> Ansible is not a reporting tool so it has limit supported for nice
> output on the screen.
> You can put it in a file with the template module.
>
>
> > - debug:
> > msg: "{{ inventory_hostname }} has {{
> > available_updates.found_update_count }} updates available.
> > {% for key, value in
> > available_updates.updates.iteritems() %}
> > - KB: {{ value.title }}
> > {% endfor %}"
>
> The first ting to do is losing the quotes and add a pipe, the pipe is
> essential.
>
> - debug:
> msg: |
> {{ inventory_hostname }} has {{
> available_updates.found_update_count }} updates available.
> {% for key, value in available_updates.updates.iteritems() %}
> - KB: {{ value.title }}
> {% endfor %}"
>
>
> > ok: [host1] => {
> > "msg": "host1 has 6 updates available. - KB: Update for Windows
> > Server
> > 2012 R2 (KB3013769) - KB: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2
> > (KB3102429) -
> > KB: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3013816) - KB: Update for
> > Windows
> > Server 2012 R2 (KB3084905) - KB: 2017-11 Preview of Monthly Quality
> > Rollup
> > for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4050946) - KB:
> > Windows
> > Malicious Software Removal Tool for Windows 8, 8.1, 10 and Windows
> > Server
> > 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 x64 Edition - November 2017 (KB890830) "
> > }
> >
> > What i'd like, is for the output to be formatted as below;
> >
> > ok: [host1] => {
> > "msg": "host1 has 6 updates available.
> > - KB: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3013769)
> > - KB: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3102429)
> > - KB: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3013816)
> > - KB: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3084905)
> > - KB: 2017-11 Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server
> > 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4050946)
> > - KB: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool for Windows 8, 8.1,
> > 10
> > and Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 x64 Edition - November 2017
> > (KB890830) "
> > }
> >
> > Is this possible?
>
> To get an other output than the default one, you'll need to change the
> stdout callback plugin[1].
>
> If you use the debug, it output nice human readable text that you are
> looking for, but it will be more verbose.
> You could check out and test the other to see if them give you the
> output you want or you could write your own.
>
>
> [1]
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/plugins/callback.html#plugin-list
>
> --
> Kai Stian Olstad
>
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