Hello,
I have posted the following at
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62309274/how-to-have-ansible-send-output-to-a-python-function-in-a-custom-library,
but I wanted to share here to get some more insight.
I am a newbie at working with Ansible and Python and I am attempting to
develop an Ansible playbook that will query several Cisco ASR5500's running
current iOS software for CLI output of various show commands. I would like
to take that output and send it to a python function in a custom library
which will apply logic to see if the response from the ASR shows that it is
healthy or not. Currently, I am sending the Ansible output to a file with
the thought of having Python read the file and analyze each line. Here is a
snippet from my playbook:
- name: show card table # run "show card table" on node
ios_command:
commands:
- show card table
register: output_cardTable- name: send output_cardTable to file #
send "show card table" to file
lineinfile:
dest: /home/**my_user**/testoutput/{{ inventory_hostname }}_{{ my_time }}
line: "{{ output_cardTable.stdout_lines }}"
insertafter: EOF
This snippet takes the output of "show card table" and sends it to a
timestamped file as a multi-dimensional array (not sure why it's formatted
like that, but that's another question for later). My first thought was to
have Ansible run the checks and then have Python read the generated files
for each node and apply its logic to determine the node's health.
However, I would like to know if there is a way for Ansible to send the
output of the task directly to a function in a imported Python library,
similar to how RobotFramework can invoke a Python function from a library
that has been declared. I do not know if such syntax exists, but Ansible is
better at maintaining connections to multiple nodes concurrently, and
RobotFramework is not the tool of choice for my organization.
So, how would I write the task that sends the "output_cardTable" content to
a python function, and how would I declare that function library in the
header of the playbook so Ansible can see and use it?
Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you.
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