ah yes, that f should be in double brackets:
{{ f }}
On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 at 08:18, Sandy Toshev <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Final resolution:
> As I suspected the main problem was missing "mail" module. I am a fan of the
> gentoo distribution, and I compile everything from source, but this time, the
> package was incomplete (even with the proper use flags). Ansible is
> re-compiled and mails are sent now...
> @Dick Visser - if you still feel like helping, may you please suggest
> something about your script. What output I am getting - if I have 4 files
> deleted, I receive an email with a body like that: "f, f, f, f". If I have no
> files deleted - empty body.
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 5:30:38 PM UTC+3 Sandy Toshev wrote:
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> I read them all and tried different *spaces* configs still nothing.
>> OK, you have done enough (and more) - so I will continue reading on yaml
>> syntax and get back to sending mails with Ansible.
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 5:18:33 PM UTC+3 [email protected]
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> seems like you're not reading the suggestions we sent you. So read
>>> this accurately:
>>>
>>> - name: Sending mail
>>> mail:
>>> host: smtp.gmail.com
>>> port: 587
>>> username: [email protected]
>>> password: my_pass
>>> subject: Deleted files overview
>>> to: Sandy toshev <my_user_name@my_domain>
>>> body: |
>>> sender: [email protected]
>>> Deleted some files - {% for f in files_to_delete.files %}f, {% endfor %}
>>>
>>> as you can notice, sender is indented by *two spaces*. That's the
>>> error ansible is reporting you. Your playbook is an invalid yaml,
>>> that's why doesn't work.
>>>
>>> Luca
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 4:14 PM Sandy Toshev <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for all the help, but I cannot seem to get it to work... below is
>>> > my .yml file... and the error. If anyone feels to help, please do :)
>>> > thanks in advance.
>>> >
>>> > ---
>>> > - hosts: lxc
>>> > tasks:
>>> > - name: Finding older than 1 week files in the distfiles folder
>>> > find:
>>> > paths: /var/cache/distfiles
>>> > age: 1w
>>> > recurse: no
>>> > register: files_to_delete
>>> >
>>> > - name: Removing the founded files
>>> > file:
>>> > path: "{{ item.path }}"
>>> > state: absent
>>> > with_items: "{{ files_to_delete.files }}"
>>> >
>>> > - name: Sending mail
>>> > mail:
>>> > host: smtp.gmail.com
>>> > port: 587
>>> > username: [email protected]
>>> > password: my_pass
>>> > subject: Deleted files overview
>>> > to: Sandy toshev <my_user_name@my_domain>
>>> > body: |
>>> > sender: [email protected]
>>> > Deleted some files - {% for f in files_to_delete.files %}f, {% endfor %}
>>> >
>>> > ===
>>> >
>>> > Error:
>>> > [root@ansible#~/ansible_playbooks]#ansible-playbook
>>> > remove_distfiles_email.yml
>>> > ERROR! We were unable to read either as JSON nor YAML, these are the
>>> > errors we got from each:
>>> > JSON: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
>>> >
>>> > Syntax Error while loading YAML.
>>> > could not find expected ':'
>>> >
>>> > The error appears to be in
>>> > '/root/ansible_playbooks/remove_distfiles_email.yml': line 28, column 1,
>>> > but may
>>> > be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>>> >
>>> > (specified line no longer in file, maybe it changed?)
>>> > On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 4:46:06 PM UTC+3 [email protected]
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On 9/15/20 2:36 PM, Sandy Toshev wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Thank you for the fast response,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > So I added the following at the end of the .yml file, but I guess I do
>>> >> > not know the correct syntax, because I get an error.
>>> >> > #added from suggestion
>>> >> > - name: Sending an email about it
>>> >> > mail:
>>> >> > body: |
>>> >> > Deleted some files - {% for f in files_to_delete.files %}f, {% endfor
>>> >> > %}
>>> >> > subject: Deleted files overview
>>> >> > host: smtp.gmail.com
>>> >> > port: 587
>>> >> > username: [email protected]
>>> >> > password: my_very_secure_password
>>> >> > to: my_private_username@my_private_domain
>>> >> >
>>> >> > ===
>>> >> > The error is as follows:
>>> >> > ERROR! We were unable to read either as JSON nor YAML, these are the
>>> >> > errors we got from each:
>>> >> > JSON: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Syntax Error while loading YAML.
>>> >> > could not find expected ':'
>>> >>
>>> >> Your indendation is wrong.
>>> >>
>>> >> It should be like:
>>> >>
>>> >> mail:
>>> >> body: |
>>> >> Deleted some files - {% for f in files_to_delete.files %}f, {% endfor %}
>>> >> subject: Deleted files overview
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards
>>> >> Racke
>>> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > The error appears to be in
>>> >> > '/root/ansible_playbooks/remove_distfiles.yml': line 21, column 7, but
>>> >> > may
>>> >> > be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > The offending line appears to be:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Deleted some files - {% for f in files_to_delete.files %}f, {% endfor
>>> >> > %}
>>> >> > subject: Deleted files overview
>>> >> > ^ here
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 3:15:02 PM UTC+3 [email protected]
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Use https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/mail_module.html
>>> >> > and set the body argument to an inline jinja template, then iterate
>>> >> > over your "files_to_delete.files" variable.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > - name: Sending an email
>>> >> > mail:
>>> >> > body: |
>>> >> > Deleted some files - {% for f in files_to_delete.files %}f, {% endfor
>>> >> > %}
>>> >> > subject: Deleted files overview
>>> >> >
>>> >> > etc etc
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 at 13:55, Sandy Toshev <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > Hi guys,
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > So I have been using the following simple playbook to keep a folder
>>> >> > > clean from files. Everything is working fine.
>>> >> > However, I got into thinking that it will not hurt, if I get a
>>> >> > notification, containing what has been deleted.
>>> >> > > So my question is - may I use the variable into a body of an email?
>>> >> > > I have tried to view the contents of the
>>> >> > registered variable, and I cannot seem to find a way.
>>> >> > > How can I configure an email that will have something like "I have
>>> >> > > deleted the following files - file1, file2, etc.?
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > Thank you in advance.
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > ---
>>> >> > > - hosts: lxc
>>> >> > > tasks:
>>> >> > > - name: Finding older than 1 week files in the distfiles folder
>>> >> > > find:
>>> >> > > paths: /var/cache/distfiles
>>> >> > > age: 1w
>>> >> > > recurse: no
>>> >> > > register: files_to_delete
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > - name: Removing the founded files
>>> >> > > file:
>>> >> > > path: "{{ item.path }}"
>>> >> > > state: absent
>>> >> > > with_items: "{{ files_to_delete.files }}"
>>> >> > >
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