On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 at 04:43, CaptainBrewing <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, I am using the shell module to run a command inside a docker
> container and it is giving me a yaml error. The command is stupid silly
> complicated ;-) Is there a way to get Ansible to just send it as is and
> ignore \ escape out the characters that may be freaking out Yaml?
>
> Here is an example of a basic command that does work.
>
> *shell*: docker exec -it 9d5e563a6e9e bash -c "cd /var/log ; ls; cat
> bootstrap.log"
>
>
> However this command gives me a yaml eror
>
> *shell*: docker exec -it 9d5e563a6e9e bash -c "echo 'rs.initiate({_id:
> \"mongors1conf\",configsvr: true, members: [{ _id : 0, host : \"mongocfg1\"
> },{ _id : 1, host : \"mongocfg2\" }, { _id : 2, host : \"mongocfg3\" }]})'
> | mongo"
>
>
> Here is a snippet of the error
> *ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.*
> * mapping values are not allowed in this context*
>
> * shell: docker exec -it 9d5e563a6e9e bash -c "echo 'rs.initiate({_id:
> \"mongors1conf\",configsvr: true, members: [{ _id : 0, host : \"mongocfg1\"
> },{ _id : 1, host : \"mongocfg2\" }, { _id : 2, host : \"mongocfg3\" }]})'
> | mongo"*
>
> *
> ^ here*
>
> This command works just fine at the bash shell of the docker host. I have
> tried the ansible shell and the Ansible command module
>
Did you try one of the dedicated docker modules?
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/docker_container_module.html
> I know this command looks complicated but please keep in mind I am only
> asking how to format this to work in Ansible. I am not asking you to
> understand docker exec Mongodb commands ;-)
>
> Thanks for your help
>
>
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