Ok this one was easy .. just did below
value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}{{
r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}"
Thanks again Abhi & Stefan Hornburg (Racke)
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 10:11 AM Kiran Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution ~ ' ' ~
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}" , works
>
>
> it gives
>
> Ubuntu 18.04
>
> How to get
>
> Ubuntu18.04
>
> Ie remove the space ?
>
> Will try few things .. Any docs Please on this ? where you go these .. ~
> ' ' ~ :)
>
> BTW yes, "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }} {{
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}" , worked too , even that
> add that space ...
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 2:15 AM Abhijeet Kasurde <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> how about -
>> "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution ~ ' ' ~
>> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}"
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 3:36 PM Kiran Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Setup gives :
>>>
>>> "ansible_distribution": "Ubuntu",
>>> "ansible_distribution_file_parsed": true,
>>> "ansible_distribution_file_path": "/etc/os-release",
>>> "ansible_distribution_file_variety": "Debian",
>>> "ansible_distribution_major_version": "18",
>>> "ansible_distribution_release": "bionic",
>>> "ansible_distribution_version": "18.04",
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to use OS name as
>>>
>>> Ubuntu20.04 & not Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
>>>
>>> So tried below .. as *value *.. all 3 failed .. any suggestions Please,
>>> on how to concatenate ?
>>>
>>> #######################################
>>>
>>> The offending line appears to be:
>>>
>>> - name: OS
>>> value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}" "{{
>>> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}"
>>> ^ here
>>> We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
>>> missing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they
>>> start a value. For instance:
>>>
>>> with_items:
>>> - {{ foo }}
>>>
>>> Should be written as:
>>>
>>> with_items:
>>> - "{{ foo }}"
>>> #######################################
>>> The offending line appears to be:
>>>
>>> - name: OS
>>> value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"+"{{
>>> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}"
>>> ^ here
>>> We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
>>> missing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they
>>> start a value. For instance:
>>>
>>> with_items:
>>> - {{ foo }}
>>>
>>> Should be written as:
>>>
>>> with_items:
>>> - "{{ foo }}"
>>>
>>> #######################################
>>> {"msg": "template error while templating string: expected token 'end of
>>> print statement', got 'r'. String: {{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution
>>> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}"}
>>>
>>> #######################################
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:24 AM Kiran Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wow r.ansible_facts.ansible_lsb.description did worked !!! Thanks
>>>> again Abhijit
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:17 AM Kiran Kumar <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Abhijit, Awesome , it worked !!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Only issue is
>>>>>
>>>>> value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"
>>>>> when: vm_info.instance.customvalues.OS !=
>>>>> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution
>>>>>
>>>>> that Just give Ubuntu ... is it possible to extract the info from
>>>>> setup module ie below part..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "ansible_lsb": {
>>>>> "codename": "bionic",
>>>>> * "description": "Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS",*
>>>>> "id": "Ubuntu",
>>>>> "major_release": "18",
>>>>> "release": "18.04"
>>>>> },
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hopefully that is also present in CentOS nodes that way .. so the
>>>>> description part ...
>>>>>
>>>>> r.ansible_facts.ansible_lsb.description ? will do ..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:49 PM [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks a lot Abhijit .. i will give it a try & report issue if any.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 9:30:23 PM UTC-8 Abhijeet Kasurde
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can do this using dynamic inventory and delegate_to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is how -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. Gather facts about virtual machines
>>>>>>> 2. Gather facts about custom attributes using vmware_guest_info
>>>>>>> 3. Compare and change if needed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you can see this playbook
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> - hosts: running
>>>>>>> tasks:
>>>>>>> - setup:
>>>>>>> register: r
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - debug:
>>>>>>> msg: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - name: Get custom attributes information
>>>>>>> vmware_guest_info:
>>>>>>> name: CentOS7_Rest
>>>>>>> datacenter: Asia-Datacenter1
>>>>>>> folder: /Asia-Datacenter1/vm/
>>>>>>> register: vm_info
>>>>>>> delegate_to: localhost
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - debug:
>>>>>>> msg: "{{ vm_info }}"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - name: Update OS information
>>>>>>> vmware_guest_custom_attributes:
>>>>>>> name: CentOS7_Rest
>>>>>>> datacenter: Asia-Datacenter1
>>>>>>> folder: /Asia-Datacenter1/vm/
>>>>>>> state: present
>>>>>>> attributes:
>>>>>>> - name: OS
>>>>>>> value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"
>>>>>>> when: vm_info.instance.customvalues.OS !=
>>>>>>> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution
>>>>>>> delegate_to: localhost
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 4:12 AM [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I will give 1 more reason .. eg someone upgrade OS from 16.04 to
>>>>>>>> 20.04 .. may forget to update the custom attributes...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 2:41:08 PM UTC-8 [email protected]
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here are my custom attributes
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [image: Capture.JPG]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Today these are populated with
>>>>>>>>> community.vmware.vmware_guest_custom_attributes
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But that is manually from the file.. it has human error possible
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> eg Ubuntu 20.04 folks may type Ubuntu20.4
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There is facts which ansible gather has the OS info.. eg -m setup
>>>>>>>>> -a "filter=ansible_distribution_version"
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is it somehow possible to get the OS info populated
>>>>>>>>> "automatically" with a playbook .. ie update the custom attributes
>>>>>>>>> dynamically with real time data ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any suggestions Please ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>
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