Save all your output to the file and assemble it using assemble module.
On Friday, September 17, 2021 at 1:46:14 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected]
wrote:
> Thanks, Roland. The fact is, I'd like to "aggregate" (for lack of a
> better term) any debug msg output, regardless of what information the
> playbook is trying to gather. The one I posted above is for descriptive
> purposes. Rather than have output of the playbook look like this:
>
> PLAY [all]
> *********************************************************************
>
> TASK [system date]
> *************************************************************
> Thursday 16 September 2021 11:49:07 -0400 (0:00:00.037) 0:00:00.037
> ****
> changed: [host1]
>
> TASK [print system date]
> *******************************************************
> Thursday 16 September 2021 11:49:08 -0400 (0:00:00.889) 0:00:00.927
> ****
> ok: [host1] => {
> "msg": "Hostname is: host1 and System date is: Thu Sep 16 11:49:08 EDT
> 2021"
> }
>
> PLAY [all]
> *********************************************************************
>
> TASK [system date]
> *************************************************************
> ---
> Thursday 16 September 2021 11:49:08 -0400 (0:00:00.059) 0:00:00.986
> ****
> changed: [host2]
>
> TASK [print system date]
> *******************************************************
> Thursday 16 September 2021 11:49:09 -0400 (0:00:00.965) 0:00:01.951
> ****
> ok: [host2] => {
> "msg": "Hostname is: host2 and System date is: Thu Sep 16 11:49:09 EDT
> 2021"
> }
>
> PLAY RECAP
> *********************************************************************
> ~
>
> I'd want the to look like this:
>
> PLAY [all]
> *********************************************************************
>
> TASK [system date]
> *************************************************************
> ---
> Thursday 16 September 2021 11:49:08 -0400 (0:00:00.059) 0:00:00.986
> ****
> changed: [host1]
>
> Thursday 16 September 2021 11:49:07 -0400 (0:00:00.037) 0:00:00.037
> ****
> changed: [host2]
>
> TASK [print system date]
> *******************************************************
> ok: [host1] => (item=Thu Sep 16 12:41:03 EDT 2021) => {
> "msg": "Hostname is: host1 and System date is: Thu Sep 16 12:41:03 EDT
> 2021"
> }
>
> ok: [host2] => (item=Thu Sep 16 12:41:03 EDT 2021) => {
> "msg": "Hostname is: host2 and System date is: Thu Sep 16 12:41:03 EDT
> 2021"
> }
>
> PLAY RECAP
> *********************************************************************
> ~
>
> Is that possible?
> On Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 3:46:29 PM UTC-4 [email protected]
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> [email protected] schrieb am Donnerstag, 16. September 2021 um 20:26:27
>> UTC+3:
>>
>>> Taking, e.g., the following simple playbook:
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> - hosts: all
>>> gather_facts: false
>>> serial: 1
>>>
>>> tasks:
>>> - name: system date
>>> command: date
>>> register: date_out
>>>
>>> - name: print system date
>>> debug:
>>> msg: "Hostname is: {{ inventory_hostname }} and System date is:
>>> {{ date_out.stdout_lines[0] }}"
>>>
>>> Rather than the msg output is interspersed thoughout, I'd like to
>>> aggregate all of the debug messages from the various hosts into consecutive
>>> lines, like this:
>>>
>>> ok: [host1] => (item=Thu Sep 16 12:41:03 EDT 2021) => {
>>> "msg": "Hostname is: host1 and System date is: Thu Sep 16 12:41:03
>>> EDT 2021"
>>> }
>>> ok: [host2] => (item=Thu Sep 16 12:41:03 EDT 2021) => {
>>> "msg": "Hostname is: host2 and System date is: Thu Sep 16 12:41:03
>>> EDT 2021"
>>> }
>>>
>>> I hope I'm clear on my ask. Is this possible and, if so, how do I do it?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> Not sure whether I'll got the point. However, using a template file you
>> could collect the fact sysdate on every host and print the hostname and all
>> sysdate in a task delegated to localhost.
>>
>> ... additions to playbook ...
>> - set_fact: sysdate={{ date_out.stdout_lines[0] }}
>>
>> - name: dump to /tmp/DUMP
>> template:
>> src: dump.j2
>> dest: /tmp/DUMP
>> delegate_to: localhost
>>
>> Template named "dump.j2" as referred in playbook. It's located in same
>> directory as the playbook.
>> {% for host in ansible_play_hosts %}
>> Hostname is: {{ host }} and System date is: {{ sysdate }}
>> {% endfor %}
>>
>> There is also a possibility to loop over the hosts in a delegated_to
>> task, but I don't remember the syntax at the moment.
>>
>> BR,
>> Roland
>>
>>
>
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