You can try something like this if it suits your requirements.
+++
- name: Get ypbind service status
ansible.builtin.systemd:
name: "ypbind"
register: ypbind_status
- debug:
var: ypbind_status.status.ActiveState
- name: Get smbd service status
ansible.builtin.systemd:
name: "smbd"
register: smbd_status
- debug:
var: smbd_status.status.ActiveState
+++
Output
+++
TASK [authentication_service_tab3 : debug]
**********************************************************************************************
ok: [192.168.43.237] => {
"ypbind_status.status.ActiveState": "inactive"
}
ok: [192.168.43.6] => {
"ypbind_status.status.ActiveState": "inactive"
}
On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 1:48 PM Dick Visser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can you post the unfiltered variable hello
>
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2021 at 07:32, Thomas Stephen Lee <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to write a playbook that displays the ActiveState of some
>> services on a machine. I tried various tips from google but could not
>> get the information I wanted, which is the "service.ActiveState" .
>> Below is the bare minimum script.
>>
>> -----------------%<-----------------
>>
>> - hosts: localhost
>> tasks:
>> - name: Get Service Status
>> ansible.builtin.systemd:
>> name: '{{ item }}.service'
>> register: hello
>> loop:
>> - postfix
>> - rsyslog
>> - sshd
>> - debug:
>> msg: "{{ hello.results | to_nice_json |
>> json_query('status.ActiveState') }}"
>>
>> -----------------%<-----------------
>>
>> The output is
>>
>> -----------------%<-----------------
>>
>> PLAY [localhost]
>> ***************************************************************
>>
>> TASK [Gathering Facts]
>> *********************************************************
>> ok: [localhost]
>>
>> TASK [Get Service Status]
>> ******************************************************
>> ok: [localhost] => (item=postfix)
>> ok: [localhost] => (item=rsyslog)
>> ok: [localhost] => (item=sshd)
>>
>> TASK [debug]
>> *******************************************************************
>> ok: [localhost] => {}
>>
>> PLAY RECAP
>> *********************************************************************
>> localhost : ok=3 changed=0 unreachable=0
>> failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
>>
>> -----------------%<-----------------
>>
>> Kindly advice
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> ---
>> Lee
>>
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