I would supply it as a yaml formatted variable to your task and then use the filter combo to_json|quote
At least that's how I supply crazy complex dicts on aws cli commands and those work On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 05:54, Shivani Arora <[email protected]> wrote: > The following command works in an interactive shell - > > aws autoscaling start-instance-refresh --auto-scaling-group-name > Test_Iwo_nodes_Development_zone1 --preferences '{"InstanceWarmup": 400, > "MinHealthyPercentage": 50}' > > Please let me know, how should I pass this in shell module within ansible? > > Thanks > > On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 11:02:58 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] > wrote: > >> Can you confirm that the exact same command (without single quotes around >> it) actually works from an interactive shell? >> >> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 18:13, Shivani Arora <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I need help with passing JSON in the shell module in ansible. >>> >>> *Playbook - * >>> >>> - hosts: localhost >>> name: refresh asg >>> connection: local >>> gather_facts: True >>> tasks: >>> - name: refresh instances >>> >> shell: 'aws autoscaling start-instance-refresh --region=us-east-1 >>> --auto-scaling-group-name test_asg --preferences '{"InstanceWarmup": >>> 400, "MinHealthyPercentage": 50}' >>> >> >>> *The error I'm getting is -* >>> >>> fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": "aws autoscaling >>> start-instance-refresh --region=us-east-1 --auto-scaling-group-name >>> Test_Iwo_nodes_Development_zone3 --preferences >>> {\"MinHealthyPercentage\":90,\"InstanceWarmup\":180}", "delta": >>> "0:00:01.069908", "end": "2022-02-23 08:40:31.459081", "msg": "non-zero >>> return code", "rc": 255, "start": "2022-02-23 08:40:30.389173", "stderr": >>> "usage: \rNote: AWS CLI version 2, the latest major version of the AWS CLI, >>> is now stable and recommended for general use. For more information, see >>> the AWS CLI version 2 installation instructions at: >>> https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2.html\n\nusage: >>> aws [options] <command> <subcommand> [<subcommand> ...] [parameters]\nTo >>> see help text, you can run:\n\n aws help\n aws <command> help\n aws >>> <command> <subcommand> help\n\nUnknown options: InstanceWarmup:180", >>> "stderr_lines": ["usage: ", "Note: AWS CLI version 2, the latest major >>> version of the AWS CLI, is now stable and recommended for general use. For >>> more information, see the AWS CLI version 2 installation instructions at: >>> https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2.html";, >>> "", "usage: aws [options] <command> <subcommand> [<subcommand> ...] >>> [parameters]", "To see help text, you can run:", "", " aws help", " aws >>> <command> help", " aws <command> <subcommand> help", "", *"Unknown >>> options: InstanceWarmup:180"*], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []} >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/a36daf18-cc83-4e4c-86f0-6539f3f78f64n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/a36daf18-cc83-4e4c-86f0-6539f3f78f64n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Sent from a mobile device - please excuse the brevity, spelling and >> punctuation. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/d4855cda-86a7-493d-aff5-38bd8888dea6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/d4855cda-86a7-493d-aff5-38bd8888dea6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from a mobile device - please excuse the brevity, spelling and punctuation. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAL8fbwMZ_JzBr9qfZvp2vURifWniBbwzaxED9GrygLmQo4d63g%40mail.gmail.com.
