Whatever "vars" is, it doesn't have any data with that name -
exactly... it will be a new file to be created by the copy's "dest ."
compare_out.stdout is having the output of hundreds of lines to be
printed parallely . I have disabled the printing of its output (to reduce
screen space) by
register: compare_out
no_log: true
#######
Perhaps you mean this:
dest="{{ comp_file }}"
Whatever. In any case, if I were you, I'd throw in a debug step and print
out the values of "compare_out.stdout" and, er, whatever you think "dest"
is supposed to be ("vars"? but I think you just mean "comp_file").
### #######
on the above , I am trying to write the compare_out.stdout which is 100+
lines to a file which have to created by calling the variable "{{
comp_file }}" as dest using copy .
may be we need template? Jinja ?
Learn to study more .. :-)
On Friday, November 11, 2022 at 1:34:15 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote:
> Wait a second. You're saying "{{ vars[ comp_file ] }}", but
>
>
> comp_file="/home/user1/ansible/patching/logs/2022-11-10/server1-compare-2022-11-10.txt"
>
> So you're trying to pull a value from the "vars" dict with the key of
> "
> /home/user1/ansible/patching/logs/2022-11-10/server1-compare-2022-11-10.txt
> ".
>
> Whatever "vars" is, it doesn't have any data with that name.
>
> Perhaps you mean this:
>
> dest="{{ comp_file }}"
>
> Whatever. In any case, if I were you, I'd throw in a debug step and print
> out the values of "compare_out.stdout" and, er, whatever you think "dest"
> is supposed to be ("vars"? but I think you just mean "comp_file").
>
>
> On 11/10/22 1:26 PM, Veera wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for pointing as i did notice that , and I have corrected the
> three left braces on "exec_date".
>
> Second, mustaches (i.e. "{{" … "}}") never nest << Yes , I tried earlier
> that and even now after reverting back , still the same issue ..
> Execution error for the play below.
>
> fatal: [server1 -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an
> option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has no
> attribute
> u'/home/user1/ansible/patching/logs/2022-11-10/server1-compare-2022-11-10.txt'\n\nThe
>
> error appears to be in
> '/home/unixops/ansible/linux_patching/compare_sanity.yml': line 7, column
> 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax
> problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n- name: create compare
> file using precheck and postcheck sanity checks\n ^ here\n"}
>
>
> On Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 10:24:51 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected]
> wrote:
>
>> A couple of things. First,
>>
>> comp_file: /logs/{{ exec_date }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}-compare-{{{
>> exec_date }}.txt
>>
>> has three left braces on "exec_date".
>>
>> Second, mustaches (i.e. "{{" … "}}") never nest. So
>>
>> copy content="{{ compare_out.stdout }}" dest="{{ vars[ {{ comp_file
>> }} ] }}"
>>
>> should be
>>
>> copy content="{{ compare_out.stdout }}" dest="{{ vars[ comp_file ]
>> }}"
>>
>> Well, at least that's "dest=" without nested mustaches. Whether it's
>> right or not I don't know, but it's less wrong this way.
>>
>>
>> On 11/10/22 9:16 AM, Veera wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to copy the contents from a register output to a file in
>> the local server.
>> However , I have challenges in re-calling the variable filename in the
>> copy command.
>>
>> Correct me what I am missing. in dest="{{ vars[ {{ comp_file }} ] }}" or
>> "{{ compare_out.stdout }}" in the last lines ..
>>
>>
>> [vee@server]$ grep comp_file vars/postcheck_vars.yml
>> comp_file: /logs/{{ exec_date }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}-compare-{{{
>> exec_date }}.txt
>>
>> [vee@server]$ cat compare_sanity.yml
>> - name: comparing file1 and file2
>> local_action: command /usr/bin/sdiff "{{ logs_dir }}"{{
>> inventory_hostname }}-Pre-{{ exec_date }}.txt "{{ logs_dir }}"{{
>> inventory_hostname }}-Post-{{ exec_date }}.txt
>> register: compare_out
>> ignore_errors: yes
>> no_log: True
>>
>> - name: create output file
>> local_action:
>> copy content="{{ compare_out.stdout }}" dest="{{ vars[ {{ comp_file
>> }} ] }}"
>> [vee@server]$
>>
>>
>
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