Will, worked perfectly - thanks!
On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 10:10:21 AM UTC-5 Will McDonald wrote:
> I haven't tested this but does something like:
>
> {{ hostvars[host]['result']['stdout']|default("None", true) }}
>
> Give the output you need?
>
> cf:
> - https://support.sendwithus.com/jinja/default/
> -
> https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/templates/#jinja-filters.default
>
>
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 at 14:10, Dimitri Yioulos <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Good day, all.
>>
>> I've created a simple package update playbook, which also creates a
>> report of updated packages:
>>
>> - hosts: mytesthosts
>> gather_facts: false
>> become: yes
>>
>> tasks:
>> - name: install all updates
>> yum:
>> name: '*'
>> update_cache: yes
>> state: latest
>> - name: List updated packages
>> shell: rpm -qa --last | grep "$(date +%a\ %d\ %b\ %Y)" |cut -f 1 -d
>> " "|sort -n
>> register: result
>> tags:
>> - lsupdates
>> - debug:
>> msg: "{{ result.stdout_lines }}"
>> tags:
>> - prupdates
>>
>> - local_action:
>> module: copy
>> content: |
>> {% set t1 = now().strftime("%m/%d/%Y") %}
>> {% for host in ansible_play_hosts %}
>> {{ host }}:
>>
>> The following packages were updated on {{ t1 }}
>>
>> {{ hostvars[host]['result']['stdout'] }}
>>
>>
>> {% endfor -%}
>> dest: "/home/dyioulos/updates.txt"
>> run_once: yes
>> tags:
>> - report
>>
>> This does almost exactly what I want it to. The report looks like this:
>>
>> test1:
>>
>> The following packages were updated on 11/27/2023
>>
>> alternatives-1.24-1.el9.x86_64
>> apr-util-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64
>> apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-23.el9.x86_64
>> ~
>>
>> test2:
>>
>> The following packages were updated on 11/27/2023
>>
>> Note that there were no updates applied to test2. I'd like that to be
>> reflected in the report, so that after "The following packages ...", it
>> says "None". I would guess this requires if-then language in the inline
>> jinja2. My searche for, and attempts at, a solution have been unsuccessful.
>>
>> Your help, as always, would be appreciated.
>>
>>
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