On 2/24/21 11:04 AM, Kiran Kumar wrote:
>
> Setup gives :
>
> "ansible_distribution": "Ubuntu",
> "ansible_distribution_file_parsed": true,
> "ansible_distribution_file_path": "/etc/os-release",
> "ansible_distribution_file_variety": "Debian",
> "ansible_distribution_major_version": "18",
> "ansible_distribution_release": "bionic",
> "ansible_distribution_version": "18.04",
>
>
>
> I would like to use OS name as
>
> Ubuntu20.04 & not Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
>
> So tried below .. as /*value */.. all 3 failed .. any suggestions Please, on
> how to concatenate ?
>
> #######################################
>
> The offending line appears to be:
>
> - name: OS
> value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}" "{{
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}"
> ^ here
This should do the trick:
value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }} {{
r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}"
Regards
racke
> We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
> missing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they
> start a value. For instance:
>
> with_items:
> - {{ foo }}
>
> Should be written as:
>
> with_items:
> - "{{ foo }}"
> #######################################
> The offending line appears to be:
>
> - name: OS
> value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"+"{{
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}"
> ^ here
> We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
> missing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they
> start a value. For instance:
>
> with_items:
> - {{ foo }}
>
> Should be written as:
>
> with_items:
> - "{{ foo }}"
>
> #######################################
> {"msg": "template error while templating string: expected token 'end of print
> statement', got 'r'. String: {{
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}"}
>
> #######################################
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:24 AM Kiran Kumar <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Wow r.ansible_facts.ansible_lsb.description did worked !!! Thanks again
> Abhijit
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:17 AM Kiran Kumar <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Abhijit, Awesome , it worked !!!!
>
> Only issue is
>
> value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"
> when: vm_info.instance.customvalues.OS !=
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution
>
> that Just give Ubuntu ... is it possible to extract the info from
> setup module ie below part..
>
>
> "ansible_lsb": {
> "codename": "bionic",
> _* "description": "Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS",*_
> "id": "Ubuntu",
> "major_release": "18",
> "release": "18.04"
> },
>
>
>
>
>
> Hopefully that is also present in CentOS nodes that way .. so the
> description part ...
>
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_lsb.description ? will do ..
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:49 PM [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Thanks a lot Abhijit .. i will give it a try & report issue if
> any.
>
> On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 9:30:23 PM UTC-8 Abhijeet Kasurde
> wrote:
>
> You can do this using dynamic inventory and delegate_to
>
> Here is how -
>
> 1. Gather facts about virtual machines
> 2. Gather facts about custom attributes using
> vmware_guest_info
> 3. Compare and change if needed
>
> you can see this playbook
>
> ---
> - hosts: running
> tasks:
> - setup:
> register: r
>
> - debug:
> msg: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"
>
> - name: Get custom attributes information
> vmware_guest_info:
> name: CentOS7_Rest
> datacenter: Asia-Datacenter1
> folder: /Asia-Datacenter1/vm/
> register: vm_info
> delegate_to: localhost
>
> - debug:
> msg: "{{ vm_info }}"
>
> - name: Update OS information
> vmware_guest_custom_attributes:
> name: CentOS7_Rest
> datacenter: Asia-Datacenter1
> folder: /Asia-Datacenter1/vm/
> state: present
> attributes:
> - name: OS
> value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"
> when: vm_info.instance.customvalues.OS !=
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution
> delegate_to: localhost
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 4:12 AM [email protected]
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I will give 1 more reason .. eg someone upgrade OS from
> 16.04 to 20.04 .. may forget to update the
> custom attributes...
>
> On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 2:41:08 PM UTC-8
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Here are my custom attributes
>
>
> Capture.JPG
>
>
> Today these are populated with
> community.vmware.vmware_guest_custom_attributes
>
>
> But that is manually from the file.. it has human
> error possible
>
> eg Ubuntu 20.04 folks may type Ubuntu20.4
>
>
> There is facts which ansible gather has the OS info..
> eg -m setup -a
> "filter=ansible_distribution_version"
>
>
> Is it somehow possible to get the OS info populated
> "automatically" with a playbook .. ie update
> the custom attributes dynamically with real time data
> ?
>
> Any suggestions Please ?
>
> Thanks
>
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