"{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution ~ ' ' ~
r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}" , works
it gives
Ubuntu 18.04
How to get
Ubuntu18.04
Ie remove the space ?
Will try few things .. Any docs Please on this ? where you go these .. ~
' ' ~ :)
BTW yes, "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }} {{
r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}" , worked too , even that
add that space ...
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 2:15 AM Abhijeet Kasurde <[email protected]>
wrote:
> how about -
> "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution ~ ' ' ~
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution_version }}"
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 3:36 PM Kiran Kumar <[email protected]> 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
>> 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]> 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]> 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] <[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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [image: 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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