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On Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 2:11:35 PM UTC-4 Walter Rowe wrote:
> Are you thinking there is different "dir_list" for each group?
>
> --limit awssxb would also need an awssbx vars file that has one list of
> values for dir_list
> --limt awssbx2 would also need an awssbx2 vars file that has a different
> list of values for dir_list?
>
> In your playbook you can reference vars file by variable names, so you
> could use the group name
>
> vars_files:
> - general_var.yml
>
> * - "{{ ansible_limit }}.yml"*
> - patch_file.yml
>
> --
> Walter Rowe, Chief
> Infrastructure Services
> Office of Information Systems Management
> National Institute of Standards and Technology
> United States Department of Commerce
>
> On Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 1:35:37 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I have tried something like this one... Btw, I've been using group_vars
>> already for my other variables.
>>
>> *dir tree:*
>> - inventory
>> - inv_test_01 (file)
>> - group_vars (dir)
>> - awssbx (file)
>>
>> * inv_test_01 (file) *
>> [awssbx]
>> awssandbox001.us.com
>>
>> [awsdev]
>> awsdev001
>> awsdev002
>>
>> * awssbx (file) *
>> dir_list:
>> - hello
>> - goodbye
>> - take-care
>>
>> *Command:*
>> *$ ansible-playbook --inventory inv_test_01 --limit awssbx ... rest of
>> the command ...*
>> *-e "app_name= dir_list"*
>>
>> or even without the -inventory also doesn't work. It is still creating
>> folder of the '*dir_list*'.
>>
>> Thank you and appreciated.... WP
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 12:06:16 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> You can group your inventory and provide the group name to the execution
>>> and it will only run on that group.
>>>
>>> $ ansible-playbook --inventory *my_inventory_file* --limit *group_name* ...
>>> rest of your command ...
>>>
>>> The "*hosts: all*" in your playbook will be limited to the group from
>>> your inventory that you specify on the command line.
>>>
>>> Walter
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walter Rowe, Chief
>>> Infrastructure Services
>>> Office of Information Systems Management
>>> National Institute of Standards and Technology
>>> United States Department of Commerce
>>>
>>> On Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 12:52:07 PM UTC-4 [email protected]
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank You, Walter.
>>>> It does work as expected however, I do have couple of variables inside
>>>> the dirname.yml and different directories inside of the home path.
>>>> The idea, I don't want to run the copy module (etc) in one execution
>>>> but instead putting them in a group or set. Another purpose, I don't want
>>>> them to restart them at the same time wherein it will be on schedule on
>>>> when it will happen.
>>>>
>>>> *dirname.yml*
>>>> dir_list:
>>>> - hello
>>>> - goodbye
>>>> - take-care
>>>>
>>>> *another_list:*
>>>> - say
>>>> - tell
>>>> - make
>>>>
>>>> *exam_list:*
>>>> - etc
>>>> - other
>>>>
>>>> *Home Directory*
>>>> - /home/hello-awssandbox001.us.com-123
>>>> - /home/goodbye-awssandbox001.us.com-123
>>>> - /home/takecare-awssandbox001.us.com-123
>>>> - /home/say-awssandbox001.us.com-123
>>>> - /home/tell-awssandbox001.us.com-123
>>>> - /home/make-awssandbox001.us.com-123
>>>> - /home/etc-awssandbox001.us.com-123
>>>> - /home/other-awssandbox001.us.com-123
>>>>
>>>> Appreciated and thanks... WP
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 10:53:41 AM UTC-5 [email protected]
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> See if this does what you want ..
>>>>>
>>>>> - name: Test Playbook Script for Debug
>>>>> hosts: localhost
>>>>>
>>>>> vars_files:
>>>>> - general_var.yml
>>>>> - dirname.yml
>>>>> - patch_file.yml
>>>>>
>>>>> tasks:
>>>>> - name: Copy | All Mule v392 Patch to LIB-User Directory for
>>>>> "{{Application_Runtime | upper}}" Runtime
>>>>> copy:
>>>>> src: "/user/lib/{{ item .0 }}"
>>>>>
>>>>> * dest: "/home/{{ item.1 }}-{{ ansible_hostname }}-{{ ver
>>>>> }}/lib/user/"*
>>>>> mode: 0644
>>>>> with_nested:
>>>>> - "{{ patch_lib }}"
>>>>> * - "{{ dir_list }}"*
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Walter Rowe, Chief
>>>>> Infrastructure Services
>>>>> Office of Information Systems Management
>>>>> National Institute of Standards and Technology
>>>>> United States Department of Commerce
>>>>> On Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 10:09:44 AM UTC-4 [email protected]
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, I forgot to mention the result.
>>>>>> Basically, there was no error but instead it creates a new directory
>>>>>> from the value of 'app_name' rather than the item list of the dir_list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Result:* /home/*dir_list*-awssandbox001.us.com-123/lib/user
>>>>>> *Expected:*
>>>>>> - /home/*hello*-awssandbox001.us.com-123/lib/user
>>>>>> - /home/*goodbye*-awssandbox001.us.com-123/lib/user
>>>>>> - /home/*take-care*-awssandbox001.us.com-123/lib/user
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> WP
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 8:11:49 AM UTC-5 [email protected]
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you getting an error? Can we see it?
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Walter Rowe, Chief
>>>>>>> Infrastructure Services
>>>>>>> Office of Information Systems Management
>>>>>>> National Institute of Standards and Technology
>>>>>>> United States Department of Commerce
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 5:02:16 PM UTC-4 [email protected]
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello Team,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can I ask some help on how to pull items as Extra-Vars?
>>>>>>>> So, here is the scenario.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *dirname.yml*
>>>>>>>> dir_list:
>>>>>>>> - hello
>>>>>>>> - goodbye
>>>>>>>> - take-care
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *patch_file.yml*
>>>>>>>> patch_lib:
>>>>>>>> - lib_1
>>>>>>>> - lib_2
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *general_var.yml*
>>>>>>>> main_dir: "{{ app_name }}-{{ ansible_hostname }}-{{ ver }}"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *main_playbook.yml*
>>>>>>>> - name: Test Playbook Script for Debug
>>>>>>>> hosts: all
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> vars_files:
>>>>>>>> - general_var.yml
>>>>>>>> - dirname.yml
>>>>>>>> - patch_file.yml
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> tasks:
>>>>>>>> - name: Copy | All Mule v392 Patch to LIB-User Directory for
>>>>>>>> "{{Application_Runtime | upper}}" Runtime
>>>>>>>> copy:
>>>>>>>> src: "/user/lib/{{ item .0 }}"
>>>>>>>> dest: "/home/{{ item.1 }}/lib/user/"
>>>>>>>> mode: 0644
>>>>>>>> with_nested:
>>>>>>>> - "{{ patch_lib }}"
>>>>>>>> - "{{ main_dir }}"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And here's my playbook script that doesn't work.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *ansible-playbook main_playbook.yml --limit awssandbox001.us.com
>>>>>>>> <http://awssandbox001.us.com> -e "app_name= dir_list"*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The idea, it should be able to copy the list of '*patch_lib*" into
>>>>>>>> each "*main_dir*".
>>>>>>>> dest:
>>>>>>>> /home/hello-awssandbox001.us.com-123/lib/user
>>>>>>>> /home/goodbye-awssandbox001.us.com-123/lib/user
>>>>>>>> /home/take-care-awssandbox001.us.com-123/lib/user
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Look forward for anybody that can able to help.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks... WP
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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