Todd, the above works great; thanks!
On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 9:25:42 PM UTC-5 Todd Lewis wrote:
> This will update the serial number like you want on the zone files that
> get changed. It's not pretty, but it works.
>
> In fact, it's particularly ugly, using a Perl script to loop over your
> zone_files and print json to stdout that gets read back in.
>
> I've got to admit it: it was fun to play with Perl again. So, thanks for
> that!
>
> - name: Add TXT entry to zone file
> lineinfile:
> dest: "{{ item }}"
> insertafter: EOF
> line: '_some-name TXT
> "aZBBBBhonRJiOCL1ZtkKMKnx7U2k3wbSswyClGb6wGk"'
> with_items: "{{ zone_files }}"
> register: add_txt
>
> - name: Show add_txt
> ansible.builtin.debug:
> var: add_txt
>
> - name: Generate updated serial numbers for zone_files
> ansible.builtin.command: >-
> perl -n -e 'BEGIN {print "{";$sep="";}
> if (m/\b(\d{8})(\d{2}).*serial/i) {
> if ($1 eq "{{ today }}") {
> printf("%s\"%s\": \"%s%02d\"", $sep, $ARGV, "{{ today
> }}", $2+1);
> } else {
> printf("%s\"%s\": \"%s%02d\"", $sep, $ARGV, "{{ today
> }}", "01");
> }
> $sep=",\n";
> }
> END{print"}"}' {{ zone_files | map('quote') | join(' ') }}
> vars:
> today: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y%m%d') }}"
> register: new_serial
>
> - name: Make new_serial easily accessible
> ansible.builtin.set_fact:
> new_serials : "{{ new_serial.stdout | from_json() }}"
>
> - name: Update serial number
> lineinfile:
> backrefs: true
> dest: "{{ item }}"
> regexp: '^(\s+)(\d{8})(\d{2})(\s+; Serial Number.*)'
> line: '\g<1>{{ new_serials[item] }}\g<4>'
> loop: "{{ add_txt.results | selectattr('changed', 'true') |
> map(attribute='item') }}"
>
>
>
> On 11/13/23 4:23 PM, Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
>
> Ah, silly me. As is my wont, I overthought this. This works to do what I
> want:
>
> ---
> - hosts: myhost
> gather_facts: False
> become: yes
> become_method: sudo
>
> vars_files:
> - zones.yml
>
> vars:
> old_serial: "2023010301 <(202)%20301-0301>"
> next_serial: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y%m%d') }}01"
> year: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y) }}"
>
> tasks:
>
> - name: Add TXT entry to zone file
> lineinfile:
> dest: "{{ item }}"
> insertafter: EOF
> line: '_some-name TXT
> "aZBBBBhonRJiOCL1ZtkKMKnx7U2k3wbSswyClGb6wGk"'
> with_items: "{{ zone_files }}"
>
> - name: Update serial number
> replace:
> dest: "{{ item }}"
> regexp: '{{ old_serial }}'
> replace: '{{ next_serial }}
> with_items: "{{ zone_files }}"
>
> But, to make this even more automated, it would be good to auto-increment
> the serial number's last two digits (e.g. 20231113*01* to 20231113*02 *on
> every run of the playbook. Is that possible?
> On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10:49:06 AM UTC-5 Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Todd! with your hints, I was able to get the results I want.
>>
>> Hopefully, I'm staying on-topic (and not being a pita) when I ask for
>> further assistance with this playbook, and lineinfile. Here's the playbook,
>> thus far:
>>
>> ---
>> - hosts: myhost
>> gather_facts: False
>> become: yes
>> become_method: sudo
>>
>> vars_files:
>> - zones.yml
>>
>> vars:
>> serial: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y%m%d') }}01"
>> year: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y) }}"
>>
>> tasks:
>>
>> - name: Add TXT entry to zone file
>> lineinfile:
>> dest: "{{ item }}"
>> insertafter: EOF
>> line: '_some-name TXT
>> "aZBBBBhonRJiOCL1ZtkKMKnx7U2k3wbSswyClGb6wGk"'
>> with_items: '{{ zone_files }}'
>>
>> - name: Update serial number
>> lineinfile:
>> dest: "{{ item }}"
>> regexp: "{{ item.year }}"
>> replace: "{{ item.serial }}"
>> with_items: '{{ zone_files }}
>>
>> I created a vars directory, and added a zones.yml file, with the
>> destination files I want to edit. The first task in the playbook above
>> works fine, but the second one fails. What I'm trying to accomplish with
>> the second task is to change the serial number in this line with the var
>> "serial" at the point where var "year" is in the line:
>>
>> 2023101002
>> <(202)%20310-1002> ; Serial Number YYYYMMDDXX where XX is
>> incrimented by 1 if zone modified on same day.
>>
>> Note the spacing where the serial begins.
>>
>> I really appreciate the help.
>> On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 1:11:46 PM UTC-5 Todd Lewis wrote:
>>
>>> "lineinfile" should line up with "name" above. The "lineinfile:" is the
>>> mapping that it's complaining cannot be indented more than "name:". Such
>>> indentation creates a new context. Thus the message, "mapping values
>>> are not allowed in this context".
>>>
>>> Is there a reason to use the "key=value" format instead of:
>>>
>>> - name: Add to file
>>> ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
>>> dest: /somedir/somefile
>>> insertafter: EOF
>>> line: '_some-name TXT
>>> "aZJACEhonRJiOCL1ZtkKMKnx7U 4m5j bSswyClGb6wGk"'
>>>
>>> It isn't wrong. It just looks weird when you're used to the other style.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> --
>>> Todd
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/10/23 12:18 PM, Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, Todd. I already tried that, and it fails:
>>>
>>> [WARNING]: Invalid characters were found in group names but not
>>> replaced, use -vvvv to see
>>> details
>>> [WARNING]: Found both group and host with same name: uoj
>>> ERROR! We were unable to read either as JSON nor YAML, these are the
>>> errors we got from each:
>>> JSON: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
>>>
>>> Syntax Error while loading YAML.
>>> mapping values are not allowed in this context
>>>
>>> The error appears to be in '/etc/ansible/playbooks/updatedns.yml': line
>>> 8, column 16, but may
>>> be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>>>
>>> The offending line appears to be:
>>>
>>> - name: Add to file
>>> lineinfile: dest=/somedir/somefile insertafter=EOF
>>> line='_some-name TXT
>>> "aZJACEhonRJiOCL1ZtkKMKnx7U 4m5j bSswyClGb6wGk"'
>>> ^ here
>>>
>>> On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 11:25:48 AM UTC-5 Todd Lewis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Single-quoted strings can contain double-quotes. So instead of
>>>>
>>>> line="something ending with a "double-quoted string""
>>>>
>>>> do this:
>>>>
>>>> line='something ending with a "double-quoted string"'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/10/23 8:33 AM, Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Good day, all.
>>>>
>>>> I want to add the following line to a file:
>>>>
>>>> _some-name TXT
>>>> "aZJACEhonRJiOCL1ZtkKMKnx7U4m5jbSswyClGb6wGk"
>>>>
>>>> I would think I'd use the following:
>>>>
>>>> lineinfile: dest=/somedir/somefile insertafter=EOF
>>>> line="_acme-challenge TXT
>>>> "aZJACEhonRJiOCL1ZtkKMKnx7U4m5jbSswyClGb6wGk"
>>>>
>>>> However, the quoted string at the end is screwing my up. How do I make
>>>> this work? Would ansible.builtin.blockinfile be better? If so, how would I
>>>> set that up?
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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