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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