What kind of list? You've got a YAML list (with single- instead of
double-quotes). You could get a JSON list (i.e. double-quotes) with
{{ output | to_json }}
or
{{ output | to_nice_json }}
What kind of list did you have in mind?
On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 10:53:29 AM UTC-5 Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
> Ah, Todd, you were right. I changed the output path, and it worked. I'm
> not sure why i couldn't write to the /tmp directory, but, whatever. My last
> question (I hope) on this topic is how to get the output in a list format.
> This is what I get presently:
>
> myhost:
> The following packages will be updated['paho-c-1.3.13-2.el9',
> 'cpp-11.4.1-2.1.el9', 'glibc-headers-2.34-83.el9_3.7',
> 'gnutls-dane-3.7.6-23.el9', 'insights-client-3.2.2-1.el9_2',
> 'libblockdev-2.28-7.el9', 'libblockdev-loop-2.28-7.el9',
> 'libfastjson-0.99.9-5.el9', 'libvirt-daemon-9.5.0-7.el9_3',
> 'libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-9.5.0-7.el9_3',
> 'libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-9.5.0-7.el9_3', 'openssl-devel-3.0.7-24.el9',
> 'python3-file-magic-5.39-14.el9', 'python3-pip-21.2.3-7.el9',
> 'python3-policycoreutils-3.5-2.el9', 'qemu-kvm-audio-pa-8.0.0-16.el9_3',
> 'qemu-kvm-core-8.0.0-16.el9_3', 'qemu-kvm-device-usb-host-8.0.0-16.el9_3',
> 'qemu-kvm-docs-8.0.0-16.el9_3',
> 'rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit-4.16.1.3-25.el9', 'rsyslog-8.2102.0-117.el9',
> 'samba-client-4.18.6-100.el9', 'udisks2-iscsi-2.9.4-9.el9',
> 'fwupd-plugin-flashrom-1.8.16-1.el9', 'gcc-11.4.1-2.1.el9',
> 'gcc-plugin-annobin-11.4.1-2.1.el9', 'gnutls-utils-3.7.6-23.el9',
> 'libblockdev-fs-2.28-7.el9', 'libblockdev-lvm-2.28-7.el9',
> 'libblockdev-mdraid-2.28-7.el9', ~
>
> On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 10:31:16 AM UTC-5 Todd Lewis wrote:
>
>> Your 'deploy' user doesn't have permission to rename a file over
>> '/tmp/installed.txt'. Is there an existing file with that name? Are there
>> unusual permissions set on '/tmp' itself?
>>
>> It's bad practice to omit the 'owner:', 'group:', and 'mode:' of files
>> created with the copy or template modules. There may be issues created
>> because you're taking the defaults. Or not. Just a thought.
>>
>> Presented with those messages, the first thing I'd check is whether a
>> file name '/tmp/installed.txt' already exists on the controller.
>>
>> On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 10:19:08 AM UTC-5 Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
>>
>>> For Vladimir's solution, I get the following error:
>>>
>>> *An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback,
>>> use -vvv. The error was: PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not
>>> permitted: b'/tmp/.ansible_tmpkdy1r8msinstalled.txt' ->
>>> b'/tmp/installed.txt'*
>>>
>>> *fatal: [bed-test-9-dy2 -> localhost]: FAILED! => changed=false*
>>> * checksum: 543ecd635e9686d0ae4915df6ee4e9d8c13ff300 msg: 'Unable to
>>> make
>>> b''/home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705331818.2910578-4160834-8270244954747/source''
>>>
>>> into to /tmp/installed.txt, failed final rename from
>>> b''/tmp/.ansible_tmpkdy1r8msinstalled.txt'': [Errno 1] Operation not
>>> permitted: b''/tmp/.ansible_tmpkdy1r8msinstalled.txt'' ->
>>> b''/tmp/installed.txt'''*
>>>
>>> On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 10:04:55 AM UTC-5 Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
>>>
>>>> As I have written the playbook above, here's the error, which I hope is
>>>> enough for troubleshooting purposes:
>>>>
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>>>> *<localhost> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: deploy<localhost>
>>>> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~deploy && sleep 0'<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c '(
>>>> umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp `"&& mkdir "` echo
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501
>>>>
>>>> `" && echo ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501="` echo
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501
>>>>
>>>> `" ) && sleep 0'Using module file
>>>> /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/modules/stat.py<localhost>
>>>> PUT /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-4159897gzoguc4w/tmphdv1no20 TO
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/AnsiballZ_stat.py<localhost>
>>>>
>>>> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/
>>>>
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/AnsiballZ_stat.py
>>>>
>>>> && sleep 0'<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/env python
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/AnsiballZ_stat.py
>>>>
>>>> && sleep 0'<localhost> PUT
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-4159897gzoguc4w/tmpi_3sa5v9 TO
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/source<localhost>
>>>>
>>>> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/
>>>>
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/source
>>>>
>>>> && sleep 0'Using module file
>>>> /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/modules/copy.py<localhost>
>>>> PUT /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-4159897gzoguc4w/tmpyre28n8_ TO
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/AnsiballZ_copy.py<localhost>
>>>>
>>>> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/
>>>>
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/AnsiballZ_copy.py
>>>>
>>>> && sleep 0'<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/env python
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/AnsiballZ_copy.py
>>>>
>>>> && sleep 0'<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/
>>>>
>>>> > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'The full traceback is:Traceback (most recent
>>>> call last): File
>>>> "/tmp/ansible_ansible.legacy.copy_payload_rmpe1ef8/ansible_ansible.legacy.copy_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py",
>>>>
>>>> line 1700, in atomic_move os.rename(b_src, b_dest)PermissionError:
>>>> [Errno 1] Operation not permitted:
>>>> b'/home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/source'
>>>>
>>>> -> b'/tmp/installed.txt'During handling of the above exception, another
>>>> exception occurred:Traceback (most recent call last): File
>>>> "/tmp/ansible_ansible.legacy.copy_payload_rmpe1ef8/ansible_ansible.legacy.copy_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py",
>>>>
>>>> line 1759, in atomic_move os.rename(b_tmp_dest_name,
>>>> b_dest)PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted:
>>>> b'/tmp/.ansible_tmp162o24fxinstalled.txt' -> b'/tmp/installed.txt'fatal:
>>>> [bed-test-9-dy2 -> localhost]: FAILED! => changed=false checksum:
>>>> 590d9e59d7b819e4c8fb2068a91aec5e760afc8e diff: [] invocation:
>>>> module_args: _original_basename: tmpi_3sa5v9 attributes: null
>>>> backup: false checksum: 590d9e59d7b819e4c8fb2068a91aec5e760afc8e
>>>> content: null dest: /tmp/installed.txt directory_mode: null
>>>> follow: false force: true group: null local_follow: null
>>>> mode: null owner: null remote_src: null selevel: null
>>>>
>>>> serole: null setype: null seuser: null src:
>>>> /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/source
>>>>
>>>> unsafe_writes: false validate: null msg: 'Unable to make
>>>> b''/home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1705330892.3380399-4159921-3325212893501/source''
>>>>
>>>> into to /tmp/installed.txt, failed final rename from
>>>> b''/tmp/.ansible_tmp162o24fxinstalled.txt'': [Errno 1] Operation not
>>>> permitted: b''/tmp/.ansible_tmp162o24fxinstalled.txt'' ->
>>>> b''/tmp/installed.txt'''*
>>>> On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 9:21:26 AM UTC-5 Todd Lewis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You say "the report play does not work", but you don't tell us in what
>>>>> way it doesn't work. Is there a template error, undefined variable, or
>>>>> something else? Does running with -vv -D indicate anything? "Does not
>>>>> work"
>>>>> is too vague. Okay, so it didn't do what you expected, but what did it
>>>>> do?
>>>>> Show us the play log.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/15/24 8:00 AM, Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Good morning.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me start by saying that I hope I'm not overdoing my asks. I only
>>>>> do it when I've tried, but failed, at a solution. Nextly, I hope your
>>>>> kind
>>>>> answers help others, as well. That said, the following playbook returns
>>>>> packages that are set for update:
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> - hosts: all
>>>>> gather_facts: false
>>>>>
>>>>> tasks:
>>>>> - name: Check packages to upgrade
>>>>> dnf:
>>>>> list: updates
>>>>> register: packages
>>>>>
>>>>> - name: Show packages to upgrade
>>>>> debug:
>>>>> msg: >-
>>>>> {%- set output=[] -%}
>>>>> {%- for p in packages.results -%}
>>>>> {{ output.append((p.name ~ '-' ~ p.version ~ '-' ~
>>>>> p.release)) }}
>>>>> {%- endfor -%}
>>>>> {{ output }}
>>>>>
>>>>> - local_action:
>>>>> module: copy
>>>>> content: |
>>>>> {% for host in ansible_play_hosts %}
>>>>> {{ host }}:
>>>>> The following packages will be updated
>>>>>
>>>>> {%- set output=[] -%}
>>>>> {%- for p in packages.results -%}
>>>>> {{ output.append((p.name ~ '-' ~ p.version ~ '-' ~
>>>>> p.release)) }}
>>>>> {%- endfor -%}
>>>>> {{ output }}
>>>>> {% endfor -%}
>>>>>
>>>>> dest: "/tmp/installed.txt"
>>>>> run_once: yes
>>>>> tags:
>>>>> - report
>>>>>
>>>>> It works fine through the debug play:
>>>>>
>>>>> ok: [myhost] => {
>>>>> "msg": [
>>>>> "paho-c-1.3.13-2.el9",
>>>>> "cpp-11.4.1-2.1.el9",
>>>>> "glibc-headers-2.34-83.el9_3.7",
>>>>> "gnutls-dane-3.7.6-23.el9",
>>>>> "insights-client-3.2.2-1.el9_2",
>>>>> "libblockdev-2.28-7.el9",
>>>>> "libblockdev-loop-2.28-7.el9",
>>>>> "libfastjson-0.99.9-5.el9",
>>>>> ~
>>>>>
>>>>> However, the report play does not work. I would have thought that
>>>>> setting it up like the debug play should do it, but no. How can I get
>>>>> that
>>>>> list of updates, along with the hostname, into a textfile report?
>>>>>
>>>>> As ever, many thanks.
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Todd
>>>>>
>>>>>
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