The command module just takes a simple command. If you need a full shell (for pipes, io redirection, etc) use the shell command. But in this case it's still not going to do what you want. The "access" variable won't be visible to anything outside of that command so it's essentially worthless. If you need to capture it and store it, look at using "register" and then perhaps a set_fact, or environment keyword.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Peter Palmieri <pe...@smartthings.com> wrote: > I'm pulling data from EC2 instance metadata (from an IAM instance profile). > The shell commands are: > > curl > http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/PullCredentials >> creds.txt > access=`cat /home/ubuntu/creds.txt | grep "AccessKeyId" | cut -d':' > -f2 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '"' | tr -d ','` > > My playbook fragment: > > - name: get IAM role creds > shell: curl > http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/PullCredentials >> creds.txt > > - name: set env variables > command: access=`cat /home/ubuntu/creds.txt | grep "AccessKeyId" | cut > -d':' -f2 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '"' | tr -d ','` > > When I run this manually, the creds.txt file is created, and the cat | grep > | cut etc works fine. > > When it runs: > > TASK: [get IAM role creds] > **************************************************** > changed: [****] > > TASK: [set env variables] > ***************************************************** > failed: [****] => {"cmd": "'access=`cat' /home/ubuntu/creds.txt '|' > grep AccessKeyId '|' cut -d: -f2 '|' tr -d ' ' '|' tr -d '\"' '|' tr -d > ',`'", "failed": true, "rc": 2} > msg: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > > If I set everything after command: in quotes, I get a parser error: > > ERROR: Syntax Error while loading YAML script, ansible-qa-ami.yml > Note: The error may actually appear before this position: line 197, column > 82 > > - name: set env variables > command: 'access=`cat /home/ubuntu/creds.txt | grep "AccessKeyId" | > cut -d':' -f2 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '"' | tr -d ','`' > > ^ > > So I seem to have an issue with colons, quotes, and/or back ticks. Any > suggestions are very welcome. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e7d876a3-7731-417f-9b0f-15ba8d820a15%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAJQqANePo_Yv_FMMEGF6FJ_WSRKgw3HanvGqrf8M6MUJ%2B3uEdw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
