Hello Vladimir, Thanks for your reply.
I will try to implement the same and hope it works out. Thanks a lot again. *Regards* *Harsh* On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 5:20:26 PM UTC+5:30, Vladimir Botka wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 22:43:42 -0700 (PDT) > harsh chawda <harshc...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > *hosts* > > [windows] > > Server01.test.com ansible_user="admin" ansible_password="password" > > Server02.test.com ansible_user="admin" ansible_password="Welcome" > > > > *password.csv* > > Server01.test.com passwordNew > > Server02.test.com WelcomeNew > > > > how to compare and change the values in the existing host file. > > Use "read_csv" to read the data. For example > > - read_csv: > path: password.csv > delimiter: ' ' > fieldnames: [host, passwd] > register: my_db > - debug: > var: my_db.list > > There are more options to replace the passwords. Edit the host file > (1,2), create new host file from a template 93), or create new group > dynamically (4). > > 1) Module "replace", which might the first choice, seems to have an > issue #47917. The parameter "after' doesn't work as expected. > https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47917#issuecomment-686339762 > > For example, the parameter "after" doesn't match the section > "[windows]" in the task below. If you remove the "after" parameter > the task works fine. If there are more sections (groups) with the > same hosts all passwords will be replaced not only the passwords in > the section [windows] > > - replace: > path: hosts > after: '^\[windows\]$' > regexp: '^{{ item.host }}(.*)ansible_password=(.*)$' > replace: '{{ item.host }}\1ansible_password="{{ item.passwd > }}"' > loop: "{{ my_db.list }}" > > 2) Module "lineinfile" works as expected, but also here it's not > possible to select a section of the file > > - lineinfile: > path: hosts > regexp: '^{{ item.host }}(.*)ansible_password=(.*)$' > line: '{{ item.host }}\1ansible_password="{{ item.passwd }}"' > loop: "{{ my_db.list }}" > > 3) The only save option seems to be "template", but you'll have to > keep all data of the hosts in a data structure. Either a list or a > dictionary. > > 4) There is one more option. Create new group of hosts in the first > play dynamically and use it in the second play. For example, the > playbook below > > - hosts: localhost > tasks: > - read_csv: > path: password.csv > delimiter: ' ' > fieldnames: [host, passwd] > register: my_db > - add_host: > groups: > - my_windows > hostname: "{{ item.host }}" > ansible_user: admin > ansible_password: "{{ item.passwd }}" > loop: "{{ my_db.list }}" > - hosts: my_windows > gather_facts: false > tasks: > - debug: > var: ansible_password > > gives (abridged) > > TASK [debug] **** > ok: [Server01.test.com] => { > "ansible_password": "passwordNew" > } > ok: [Server02.test.com] => { > "ansible_password": "WelcomeNew" > } > > -- > Vladimir Botka > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/4c049ff2-64c3-4af2-9b5e-25fd6064abfao%40googlegroups.com.
