Hello, I understand this very basic, but I'm still learning... (And my apologies for the long message.)
I built the playbook below so I can check which server is still in need of an OS update based on its current kernel version: --- - hosts: "{{ my_host }}" remote_user: xxxxxx vars: server: srvname: "{{ ansible_hostname }}" kernel: "{{ ansible_kernel }}" tasks: - block: - name: create list set_fact: serverlist: "{{ serverlist | default({}) | combine( {item.srvname: item.kernel} ) }}" with_items: - "{{ server }}" - name: print list debug: msg: "{{ serverlist }}" - name: send list to file lineinfile: create: yes line: "{{ serverlist | string }}" path: "/shared/kernel.list" when: (ansible_distribution == "OracleLinux") and (hostvars[inventory_hostname].ansible_kernel != "4.18.0-305.10.2.el8_4.x86_64") It's working, but I'd like to improve the way it presents the list of servers in need of update... So, could you help with some hints on how I could: Make the "print list" task work in a way that instead of printing this: TASK [print list] ************************************************************************** ok: [xxxxxxxx] => { "msg": { "xxxxxxxxx": "4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3.x86_64" } } ok: [yyyyyyyy] => { "msg": { "yyyyyyyy": "4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3.x86_64" } ===> It would print something like (or closer to) this: "msg": { "xxxxxxxxx": "4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3.x86_64' "yyyyyyyy": "4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3.x86_64 } And, on the "send list to file" task, how would I have the file content changed from this: {'xxxxxxxxx ': '4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3.x86_64'} {' yyyyyyyy ': '4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3.x86_64'} ===> To something like this: xxxxxxxxx: 4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3.x86_64 {yyyyyyyy: 4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3.x86_64 I mean, without single quotes and curly braces. I understand I could build another task to parse that file an "clean" it, but, is there a way to do that while writing to the file? Thanks a lot, Alex -- *The contents of this message and any attachment(s) are confidential, proprietary to the City of Edmonton, and are intended only for the addressed recipient. If you have received this in error, please disregard the contents, inform the sender of the misdirection, and remove it from your system. The copying, dissemination, or distribution of this message, if misdirected, is strictly prohibited.* -- 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/c2760758-d9b8-4c77-82ba-4f42f1f172c6n%40googlegroups.com.