Wait a second. You're saying "{{ vars[ comp_file ] }}", but
comp_file="/home/user1/ansible/patching/logs/2022-11-10/server1-compare-2022-11-10.txt"
So you're trying to pull a value from the "vars" dict with the key of
"/home/user1/ansible/patching/logs/2022-11-10/server1-compare-2022-11-10.txt".
Whatever "vars" is, it doesn't have any data with that name.
Perhaps you mean this:
dest="{{ comp_file }}"
Whatever. In any case, if I were you, I'd throw in a debug step and
print out the values of "compare_out.stdout" and, er, whatever you think
"dest" is supposed to be ("vars"? but I think you just mean "comp_file").
On 11/10/22 1:26 PM, Veera wrote:
Thanks for pointing as i did notice that , and I have corrected the
three left braces on "exec_date".
Second, mustaches (i.e. "{{" … "}}") never nest << Yes , I tried
earlier that and even now after reverting back , still the same issue ..
Execution error for the play below.
fatal: [server1 -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes
an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has
no attribute
u'/home/user1/ansible/patching/logs/2022-11-10/server1-compare-2022-11-10.txt'\n\nThe
error appears to be in
'/home/unixops/ansible/linux_patching/compare_sanity.yml': line 7,
column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact
syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n- name:
create compare file using precheck and postcheck sanity checks\n ^
here\n"}
On Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 10:24:51 PM UTC+5:30
[email protected] wrote:
A couple of things. First,
comp_file: /logs/{{ exec_date }}/{{ inventory_hostname
}}-compare-{{{ exec_date }}.txt
has three left braces on "exec_date".
Second, mustaches (i.e. "{{" … "}}") never nest. So
copy content="{{ compare_out.stdout }}" dest="{{ vars[ {{
comp_file }} ] }}"
should be
copy content="{{ compare_out.stdout }}" dest="{{ vars[
comp_file ] }}"
Well, at least that's "dest=" without nested mustaches. Whether
it's right or not I don't know, but it's less wrong this way.
On 11/10/22 9:16 AM, Veera wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to copy the contents from a register output to a
file in the local server.
However , I have challenges in re-calling the variable filename
in the copy command.
Correct me what I am missing. in dest="{{ vars[ {{ comp_file }} ]
}}" or "{{ compare_out.stdout }}" in the last lines ..
[vee@server]$ grep comp_file vars/postcheck_vars.yml
comp_file: /logs/{{ exec_date }}/{{ inventory_hostname
}}-compare-{{{ exec_date }}.txt
[vee@server]$ cat compare_sanity.yml
- name: comparing file1 and file2
local_action: command /usr/bin/sdiff "{{ logs_dir }}"{{
inventory_hostname }}-Pre-{{ exec_date }}.txt "{{ logs_dir }}"{{
inventory_hostname }}-Post-{{ exec_date }}.txt
register: compare_out
ignore_errors: yes
no_log: True
- name: create output file
local_action:
copy content="{{ compare_out.stdout }}" dest="{{ vars[ {{
comp_file }} ] }}"
[vee@server]$
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