Creates a playbook YML file from the playbook script input and runs this playbook.
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| Input Name | Input Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ansible Home | FDANS_INP_ANSIBLE_HOME | No | Absolute directory path where Ansible is installed. |
| Playbook Script | FDANS_INP_PLAYBOOK_SCRIPT | Yes | Playbook YML script code. |
| Inventory File | FDANS_INP_INVENTORY | No | Absolute path to the inventory file to use with the playbook invocation. (CLI arg: -i) |
| Become Method | FDANS_INP_BECOME_METHOD | No | Privilege escalation method to use. (CLI arg: --become-method) valid choices: [ sudo | su | pbrun | pfexec | doas | dzdo | ksu | runas | machinectl ] If privilege escalation method is selected -b CLI argument will be passed. |
| Become User | FDANS_INP_BECOME_USER | No | Run operations as. (CLI arg: --become-user) If value is provided -b CLI argument will be passed. |
| Extra Variables | FDANS_INP_EXTRA_VARS | No | Additional variables as key=value, JSON text, or a JSON/YML file. Formatted as key=value. If passing a JSON/YML file you must use an @ before the file name. One pair per line (CLI arg: -e) Key/Value Example: var1=val1 var2=val2 JSON Example: {"version":"1.23.45","other_variable":"foo"} JSON/YML File Example: @some_file.json |
| Parallel Processes | FDANS_INP_FORKS | No | Number of parallel processes to use. (CLI arg: -f) |
| Host Limit | FDANS_INP_LIMIT | No | Limiting of the selected hosts to an additional pattern. Outputs a list of matching hosts. (CLI arg: -l) |
| Skip Tags | FDANS_INP_SKIPPED_TAGS | No | Only run plays and tasks whose tags do not match these values. (CLI arg: --skip-tags) |
| Start at Task | FDANS_INP_START_AT_TASK | No | Start the playbook at the task matching this name. (CLI arg: --start-at-task) |
| Run Tags | FDANS_INP_TAGS | No | Only run plays and tasks tagged with these values. (CLI arg: -t) |
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This operations delegates the execution to the workflow developer to decide.
Example
Below you can see an example of inputs used on the runAnsiblePlaybookScript plugin operation.
Below is the Ansible playbook that is saved in /home/ubuntu/ansibleTest. This plugin verifies that Apache is up to date, starts the server if it is not running, and stops the server if it is running.
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- hosts: dkrlp01
# become: yes
tasks:
- name: verify latest version Apache
apt:
name: apache2
update_cache: yes
state: latest
- name: ensure httpd is running
service:
name: apache2
state: started
- name: stop apache
service:
name: apache2
state: stopped |
Below is the hosts inventory file that is saved in /home/ubuntu/ansibleTest
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[apache]
dkrlp01 ansible_ssh_host=dkrlp01.flexagon ansible_ssh_user=ubuntu ansible_ssh_pass=welcome1
[all:vars]
ansible_sudo_pass=welcome1 |