Use this tag for questions regarding Ansible Python API.
Ansible Python API is a Python interface to Ansible allowing the control nodes, extending Ansible to respond to various python events, writing plugins, and connecting to external data sources.
Questions tagged [ansible-api]
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How to run playbook api in Ansible v2
I want to run ansible playbook via Ansible V2 python api. Here is my way:
from ansible.parsing.dataloader import DataLoader
from ansible.vars import VariableManager
from ansible.inventory import Inventory
from ansible.executor.playbook_executor…
Binary
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How to call ansible playbooks using python API
I need a help with Ansible to run programatically.
I using ansible 2.7 and trying to use Python API for calling the ansible plabooks programatically
But the API from https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_api.html does not have…
Vijay
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How to run playbook api in Ansible v2 with vault
Here is what I have, I know this works without encryption and I can run
ansible-vault edit common.yml
with
ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE=~/.vault_pass.txt
set in the env.
from collections import namedtuple
from ansible.parsing.dataloader import…
user2363318
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Getting Ansible Tower API authentication token from C#
I tried using this C# code below, but getting status code 401 (reason:unautherized):
var baseUri = "https://ansibletower1.test1.com";
var data = @"{'username':'test123', 'password':'a1b2c3Z0!-99', 'description':'Ansible Api token',…
Mahesh
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Ansible get return value from tasks execution with Python Api
Is there a way to get the return values from the execution of a module?
For example https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/ec2_vpc_subnet_module.html
To get for example the vpc_id.
I am using the PlaybookExecutor but it only returns the…
Radaeld
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Append role to a playbook in Ansible 2.0 Python API
Building on this question How to use Ansible 2.0 Python API to run a Playbook?
How can I create an instance of PlaybookExecutor class and append an Ansible role that will be executed when pbex.run() is called?
This is an example Playbook ls.yml -…
user3138929
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How do you extract registered variables returned from an ansible playbook?
I have a playbook task like this:
tasks:
- shell: /usr/bin/foo
register: foo_result
I'm running this playbook using the python API, and I would like to do some post processing on the foo_result variable. How do I access foo_result using the…
pixelrebel
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How to use Ansible Python API to run ansible task
I would like to use Ansible 2.9.9 Python API to get config file and parse it to json format from servers in hosts file.
I don't know how to call an existing ansible task using Python API.
Through the Ansible API document, how to integrate ansible…
kanpai
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Ansible include_tasks giving syntax error
Ansible version: 2.9
Play book
---
- { include_tasks: test.yml }
Error
The error appears to have been in '/path/to/main.yml': line 34, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to…
Shahid Karimi
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Null values passed to cloudformation module - ansible
Ansible cloudformation module uses these environment variables of shell:
$ export AWS_PROFILE=djangoapp
$ export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=ca-central-1
$ aws configure list
Name Value Type Location
---- …
overexchange
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Ansible : error in calling the groups through restapi
I am trying fetch to distinct groups in the inventory through a variable.this is the command am trying to run in the playbook to add hosts to the Nagios XI. Am trying to do this using Rest API through CURL command. Am getting error as Incorrect…
user9698169
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Calling a filter plugin from an action plugin
I am developing a custom Ansible action plugin. From in there I would like to calculate the gateway and subnet mask from an CIDR. This is already possible with the ipaddr filter. Instead of replicating the code, is there a way to call the ipaddr…
udondan
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ansible runner runs to long
When I use ansible's python API to run a script on remote machines(thousands), the code is:
runner = ansible.runner.Runner(
module_name='script',
module_args='/tmp/get_config.py',
pattern='*',
forks=30
)
then, I use
datastructure =…
page
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Ansible API : Custom Module
I would like to use a custom module for which I require "hostname" so that I can initiate SSH connection from the custom module and run commands. So I pass transport = "local" to the Runner object. However, I find no way to obtain "hostname"…
user3267989
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****ansible.errors.AnsibleError: Unable to find an inventory file, specify one with -i ?****
****ansible.errors.AnsibleError: Unable to find an inventory file, specify one with -i ?****
My script :
#!/usr/bin/python
import ansible.playbook
from ansible import callbacks
from ansible import utils
ANSIBLE_HOSTS = 'hosts'
PLAYBOOK =…
Raaghavi Sivaguru
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