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New to ansible and playbooks, I'm trying to run a linux command and use the output of that command as a variable. However, it is using the item name as the variable instead of the output of the command.
- name: Use apg to generate a password
command: apg -m 12 -n 1 -a 1
register: apg_generate
- name: Create Mail Account
command: "plesk bin mail --create [email protected] -mailbox true -passwd {{ item }}"
with_items: apg_generate.stdout
Instead of using the output of the apg command, which would be a random set of 12 characters I'm getting apg_generate.stdout as the password being set.
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Create the playbook to execute the “df” command to check the /boot usage. Use “register” to store the output to a variable.
The easiest way to pass Pass Variables value to Ansible Playbook in the command line is using the extra variables parameter of the “ansible-playbook” command. This is very useful to combine your Ansible Playbook with some pre-existent automation or script.
In Ansible with_items is for loops, you don't need to use it if you want to access just a single variable. Access it directly:
- name: Use apg to generate a password
command: apg -m 12 -n 1 -a 1
register: apg_generate
- name: Create Mail Account
command: "plesk bin mail --create [email protected] -mailbox true -passwd {{ apg_generate.stdout }}"
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