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I am new to ansible and trying to learn basic things...
I am trying to execute a below shell script with ansible...This script has case condition included which needs a user input. But while running in ansible, it's not asking anything and completing a task. I want my ansible to ask a i/p during executing and accordingly execute the script.
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: Execute the script
shell: /usr/bin/sh /root/ansible_testing/testing.sh
snippet of shell script is...
echo "Press 1 for Backup"
echo "Press 2 for MakeChange"
echo "Press 3 for Keepsafe"
echo "*******************************************"
echo -n "Enter your choice : "
read choice2
case $choice2 in
1)
echo "Hello"
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Though Ansible Shell module can be used to execute Shell scripts. Ansible has a dedicated module named Script which can be used to copy the Shell script from the control machine to the remote server and to execute. Based on your requirement you can use either Script or Shell module to execute your scripts.
To run a command on a remote host we can use the Ansible's shell module (or win_shell for Windows targets). By default, the shell module uses the /bin/sh shell to execute commands, but it is possible to use other shells such as /bin/bash by passing the executable argument.
Both modules execute commands on target nodes but in a sensible different way. The command modules execute commands on the target machine without using the target shell, it simply executes the command. The target shell is for example the popular bash , zsh , or sh .
Ansible's shell module executes shell commands on remote hosts. By default, the shell module uses the /bin/sh shell to execute commands, but it's possible to use other shells such as /bin/bash by passing the executable argument.
There's a bunch of ways you can do this with just bash (there's a pretty good answer here). However if you want to accomplish this the Ansible way you could use the expect module.
- name: Execute the script
expect:
command: /usr/bin/sh /root/ansible_testing/testing.sh
responses:
"Enter your choice": "1"
In this example, Enter your choice is the regex ansible will match on to input a "1". If there are multiple prompts that use Enter your choice Ansible will input a "1" for all of them.
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