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Save Output to Local File with Ansible
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- Name
- Ruan Bekker
- @ruanbekker
This playbook demonstrates how you can redirect shell output to a local file
Inventory
Our inventory.ini file:
[localhost]
localhost
The Script
Our script: /tmp/foo
#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo "foo"
echo "bar"
Apply executable permissions:
$ chmod +x /tmp/foo
Playbook
Our playbook: debug.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- shell: /tmp/foo
register: foo_result
ignore_errors: True
- local_action: copy content={{ foo_result.stdout }} dest=file
Running
Running the Ansible Playbook:
$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini debug.yml
PLAY [localhost] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [shell] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]
TASK [copy] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost -> localhost]
PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=2 unreachable=0 failed=0
View the local saved file:
$ cat file
foo
bar
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