How to use ansible to run a script which ask user input?

Question

I want to run a shell script using ansible but the shell script requires user input to execute successfully,

For example: my shell script asking the unique id for an ossec agent, through ansible I can able to predefined my unique id (user input).

expect module might help.

Vladimir Botka
– Vladimir Botka

2019-05-13 10:44:13 +00:00
Commented May 13, 2019 at 10:44 — Vladimir Botka
– Vladimir Botka, Commented May 13, 2019 at 10:44

TheDESTROS · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-13 13:58:07Z

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You need to use EXPECT module: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/expect_module.html

- name: Case insensitive unique id string match
  expect:
    command: ./myscript.sh
    responses:
      "Please enter your uniqueid": "myID"
      # Your input in myscript.sh
  no_log: true

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.6

pexpect >= 3.3

answered May 13, 2019 at 13:58

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2 Comments

Ashjoker Over a year ago

it is possible to call a unique id from file? I had a 100 unique id

TheDESTROS Over a year ago

U can parse content from your text file to string variable and afterwards run expect&command with "with_items" option, example, if yours ids in file comma separated, then u can add: with_items: {{ myStringVar.split(',') }}, and in responses specify item: "Please enter your uniqueid": "{{ item }}"

nbari · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-13 10:53:59Z

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This could help you as a starting point:

- hosts: localhost
  connection: local

  vars_prompt:
  - name: your_name
    prompt: "Enter your name"
    private: no

  tasks:
  - name: print name
    assert: that="your_name.strip()"
    args:
      msg: "The your_name argument shouldn't be empty!"

  - debug:
        var: your_name

Check more about prompts, vars_prompt here: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_prompts.html

edited May 13, 2019 at 10:53

answered May 13, 2019 at 10:48

nbari

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