Ansible: Store command's stdout in new variable?
You have to store the content as a fact:
- set_fact:
string_to_echo: "{{ command_output.stdout }}"
There's no need to set a fact.
- shell: cat "hello"
register: cat_contents
- shell: echo "I cat hello"
when: cat_contents.stdout == "hello"
A slight modification beyond @udondan's answer. I like to reuse the registered variable names with the set_fact
to help keep the clutter to a minimum.
So if I were to register using the variable, psk
, I'd use that same variable name with creating the set_fact
.
Example
- name: generate PSK
shell: openssl rand -base64 48
register: psk
delegate_to: 127.0.0.1
run_once: true
- set_fact:
psk={{ psk.stdout }}
- debug: var=psk
run_once: true
Then when I run it:
$ ansible-playbook -i inventory setup_ipsec.yml
PLAY [all] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [hostc.mydom.com]
ok: [hostb.mydom.com]
ok: [hosta.mydom.com]
TASK [libreswan : generate PSK] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [hosta.mydom.com -> 127.0.0.1]
TASK [libreswan : set_fact] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [hosta.mydom.com]
ok: [hostb.mydom.com]
ok: [hostc.mydom.com]
TASK [libreswan : debug] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [hosta.mydom.com] => {
"psk": "6Tx/4CPBa1xmQ9A6yKi7ifONgoYAXfbo50WXPc1kGcird7u/pVso/vQtz+WdBIvo"
}
PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
hosta.mydom.com : ok=4 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0
hostb.mydom.com : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
hostc.mydom.com : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0