Deleting multiple files and folders using Ansible-CodePudding

I need to delete files and folders using a ansible playbook. I pass the file/foler paths as a variable to an Ansible playbook from a Groovy script.
Variables are in a properties file named delete.properties. I stored file/foler paths seperatly in a variables so I can change the paths as I need in future.

delete.properties:

delete_files=/home/new-user/myfolder/dltfolder1 /home/new-user/myfolder/dltfolder2 /home/new-user/myfolder/dltfolder3

Groovy script:

     stage("Read variable"){
      steps{
        script{
         def propertifile = readFile(properti file path)
         deleteParams = new Properties()
         deleteParams.load(new StringReader(propertifile))
        }
     }
  }
    stage("Delete files/folders"){
      steps{
        script{
         sh script: """cd ansible code path && \
         export ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False && \
         ansible-playbook delete.yml \ 
         --extra-vars"dete_files=${deleteParams.delete_files}" --user user"""
        }
     }
  }

Ansible playbook:

---
- name: delete files
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
   - name: delete files
     file:
      path: "{{ delete_files }}"
      state: absent

As a result of above codes, only the first file path in delete_files (/home/new-user/myfolder/dltfolder1) variable in delete.properties file gets deleted.

I need to delete the other file/folder paths included in the delete_files variable too.

CodePudding user response：

One solution would be to parse the properties file inside the Ansible playbook, with a ini lookup, if you are indeed acting on localhost, as you are showing it in your playbook:

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
    - file:
        path: "{{ item }}"
        state: absent
      loop: >-
        {{
          lookup(
            'ini',
            'delete_files type=properties file=delete.properties'
          ).split()
        }}

CodePudding user response：

Put the path of the file into the extra vars. For example,

         sh script: """cd ansible code path && \
         export ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False && \
         ansible-playbook delete.yml \ 
         --extra-vars "dete_files=/tmp/delete.properties" --user user"""

Then, given the tree

shell> tree /tmp/test
/tmp/test
├── f1
├── f2
└── f3

, the file

shell> cat /tmp/delete.properties 
delete_files=/tmp/test/f1 /tmp/test/f2 /tmp/test/f3

, and the playbook

shell> cat delete.yml
- hosts: localhost

  vars:

    delete_files: "{{ lookup('ini',
                             'delete_files',
                             file=dete_files,
                             type='properties') }}"

  tasks:

    - debug:
        var: delete_files

    - name: delete files
      file:
        path: "{{ item }}"
        state: absent
      loop: "{{ delete_files.split() }}"

gives, running in --check --diff mode

shell> ansible-playbook delete.yml --extra-vars "dete_files=/tmp/delete.properties" -CD

PLAY [localhost] *****************************************************************************

TASK [debug] *********************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => 
  delete_files: /tmp/test/f1 /tmp/test/f2 /tmp/test/f3

TASK [delete files] **************************************************************************
--- before
    after
@@ -1,5  1,2 @@
 path: /tmp/test/f1
-path_content:
-  directories: []
-  files: []
-state: directory
 state: absent

changed: [localhost] => (item=/tmp/test/f1)
--- before
    after
@@ -1,5  1,2 @@
 path: /tmp/test/f2
-path_content:
-  directories: []
-  files: []
-state: directory
 state: absent

changed: [localhost] => (item=/tmp/test/f2)
--- before
    after
@@ -1,5  1,2 @@
 path: /tmp/test/f3
-path_content:
-  directories: []
-  files: []
-state: directory
 state: absent

changed: [localhost] => (item=/tmp/test/f3)

PLAY RECAP ***********************************************************************************
localhost: ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0