modifying curl command to ansible uri module-CodePudding

I've been trying to execute a curl command from the Ansible URI module, but it's not working. can anyone help me understand the mistake I'm doing??

the CURL command is:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -H "X-Vuls-OS-Family: `lsb_release -si | awk '{print tolower($1)}'`" -H "X-Vuls-OS-Release: `lsb_release -sr | awk '{print $1}'`" -H "X-Vuls-Kernel-Release: `uname -r`" -H "X-Vuls-Server-Name: `hostname`" --data-binary "$(dpkg-query -W -f="\${binary:Package},\${db:Status-Abbrev},\${Version},\${Source},\${source:Version}\n")" https://abc.xyz.co/vuls > /path/to/report.json**

on comma

The playbook I'm using right now is:

- hosts: localhost
  ignore_errors: yes
  become: yes
  tasks:
    - name: Run Vuls Scans
      uri:
        method: POST
        url: https://abc.xyz.co/vuls
        headers:
          Content-Type: text/plain
          X-Vuls-OS-Family: lsb_release -si | awk '{print tolower($1)}'
          X-Vuls-OS-Release: lsb_release -sr | awk '{print $1}'
          X-Vuls-Kernel-Release: uname -r
          X-Vuls-Server-Name: hostname
        creates: /home/aman/vuls-report.json

I know this playbook is still not complete because I'm unable to manage some part of command in playbook (**--data-binary "$(dpkg-query -W -f="\${binary:Package},\${db:Status-Abbrev},\${Version},\${Source},\${source:Version}\n")"**). Apology for that but i don't know how to manage it in playbook. Can anyone help me in this problem. Thank you

PS: I've seen some existing issues on this ansible URI module and curl method on StackOverflow, but it didn't help me.

CodePudding user response：

You cannot run arbitrary Shell commands inside an Ansible module. However, as you are gathering facts about your host, you can leverage these. Try something like this:

- hosts: localhost
  ignore_errors: yes
  become: yes
  tasks:
    - name: Run Vuls Scans
      uri:
        method: POST
        url: https://abc.xyz.co/vuls
        headers:
          Content-Type: text/plain
          X-Vuls-OS-Family: "{{ ansible_distribution }}"
          X-Vuls-OS-Release: "{{ ansible_distribution_version}}"
          X-Vuls-Kernel-Release: "{{ ansible_kernel }}"
          X-Vuls-Server-Name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
        creates: /home/aman/vuls-report.json

For more complex information, like your dpkg query, you could do something like

- name: dpkg query
  shell: "dpkg-query -W -f='\${binary:Package},\${db:Status-Abbrev},\${Version},\${Source},\${source:Version}\n'"
  register: query_results

- name: check variable content
  debug:
    var: query_results

Disclaimer: This is untested, but you should get the idea.

CodePudding user response：

Rather than running the command using the URI module or as a shell command, I ran it as a shell script. I paste that same command in the .sh file and pass it in the below playbook.

- hosts: localhost
  ignore_errors: yes
  become: yes
  tasks:
    - name: Run Vuls Scans
      become: yes
      shell: ansible.sh