I have a playbook to copy the BASH/Python to the remote client and then run the script as the local user. I got a requirement from the security auditor to ask me to save this action as a log in the ansible server. Is there any simple way I can record the history if Ansible runs the script in the remote host?
- name: Test Playbook
hosts: all
gather_facts: false
remote_user: ansible
become: true
tasks:
- name: Copy test.sh file to remote host
ansible.builtin.copy:
src: /tmp/test.sh
dest: /tmp
owner: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
group: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
mode: '0755'
- name: Run test script
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: "/tmp/test.sh"
become_user: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
I am very new to Ansible, any help is appreciated!
CodePudding user response:
amend the cmd
to output locally to a log file:
cmd: "/tmp/test.sh > /tmp/log 2>&1"
CodePudding user response:
You can use community.general.syslogger. For example, given the script
shell> cat /tmp/test.sh
#!/bin/sh
printf "$0: [OK] Completed."
The playbook will copy and run the script at the remote hosts. The last task will write the registered results to the log at the ansible server
- name: Test Playbook
hosts: all
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Copy test.sh file to remote host
ansible.builtin.copy:
src: /tmp/test.sh
dest: /tmp
mode: '0755'
- name: Run test script
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: /tmp/test.sh
register: result
- name: Send results to log
community.general.syslogger:
msg: "{{ item }} {{ hostvars[item].result }}"
loop: "{{ ansible_play_hosts }}"
delegate_to: localhost
run_once: true
The default priority info writes to the /var/log/syslog at Ubuntu
shell> tail -f /var/log/syslog
...
Apr 4 02:37:13 localhost python3[1429581]: ansible-community.general.syslogger Invoked with msg=host01 {'changed': True, 'stdout': '/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.', 'stderr': '', 'rc': 0, 'cmd': ['/tmp/test.sh'], 'start': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.546699', 'end': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.560452', 'delta': '0:00:00.013753', 'msg': '', 'stdout_lines': ['/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.'], 'stderr_lines': [], 'failed': False} ident=ansible_syslogger priority=info facility=daemon log_pid=False
Apr 4 02:37:13 localhost ansible_syslogger: host01 {'changed': True, 'stdout': '/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.', 'stderr': '', 'rc': 0, 'cmd': ['/tmp/test.sh'], 'start': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.546699', 'end': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.560452', 'delta': '0:00:00.013753', 'msg': '', 'stdout_lines': ['/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.'], 'stderr_lines': [], 'failed': False}
Apr 4 02:37:13 localhost python3[1429607]: ansible-community.general.syslogger Invoked with msg=host02 {'changed': True, 'stdout': '/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.', 'stderr': '', 'rc': 0, 'cmd': ['/tmp/test.sh'], 'start': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.392564', 'end': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.409556', 'delta': '0:00:00.016992', 'msg': '', 'stdout_lines': ['/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.'], 'stderr_lines': [], 'failed': False} ident=ansible_syslogger priority=info facility=daemon log_pid=False
Apr 4 02:37:13 localhost ansible_syslogger: host02 {'changed': True, 'stdout': '/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.', 'stderr': '', 'rc': 0, 'cmd': ['/tmp/test.sh'], 'start': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.392564', 'end': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.409556', 'delta': '0:00:00.016992', 'msg': '', 'stdout_lines': ['/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.'], 'stderr_lines': [], 'failed': False}
Apr 4 02:37:13 localhost python3[1429632]: ansible-community.general.syslogger Invoked with msg=host03 {'changed': True, 'stdout': '/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.', 'stderr': '', 'rc': 0, 'cmd': ['/tmp/test.sh'], 'start': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.347653', 'end': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.367547', 'delta': '0:00:00.019894', 'msg': '', 'stdout_lines': ['/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.'], 'stderr_lines': [], 'failed': False} ident=ansible_syslogger priority=info facility=daemon log_pid=False
Apr 4 02:37:13 localhost ansible_syslogger: host03 {'changed': True, 'stdout': '/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.', 'stderr': '', 'rc': 0, 'cmd': ['/tmp/test.sh'], 'start': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.347653', 'end': '2022-04-04 00:37:12.367547', 'delta': '0:00:00.019894', 'msg': '', 'stdout_lines': ['/tmp/test.sh: [OK] Completed.'], 'stderr_lines': [], 'failed': False}
Fit the parameters and format to your needs.
Output of the playbook
PLAY [Test Playbook] ***********************************************
TASK [Copy test.sh file to remote host] ****************************
ok: [host01]
ok: [host03]
ok: [host02]
TASK [Run test script] *********************************************
changed: [host03]
changed: [host02]
changed: [host01]
TASK [Send results to log] *****************************************
changed: [host01 -> localhost] => (item=host01)
changed: [host01 -> localhost] => (item=host02)
changed: [host01 -> localhost] => (item=host03)