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Ilya Shmadchenko
Asked: 2024-11-08 15:45:27 +0800 CST

Ansible oneline log output

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I've just write the Ansible config to keep my ansible.log at one logline per action.

[defaults]
log_path = /var/log/ansible.log
nocows=true
stdout_callback=ansible.builtin.oneline
host_key_checking = false
inventory = /test/ansible/hosts.txt

It works perfectly with the ansible-playbook command.

But if I want to execute that command

ansible all -m ping

I will get the multi-line record in the log file.

2024-11-08 10:12:41,689 p=1164 u=root n=ansible | node1 | SUCCESS => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python3.10"
    },
    "changed": false,
    "ping": "pong"
}

So I have to always add the -o option for non-playbooks commands

ansible all -m ping -o

to get my cozy oneline log

2024-11-08 10:15:47,895 p=1181 u=root n=ansible | node1 | SUCCESS => {"ansible_facts": {"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python3.10"},"changed": false,"ping": "pong","warnings": ["..."]}

My question is "How to make Ansible always uses the -o flag in any command?" Is it possible in general?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Also merge ANSIBLE_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS into your configuration:

        [defaults]
    bin_ansible_callbacks=true

    It is a quirk of the ansible ad-hoc program that its callback is minimal, oneline with that -o option, or requires this config option to respect callback in configuration.

    Callback plugins are always loaded for ansible-playbook.

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