community.general.diy – Customize the output

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• See Also
• Examples

Synopsis

• Callback plugin that allows you to supply your own custom callback templates to be output.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this callback.

• set as stdout_callback in configuration

Parameters

Notes

See Also

Examples

ansible.cfg: >
  # Enable plugin
  [defaults]
  stdout_callback=community.general.diy

  [callback_diy]
  # Output when playbook starts
  playbook_on_start_msg="DIY output(via ansible.cfg): playbook example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.playbook.file_name }}"
  playbook_on_start_msg_color=yellow

  # Comment out to allow default plugin output
  # playbook_on_play_start_msg="PLAY: starting play {{ ansible_callback_diy.play.name }}"

  # Accept on_skipped_msg or ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_skipped_msg as input vars
  # If neither are supplied, omit the option
  runner_on_skipped_msg="{{ on_skipped_msg | default(ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_skipped_msg) | default(omit) }}"

  # Newline after every callback
  # on_any_msg='{{ " " | join("\n") }}'

playbook.yml: >
  ---
  - name: "Default plugin output: play example"
    hosts: localhost
    gather_facts: no
    tasks:
      - name:  Default plugin output
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: default plugin output

  - name: Override from play vars
    hosts: localhost
    gather_facts: no
    vars:
      ansible_connection: local
      green: "\e[0m\e[38;5;82m"
      yellow: "\e[0m\e[38;5;11m"
      bright_purple: "\e[0m\e[38;5;105m"
      cyan: "\e[0m\e[38;5;51m"
      green_bg_black_fg: "\e[0m\e[48;5;40m\e[38;5;232m"
      yellow_bg_black_fg: "\e[0m\e[48;5;226m\e[38;5;232m"
      purple_bg_white_fg: "\e[0m\e[48;5;57m\e[38;5;255m"
      cyan_bg_black_fg: "\e[0m\e[48;5;87m\e[38;5;232m"
      magenta: "\e[38;5;198m"
      white: "\e[0m\e[38;5;255m"
      ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_play_start_msg: "\n{{green}}DIY output(via play vars): play example: {{magenta}}{{ansible_callback_diy.play.name}}\n\n"
      ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "DIY output(via play vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
      ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg_color: cyan
      ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_stats_msg: |+2
                CUSTOM STATS
        ==============================
        {% for key in ansible_callback_diy.stats | sort %}
        {% if ansible_callback_diy.stats[key] %}
        {% if key == 'ok' %}
        {% set color_one = lookup('vars','green_bg_black_fg') %}
        {% set prefix = '      ' %}
        {% set suffix = '     ' %}
        {% set color_two = lookup('vars','green') %}
        {% elif key == 'changed' %}
        {% set color_one = lookup('vars','yellow_bg_black_fg') %}
        {% set prefix = '   ' %}
        {% set suffix = '   ' %}
        {% set color_two = lookup('vars','yellow') %}
        {% elif key == 'processed' %}
        {% set color_one = lookup('vars','purple_bg_white_fg') %}
        {% set prefix = '  ' %}
        {% set suffix = '  ' %}
        {% set color_two = lookup('vars','bright_purple') %}
        {% elif key == 'skipped' %}
        {% set color_one = lookup('vars','cyan_bg_black_fg') %}
        {% set prefix = '   ' %}
        {% set suffix = '   ' %}
        {% set color_two = lookup('vars','cyan') %}
        {% else %}
        {% set color_one = "" %}
        {% set prefix = "" %}
        {% set suffix = "" %}
        {% set color_two = "" %}
        {% endif %}
        {{ color_one }}{{ "%s%s%s" | format(prefix,key,suffix) }}{{ color_two }}: {{ ansible_callback_diy.stats[key] | to_nice_yaml }}
        {% endif %}
        {% endfor %}

    tasks:
      - name: Custom banner with default plugin result output
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: "default plugin output: result example"

      - name: Override from task vars
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: "example {{ two }}"
        changed_when: true
        vars:
          white_fg_red_bg: "\e[0m\e[48;5;1m"
          two: "{{ white_fg_red_bg }}    2    "
          ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\nDIY output(via task vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
          ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg_color: bright magenta
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: "DIY output(via task vars): result example: \n{{ ansible_callback_diy.result.output.msg }}\n"
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg_color: "{{ 'yellow' if ansible_callback_diy.result.is_changed else 'bright green' }}"

      - name: Suppress output
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: i should not be displayed
        vars:
          ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: ""
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: ""

      - name: Using alias vars (see ansible.cfg)
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg:
        when: False
        vars:
          ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: ""
          on_skipped_msg: "DIY output(via task vars): skipped example:\n\e[0m\e[38;5;4m\u25b6\u25b6 {{ ansible_callback_diy.result.task.name }}\n"
          on_skipped_msg_color: white

      - name: Just stdout
        ansible.builtin.command: echo some stdout
        vars:
          ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\n"
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: "{{ ansible_callback_diy.result.output.stdout }}\n"

      - name: Multiline output
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: "{{ multiline }}"
        vars:
          ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\nDIY output(via task vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
          multiline: "line\nline\nline"
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: |+2
            some
            {{ ansible_callback_diy.result.output.msg }}
            output

          ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg_color: bright blue

      - name: Indentation
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: "{{ item.msg }}"
        with_items:
          - { indent: 1, msg: one., color: red }
          - { indent: 2, msg: two.., color: yellow }
          - { indent: 3, msg: three..., color: bright yellow }
        vars:
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_item_on_ok_msg: "{{ ansible_callback_diy.result.output.msg | indent(item.indent, True) }}"
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_item_on_ok_msg_color: "{{ item.color }}"
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: "GO!!!"
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg_color: bright green

      - name: Using lookup and template as file
        ansible.builtin.shell: "echo {% raw %}'output from {{ file_name }}'{% endraw %} > {{ file_name }}"
        vars:
          ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\nDIY output(via task vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
          file_name: diy_file_template_example
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: "{{ lookup('template', file_name) }}"

      - name: 'Look at top level vars available to the "runner_on_ok" callback'
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: ''
        vars:
          ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\nDIY output(via task vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: |+2
            {% for var in (ansible_callback_diy.top_level_var_names|reject('match','vars|ansible_callback_diy.*')) | sort %}
            {{ green }}{{ var }}:
              {{ white }}{{ lookup('vars', var) }}

            {% endfor %}
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg_color: white

      - name: 'Look at event data available to the "runner_on_ok" callback'
        ansible.builtin.debug:
          msg: ''
        vars:
          ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\nDIY output(via task vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
          ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: |+2
            {% for key in ansible_callback_diy | sort %}
            {{ green }}{{ key }}:
              {{ white }}{{ ansible_callback_diy[key] }}

            {% endfor %}

Authors

• Trevor Highfill (@theque5t)