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This article shows how to execute a command via a shell with ansible and the ansible shell module 1)
Example
Basic
- name: Move file
become: yes
become_user: "{{ prometheus_user_name }}"
shell:
cmd: "/bin/cp {{ prometheus_install_dir }}/{{ prometheus_node_exporter_name }}/* {{ prometheus_home }}"
chdir: somedir/
args:
executable: /bin/bash
Capture the output as variable
- name: Determine the Cgroup version
shell:
cmd: |
stat -fc %T /sys/fs/cgroup/
register: cgroupFs
use the stdout conditionaly
- name: CgroupV2 - Set the CPU 50 group conf {{ cgroup_cpu_50 }}
when: cgroupFs.stdout == 'cgroup2fs'
shell:
cmd: |
cgset -r cpu.weight=50 {{ cgroup_cpu_50 }}