ansible -B does not return ansible_job_id (page 37) #91

tliss · 2018-04-24T14:33:33Z

This appears to be a long-standing issue with Ansible, as seen here:

I commented on that thread with what I found, but I will copy+paste it here as well:

Attempting to do the ad-hoc command of:

ansible multi -b -B 3600 -a "yum -y update"

only returns:

192.168.60.4 | SUCCESS | rc=0 >>
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.den1.denvercolo.net
 * extras: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
 * updates: mirrors.centos.webair.com
No packages marked for update

192.168.60.5 | SUCCESS | rc=0 >>
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.nodesdirect.com
 * extras: repos.mia.quadranet.com
 * updates: mirror.atlantic.net
No packages marked for update

192.168.60.6 | SUCCESS | rc=0 >>
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.den1.denvercolo.net
 * extras: mirror.jax.hugeserver.com
 * updates: mirrors.centos.webair.com
No packages marked for update

when it should be returning something like:

background launch...
192.168.60.6 | success >> {
    "ansible_job_id": "763350539037",
    "results_file": "/root/.ansible_async/763350539037",
    "started": 1
}
... [other hosts] ...

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geerlingguy · 2018-04-24T16:24:34Z

Thanks for reporting this; I'll do a little digging.

soulawaker · 2018-05-23T23:47:48Z

Same here.

wtnebel · 2018-06-13T18:59:33Z

I'm seeing this as well.
Both with yum module and with the command supplied in the book.
Also, I'm not having luck testing this on other remote servers.
Do all Ad-Hoc commands support running in the background?

geerlingguy · 2018-08-09T02:34:40Z

@wtnebel - They should... but they don't always.

I would recommend adding feedback to the upstream issue ansible/ansible#15988

wtnebel · 2018-08-09T14:26:51Z

Still waiting on a response for that one. Thanks Jeff!

Does anyone have an example set-up of it working correctly? I'm wondering if there's some issue with my specific versions/distributions of Ansible/Python/Host OS/Target OS.

tliss · 2019-08-05T13:14:50Z

Looks like there is a change in the pipeline that will address this issue soon:

ansible/ansible#59935

geerlingguy · 2019-08-20T21:37:45Z

Well... that was merged, and is in devel. I might get a chance to test it out soon...

geerlingguy · 2019-08-20T21:43:46Z

Using Ansible 2.8.3:

$ ansible -i inventory multi -b -B 3600 -a "yum -y update"
 [WARNING]: Consider using the yum module rather than running 'yum'.  If you need to use command because yum is insufficient you can add 'warn:
false' to this command task or set 'command_warnings=False' in ansible.cfg to get rid of this message.

192.168.60.4 | CHANGED | rc=0 >>
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.mobap.edu
 * extras: mirror.genesisadaptive.com
 * updates: mirror.mobap.edu
No packages marked for update

192.168.60.5 | CHANGED | rc=0 >>
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.fileplanet.com
 * extras: mirror.pit.teraswitch.com
 * updates: mirror.mobap.edu
No packages marked for update

192.168.60.6 | CHANGED | rc=0 >>
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.mobap.edu
 * extras: mirror.mobap.edu
 * updates: mirror.mobap.edu
No packages marked for update

Using latest devel:

$ ansible -i inventory multi -b -B 3600 -a "yum -y update"
 [WARNING]: Consider using the yum module rather than running 'yum'.  If you need to use command because yum is insufficient you can add 'warn:
false' to this command task or set 'command_warnings=False' in ansible.cfg to get rid of this message.

192.168.60.5 | CHANGED => {
    "ansible_job_id": "169825235950.3572", 
    "changed": true, 
    "cmd": [
        "yum", 
        "-y", 
        "update"
    ], 
    "delta": "0:00:01.768099", 
    "end": "2019-08-20 21:43:14.836283", 
    "finished": 1, 
    "rc": 0, 
    "start": "2019-08-20 21:43:13.068184", 
    "stderr": "", 
    "stderr_lines": [], 
    "stdout": "Loaded plugins: fastestmirror\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\n * base: mirror.fileplanet.com\n * extras: mirror.pit.teraswitch.com\n * updates: mirror.mobap.edu\nNo packages marked for update", 
    "stdout_lines": [
        "Loaded plugins: fastestmirror", 
        "Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile", 
        " * base: mirror.fileplanet.com", 
        " * extras: mirror.pit.teraswitch.com", 
        " * updates: mirror.mobap.edu", 
        "No packages marked for update"
    ]
}
192.168.60.6 | CHANGED => {
    "ansible_job_id": "10147166642.3560", 
    "changed": true, 
    "cmd": [
        "yum", 
        "-y", 
        "update"
    ], 
    "delta": "0:00:01.690709", 
    "end": "2019-08-20 21:43:14.788515", 
    "finished": 1, 
    "rc": 0, 
    "start": "2019-08-20 21:43:13.097806", 
    "stderr": "", 
    "stderr_lines": [], 
    "stdout": "Loaded plugins: fastestmirror\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\n * base: mirror.mobap.edu\n * extras: mirror.mobap.edu\n * updates: mirror.mobap.edu\nNo packages marked for update", 
    "stdout_lines": [
        "Loaded plugins: fastestmirror", 
        "Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile", 
        " * base: mirror.mobap.edu", 
        " * extras: mirror.mobap.edu", 
        " * updates: mirror.mobap.edu", 
        "No packages marked for update"
    ]
}
192.168.60.4 | CHANGED => {
    "ansible_job_id": "379379275450.3575", 
    "changed": true, 
    "cmd": [
        "yum", 
        "-y", 
        "update"
    ], 
    "delta": "0:00:01.799457", 
    "end": "2019-08-20 21:43:14.877410", 
    "finished": 1, 
    "rc": 0, 
    "start": "2019-08-20 21:43:13.077953", 
    "stderr": "", 
    "stderr_lines": [], 
    "stdout": "Loaded plugins: fastestmirror\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\n * base: mirror.mobap.edu\n * extras: mirror.genesisadaptive.com\n * updates: mirror.mobap.edu\nNo packages marked for update", 
    "stdout_lines": [
        "Loaded plugins: fastestmirror", 
        "Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile", 
        " * base: mirror.mobap.edu", 
        " * extras: mirror.genesisadaptive.com", 
        " * updates: mirror.mobap.edu", 
        "No packages marked for update"
    ]
}

geerlingguy · 2019-08-20T21:50:37Z

Hmm... it seems polling doesn't work though—it waits until the very end and then gives all the job statuses. If I add -P 0 explicitly, it immediately dumps the ansible_job_id and everything. Strange behavior, maybe another bug?

At least the job IDs can be dumped if using -P 0 now.

geerlingguy · 2019-08-20T21:53:33Z

To give more clarity:

ansible -i inventory multi -b -P 0 -B 3600 -m shell -a "while true; do echo test; sleep 5; done"

Ends up dumping:

192.168.60.4 | CHANGED => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
    }, 
    "ansible_job_id": "789829881512.4267", 
    "changed": true, 
    "finished": 0, 
    "results_file": "/root/.ansible_async/789829881512.4267", 
    "started": 1
}
...

But the following:

ansible -i inventory multi -b -B 3600 -m shell -a "while true; do echo test; sleep 5; done"

Sits forever. I would think it should poll every 10 seconds? If I add in -P 10, and wait over a minute, I still see no output.

The docs do indicate that polling should work like I'd expect... https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/intro_adhoc.html#time-limited-background-operations

geerlingguy · 2019-08-21T14:04:42Z

Tried with:

Ansible 2.9.0-devel (as of today): failed
Ansible 2.8.3: failed
Ansible 2.7.0: failed
Ansible 2.6.0: failed
Ansible 2.5.0: failed
Ansible 2.4.0: failed
Ansible 2.3.0: failed
Ansible 2.2.0: failed
Ansible 2.1.0: failed
Ansible 2.0.0: failed
Ansible 1.9.1: shows status immediately, then updates every 10 seconds

(Failed == there seemed to be no live polling)

geerlingguy · 2019-08-21T14:06:44Z

Ansible 1.9.1 help:

  -P POLL_INTERVAL, --poll=POLL_INTERVAL
                        set the poll interval if using -B (default=15)

Ansible 2.8.4 help:

  -P POLL_INTERVAL, --poll=POLL_INTERVAL
                        set the poll interval if using -B (default=15)

geerlingguy · 2019-08-21T14:16:55Z

I opened an upstream issue: ansible/ansible#61015

geerlingguy · 2019-08-21T14:52:23Z

Actual upstream issue to follow: ansible/ansible#14681

geerlingguy · 2019-08-21T14:54:23Z

For now I'll update that section of the book to mention background tasks, but mention that polling does not work with realtime CLI output, so you can either run the task and it will complete and give final output and Job IDs, or run the task and immediately background it with -P 0 and it will give you the job IDs to check later.

geerlingguy · 2019-08-23T02:42:28Z

Closing this issue as the text will now default to presuming -P doesn't do anything unless set to -P 0 (in which case it immediately prints the job IDs and exits).

geerlingguy mentioned this issue Aug 21, 2019

Ad Hoc polling for background task status broken since 2.0.0.0 ansible/ansible#61015

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geerlingguy mentioned this issue Aug 21, 2019

v2 async events are not triggered ansible/ansible#14681

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