Dumpall role for Ansible

NOT MAINTENED: This module is not maintened anymore. Feel free to fork. If you are looking for a replacement, have a look to this role: ansible-role-debug-dumpallvars

Dump all remote variables and (optionally) copy the result to a destination on the host. It is really helpful to have a dump of all variables (because the official documentation lacks of clarity on this point) and it helps a lot to debug your roles/playbooks. This role is Ansible 2.0 compatible.

Based on the excellent work by Lester Wade, and the very nice implementation of f500. This version basically fixes some minor bugs, and avoid file name collision.

Requirements

Ansible 1.4 and higher. This is compatible with Ansible 2.0.

Installation

Via Ansible Galaxy:

ansible-galaxy install mrjk/ansible-role-dumpall

Role Variables

dumpall_keep_on_guest: no
dumpall_keep_on_host: yes

dumpall_guest_destination: "/tmp/ansible/dump/{{ inventory_hostname }}"
dumpall_host_destination: "/tmp/ansible/dump/{{ inventory_hostname }}"

The dumpall_keep_on_guest and dumpall_keep_on_host variables let you choose where you want to keep the dump file. The default setting is to keep files only on Ansible host.

The dumpall_guest_destination variable is where the dump file is created on the target. The dumpall_host_destination` is where all dumps are retrieved from target.

All variables are mandatory ( except for dumpall_host_destination ), and they are documented in default/main.yml.

Example Playbook

Example without a host_destination will result in a dumpfile /tmp/ansible.all on the guest:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - dumpall

Example with a host_destination will result in a dumpfile /examine/ansible.all on the host machine: (the dumpfile on the guest is removed)

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - role: dumpall
	  dumpall_keep_on_guest: yes
      dumpall_host_destination: /tmp/my_prj

License

LGPL

Author Information

mrjk, jeznet.org

Jasper N. Brouwer, jasper@nerdsweide.nl

Ramon de la Fuente, ramon@delafuente.nl