Ansible power action should use shell module

[snagoor]

Tested with the simple Ansible playbook

- hosts: rhel8.acme.lab
  tasks:
    - command: |
        echo restart host && sleep 3
        shutdown -r +1

ansible-playbook -i /tmp/host reboot.yaml --ask-pass -e 'ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/libexec/platform-python'
SSH password: 

PLAY [rhel8.acme.lab] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [rhel8.acme.lab]

TASK [command] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [rhel8.acme.lab]

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************
rhel8.acme.lab             : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0   

From /var/log/messages on the client system

Jun 26 01:36:36 rhel8 ansible-command[1592]: Invoked with _raw_params=echo restart host && sleep 3#012 shutdown -r +1 warn=True _uses_shell=False argv=None chdir=None executable=None creates=None removes=None stdin=None

Host didn't reboot, but the job was successful.

After changing the command module to shell and re-ran the job, following was captured in /var/log/messages

Jun 26 01:58:05 rhel8 ansible-command[1496]: Invoked with _uses_shell=True _raw_params=echo restart host && sleep 3#012 shutdown -r +1 warn=True argv=None chdir=None executable=None creates=None removes=None stdin=None

And host rebooted successfully after a minute.

[theforeman-bot]

@snagoor, the Redmine ticket used is for a different project than the one associated with this GitHub repository. Please either:

• check #591: Restrict the API and tests on the Windows platform is the correct one
• move ticket #591 from Smart Proxy to the Foreman project
• or file a new ticket in the Foreman project

If changing the ticket number used, remember to update the PR title and the commit message (using git commit --amend).

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[theforeman-bot]

@snagoor, the Redmine ticket used is for a different project than the one associated with this GitHub repository. Please either:

• check #591: Restrict the API and tests on the Windows platform is the correct one
• move ticket #591 from Smart Proxy to the Foreman project
• or file a new ticket in the Foreman project

If changing the ticket number used, remember to update the PR title and the commit message (using git commit --amend).

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[snagoor]

Additional information regarding the Ansible version used for this test

# ansible --version
ansible 2.6.17
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.5 (default, Jun 11 2019, 12:19:05) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)]

[shiramax]

thanks @snagoor, I've tested it and it works great!