task logging revamp

* allow global no_log setting, no need to set at play or task level, but can be overriden by them
 * allow turning off syslog only on task execution from target host (manage_syslog), overlaps with no_log functionality
 * created log function for task modules to use, now we can remove all syslog references, will use systemd journal if present
 * added debug flag to modules, so they can make it call new log function conditionally
 * added debug logging in module's run_command

examples/ansible.cfg

@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ fact_caching = memory
 #retry_files_enabled = False
 #retry_files_save_path = ~/.ansible-retry
 
+
+# prevents logging of task data, off by default
+#no_log = False
+
+# prevents logging of tasks, but only on the targets, data is still logged on the master/controller
+#managed_syslog = True
+
 [privilege_escalation]
 #become=True
 #become_method=sudo

lib/ansible/constants.py

@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ DEFAULT_LOG_PATH          = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'log_path',           'ANSIB
 DEFAULT_FORCE_HANDLERS    = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'force_handlers', 'ANSIBLE_FORCE_HANDLERS', False, boolean=True)
 DEFAULT_INVENTORY_IGNORE  = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'inventory_ignore_extensions', 'ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_IGNORE', ["~", ".orig", ".bak", ".ini", ".cfg", ".retry", ".pyc", ".pyo"], islist=True)
 
+# disclosure
+DEFAULT_NO_LOG           = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'no_log', 'ANSIBLE_NO_LOG', False, boolean=True)
+DEFAULT_MANAGED_SYSLOG   = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'managed_syslog', 'ANSIBLE_MANAGED_SYSLOG', True, boolean=True)
+
 # selinux
 DEFAULT_SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS = get_config(p, 'selinux', 'special_context_filesystems', None, 'fuse, nfs, vboxsf, ramfs', islist=True)
 

lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py

@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         self.check_mode = False
         self.no_log = no_log
         self.cleanup_files = []
+        self.debug = False
 
         self.aliases = {}
 
@@ -407,14 +408,12 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
 
         self.params = self._load_params()
 
-        self._legal_inputs = ['_ansible_check_mode', '_ansible_no_log']
+        self._legal_inputs = ['_ansible_check_mode', '_ansible_no_log', '_ansible_debug']
 
+        # append to legal_inputs and then possibly check against them
         self.aliases = self._handle_aliases()
 
-        if check_invalid_arguments:
-            self._check_invalid_arguments()
-        self._check_for_check_mode()
-        self._check_for_no_log()
+        self._check_arguments(check_invalid_arguments)
 
         # check exclusive early
         if not bypass_checks:
@@ -955,25 +954,21 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
 
         return aliases_results
 
-    def _check_for_check_mode(self):
+    def _check_arguments(self, check_invalid_arguments):
         for (k,v) in self.params.iteritems():
+
             if k == '_ansible_check_mode' and v:
                 if not self.supports_check_mode:
                     self.exit_json(skipped=True, msg="remote module does not support check mode")
                 self.check_mode = True
-                break
 
-    def _check_for_no_log(self):
-        for (k,v) in self.params.iteritems():
-            if k == '_ansible_no_log':
+            elif k == '_ansible_no_log':
                 self.no_log = self.boolean(v)
 
-    def _check_invalid_arguments(self):
-        for (k,v) in self.params.iteritems():
-            # these should be in legal inputs already
-            #if k in ('_ansible_check_mode', '_ansible_no_log'):
-            #    continue
-            if k not in self._legal_inputs:
+            elif k == '_ansible_debug':
+                self.debug = self.boolean(v)
+
+            elif check_invalid_arguments and k not in self._legal_inputs:
                 self.fail_json(msg="unsupported parameter for module: %s" % k)
 
     def _count_terms(self, check):
@@ -1215,6 +1210,36 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
             params = dict()
         return params
 
+    def _log_to_syslog(self, msg):
+        module = 'ansible-%s' % os.path.basename(__file__)
+        syslog.openlog(str(module), 0, syslog.LOG_USER)
+        syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, msg)
+
+    def log(self, msg, log_args=None):
+
+        if not self.no_log:
+
+            if log_args is None:
+                log_args = dict()
+
+            module = 'ansible-%s' % os.path.basename(__file__)
+
+            # 6655 - allow for accented characters
+            if isinstance(msg, unicode):
+                # We should never get here as msg should be type str, not unicode
+                msg = msg.encode('utf-8')
+
+            if (has_journal):
+                journal_args = [("MODULE", os.path.basename(__file__))]
+                for arg in log_args:
+                    journal_args.append((arg.upper(), str(log_args[arg])))
+                try:
+                    journal.send("%s %s" % (module, msg), **dict(journal_args))
+                except IOError:
+                    # fall back to syslog since logging to journal failed
+                    self._log_to_syslog(msg)
+            else:
+                self._log_to_syslog(msg)
 
     def _log_invocation(self):
         ''' log that ansible ran the module '''
@@ -1240,7 +1265,6 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
                     param_val = param_val.encode('utf-8')
                 log_args[param] = heuristic_log_sanitize(param_val)
 
-        module = 'ansible-%s' % os.path.basename(__file__)
         msg = []
         for arg in log_args:
             arg_val = log_args[arg]
@@ -1254,24 +1278,9 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         else:
             msg = 'Invoked'
 
-        # 6655 - allow for accented characters
-        if isinstance(msg, unicode):
-            # We should never get here as msg should be type str, not unicode
-            msg = msg.encode('utf-8')
+        self.log(msg, log_args=log_args)
+
 
-        if (has_journal):
-            journal_args = [("MODULE", os.path.basename(__file__))]
-            for arg in log_args:
-                journal_args.append((arg.upper(), str(log_args[arg])))
-            try:
-                journal.send("%s %s" % (module, msg), **dict(journal_args))
-            except IOError:
-                # fall back to syslog since logging to journal failed
-                syslog.openlog(str(module), 0, syslog.LOG_USER)
-                syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, msg) #1
-        else:
-            syslog.openlog(str(module), 0, syslog.LOG_USER)
-            syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, msg) #2
 
     def _set_cwd(self):
         try:
@@ -1656,6 +1665,14 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
                 self.fail_json(rc=e.errno, msg="Could not open %s, %s" % (cwd, str(e)))
 
         try:
+
+            if self.debug:
+                if isinstance(args, list):
+                    running = ' '.join(args)
+                else:
+                    running = args
+                self.log('Executing: ' + running)
+
             cmd = subprocess.Popen(args, **kwargs)
 
             # the communication logic here is essentially taken from that

lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py

@@ -206,9 +206,6 @@ class PlayContext(Base):
         if play.become_user:
             self.become_user = play.become_user
 
-        # non connection related
-        self.no_log      = play.no_log
-
         if play.force_handlers is not None:
             self.force_handlers = play.force_handlers
 
@@ -234,8 +231,6 @@ class PlayContext(Base):
         # general flags (should we move out?)
         if options.verbosity:
             self.verbosity  = options.verbosity
-        #if options.no_log:
-        #    self.no_log     = boolean(options.no_log)
         if options.check:
             self.check_mode = boolean(options.check)
         if hasattr(options, 'force_handlers') and options.force_handlers:
@@ -322,6 +317,10 @@ class PlayContext(Base):
         if task._local_action:
             setattr(new_info, 'connection', 'local')
 
+        # set no_log to default if it was not previouslly set
+        if new_info.no_log is None:
+            new_info.no_log = C.DEFAULT_NO_LOG
+
         return new_info
 
     def make_become_cmd(self, cmd, executable=None):

lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py

@@ -351,9 +351,13 @@ class ActionBase:
             module_args['_ansible_check_mode'] = True
 
         # set no log in the module arguments, if required
-        if self._play_context.no_log:
+        if self._play_context.no_log or not C.DEFAULT_MANAGED_SYSLOG:
             module_args['_ansible_no_log'] = True
 
+        # set debug in the module arguments, if required
+        if C.DEFAULT_DEBUG:
+            module_args['_ansible_debug'] = True
+
         (module_style, shebang, module_data) = self._configure_module(module_name=module_name, module_args=module_args, task_vars=task_vars)
         if not shebang:
             raise AnsibleError("module is missing interpreter line")

test/units/playbook/test_play_context.py

@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ class TestPlayContext(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(play_context.remote_user, 'mock')
         self.assertEqual(play_context.password, '')
         self.assertEqual(play_context.port, 1234)
-        self.assertEqual(play_context.no_log, True)
         self.assertEqual(play_context.become, True)
         self.assertEqual(play_context.become_method, "mock")
         self.assertEqual(play_context.become_user, "mockroot")
@@ -87,11 +86,11 @@ class TestPlayContext(unittest.TestCase):
         mock_task = MagicMock()
         mock_task.connection    = 'mocktask'
         mock_task.remote_user   = 'mocktask'
+        mock_task.no_log        =  mock_play.no_log
         mock_task.become        = True
         mock_task.become_method = 'mocktask'
         mock_task.become_user   = 'mocktaskroot'
         mock_task.become_pass   = 'mocktaskpass'
-        mock_task.no_log        = False
         mock_task._local_action = False
 
         all_vars = dict(
@@ -106,12 +105,16 @@ class TestPlayContext(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(play_context.connection, 'mock_inventory')
         self.assertEqual(play_context.remote_user, 'mocktask')
         self.assertEqual(play_context.port, 4321)
-        self.assertEqual(play_context.no_log, False)
+        self.assertEqual(play_context.no_log, True)
         self.assertEqual(play_context.become, True)
         self.assertEqual(play_context.become_method, "mocktask")
         self.assertEqual(play_context.become_user, "mocktaskroot")
         self.assertEqual(play_context.become_pass, "mocktaskpass")
 
+        mock_task.no_log        = False
+        play_context = play_context.set_task_and_variable_override(task=mock_task, variables=all_vars, templar=mock_templar)
+        self.assertEqual(play_context.no_log, False)
+
     def test_play_context_make_become_cmd(self):
         (options, args) = self._parser.parse_args([])
         play_context = PlayContext(options=options)