#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . # DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: facter short_description: Runs the discovery program I(facter) on the remote system description: - Runs the I(facter) discovery program (U(https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter)) on the remote system, returning JSON data that can be useful for inventory purposes. version_added: "0.2" options: [] examples: - code: ansible www.example.net -m facter description: "Example command-line invocation" notes: [] requirements: [ "facter", "ruby-json" ] author: Michael DeHaan ''' import subprocess def get_facter_data(): p = subprocess.Popen(["/usr/bin/env", "facter", "--json"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) (out, err) = p.communicate() rc = p.returncode return rc, out, err def main(): module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec = dict() ) rc, out, err = get_facter_data() if rc != 0: module.fail_json(msg=err) else: module.exit_json(**json.loads(out)) # this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py #<> main()