#!/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: ohai short_description: Returns inventory data from I(ohai) description: - Similar to the M(facter) module, this runs the I(ohai) discovery program (U(http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Ohai)) on the remote host and returns JSON inventory data. I(Ohai) data is a bit more verbose and nested than I(facter). version_added: "0.6" options: [] examples: - code: ansible webservers -m ohai --tree=/tmp/ohaidata description: "Retrieve I(ohai) data from all Web servers and store in one-file per host" notes: [] requirements: [ "ohai" ] author: Michael DeHaan ''' def get_ohai_data(): p = subprocess.Popen(["/usr/bin/env", "ohai"], 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_ohai_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()