community.general.diy – Customize the output
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.3).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package.
It is not included in ansible-core
.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list
.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.diy
.
New in version 0.2.0: of community.general
Synopsis
Callback plugin that allows you to supply your own custom callback templates to be output.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this callback.
set as stdout_callback in configuration
Parameters
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Toggle to control displaying markers when running in check mode. The markers are Choices:
Configuration:
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Toggle to control whether failed and unreachable tasks are displayed to STDERR (vs. STDOUT) Choices:
Configuration:
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Toggle to control displaying ‘ok’ task/host results in a task Choices:
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Toggle to control displaying skipped task/host results in a task Choices:
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Output to be used for callback on_any. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for on_any_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback on_file_diff. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for on_file_diff_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_handler_task_start. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_handler_task_start_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_include. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_include_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_no_hosts_matched. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_no_hosts_matched_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_no_hosts_remaining. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_no_hosts_remaining_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_notify. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_notify_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_play_start. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_play_start_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_setup. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_setup_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_start. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_start_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_stats. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_stats_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_task_start. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_task_start_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback playbook_on_vars_prompt. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for playbook_on_vars_prompt_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback runner_item_on_failed. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for runner_item_on_failed_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback runner_item_on_ok. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for runner_item_on_ok_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback runner_item_on_skipped. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for runner_item_on_skipped_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback runner_on_failed. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for runner_on_failed_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback runner_on_no_hosts. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for runner_on_no_hosts_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback runner_on_ok. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for runner_on_ok_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback runner_on_skipped. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for runner_on_skipped_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback runner_on_start. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for runner_on_start_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback runner_on_unreachable. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for runner_on_unreachable_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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Output to be used for callback runner_retry. Configuration:
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Output color to be used for runner_retry_msg. Template should render a valid color value. Configuration:
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This adds the custom stats set via the set_stats plugin to the play recap Choices:
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This adds output that shows when a task is started to execute for each host Choices:
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When a task fails, display the path to the file containing the failed task and the line number. This information is displayed automatically for every task when running with Choices:
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Notes
Note
Uses the
default
callback plugin output when a custom callback message(msg
) is not provided.Makes the callback event data available via the
ansible_callback_diy
dictionary, which can be used in the templating context for the options. The dictionary is only available in the templating context for the options. It is not a variable that is available via the other various execution contexts, such as playbook, play, task etc.Options being set by their respective variable input can only be set using the variable if the variable was set in a context that is available to the respective callback. Use the
ansible_callback_diy
dictionary to see what is available to a callback. Additionally,ansible_callback_diy.top_level_var_names
will output the top level variable names available to the callback.Each option value is rendered as a template before being evaluated. This allows for the dynamic usage of an option. For example,
"{{ 'yellow' if ansible_callback_diy.result.is_changed else 'bright green' }}"
Condition for all
msg
options: if valueis None or omit
, then the option is not being used. Effect: use of thedefault
callback plugin for outputCondition for all
msg
options: if valueis not None and not omit and length is not greater than 0
, then the option is being used without output. Effect: suppress outputCondition for all
msg
options: if valueis not None and not omit and length is greater than 0
, then the option is being used with output. Effect: render value as template and outputValid color values:
black
,bright gray
,blue
,white
,green
,bright blue
,cyan
,bright green
,red
,bright cyan
,purple
,bright red
,yellow
,bright purple
,dark gray
,bright yellow
,magenta
,bright magenta
,normal
See Also
See also
- default – default Ansible screen output
The official documentation on the default callback plugin.
Examples
ansible.cfg: >
# Enable plugin
[defaults]
stdout_callback=community.general.diy
[callback_diy]
# Output when playbook starts
playbook_on_start_msg="DIY output(via ansible.cfg): playbook example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.playbook.file_name }}"
playbook_on_start_msg_color=yellow
# Comment out to allow default plugin output
# playbook_on_play_start_msg="PLAY: starting play {{ ansible_callback_diy.play.name }}"
# Accept on_skipped_msg or ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_skipped_msg as input vars
# If neither are supplied, omit the option
runner_on_skipped_msg="{{ on_skipped_msg | default(ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_skipped_msg) | default(omit) }}"
# Newline after every callback
# on_any_msg='{{ " " | join("\n") }}'
playbook.yml: >
---
- name: "Default plugin output: play example"
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: Default plugin output
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: default plugin output
- name: Override from play vars
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: no
vars:
ansible_connection: local
green: "\e[0m\e[38;5;82m"
yellow: "\e[0m\e[38;5;11m"
bright_purple: "\e[0m\e[38;5;105m"
cyan: "\e[0m\e[38;5;51m"
green_bg_black_fg: "\e[0m\e[48;5;40m\e[38;5;232m"
yellow_bg_black_fg: "\e[0m\e[48;5;226m\e[38;5;232m"
purple_bg_white_fg: "\e[0m\e[48;5;57m\e[38;5;255m"
cyan_bg_black_fg: "\e[0m\e[48;5;87m\e[38;5;232m"
magenta: "\e[38;5;198m"
white: "\e[0m\e[38;5;255m"
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_play_start_msg: "\n{{green}}DIY output(via play vars): play example: {{magenta}}{{ansible_callback_diy.play.name}}\n\n"
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "DIY output(via play vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg_color: cyan
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_stats_msg: |+2
CUSTOM STATS
==============================
{% for key in ansible_callback_diy.stats | sort %}
{% if ansible_callback_diy.stats[key] %}
{% if key == 'ok' %}
{% set color_one = lookup('vars','green_bg_black_fg') %}
{% set prefix = ' ' %}
{% set suffix = ' ' %}
{% set color_two = lookup('vars','green') %}
{% elif key == 'changed' %}
{% set color_one = lookup('vars','yellow_bg_black_fg') %}
{% set prefix = ' ' %}
{% set suffix = ' ' %}
{% set color_two = lookup('vars','yellow') %}
{% elif key == 'processed' %}
{% set color_one = lookup('vars','purple_bg_white_fg') %}
{% set prefix = ' ' %}
{% set suffix = ' ' %}
{% set color_two = lookup('vars','bright_purple') %}
{% elif key == 'skipped' %}
{% set color_one = lookup('vars','cyan_bg_black_fg') %}
{% set prefix = ' ' %}
{% set suffix = ' ' %}
{% set color_two = lookup('vars','cyan') %}
{% else %}
{% set color_one = "" %}
{% set prefix = "" %}
{% set suffix = "" %}
{% set color_two = "" %}
{% endif %}
{{ color_one }}{{ "%s%s%s" | format(prefix,key,suffix) }}{{ color_two }}: {{ ansible_callback_diy.stats[key] | to_nice_yaml }}
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
tasks:
- name: Custom banner with default plugin result output
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "default plugin output: result example"
- name: Override from task vars
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "example {{ two }}"
changed_when: true
vars:
white_fg_red_bg: "\e[0m\e[48;5;1m"
two: "{{ white_fg_red_bg }} 2 "
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\nDIY output(via task vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg_color: bright magenta
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: "DIY output(via task vars): result example: \n{{ ansible_callback_diy.result.output.msg }}\n"
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg_color: "{{ 'yellow' if ansible_callback_diy.result.is_changed else 'bright green' }}"
- name: Suppress output
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: i should not be displayed
vars:
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: ""
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: ""
- name: Using alias vars (see ansible.cfg)
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg:
when: False
vars:
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: ""
on_skipped_msg: "DIY output(via task vars): skipped example:\n\e[0m\e[38;5;4m\u25b6\u25b6 {{ ansible_callback_diy.result.task.name }}\n"
on_skipped_msg_color: white
- name: Just stdout
ansible.builtin.command: echo some stdout
vars:
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\n"
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: "{{ ansible_callback_diy.result.output.stdout }}\n"
- name: Multiline output
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ multiline }}"
vars:
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\nDIY output(via task vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
multiline: "line\nline\nline"
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: |+2
some
{{ ansible_callback_diy.result.output.msg }}
output
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg_color: bright blue
- name: Indentation
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ item.msg }}"
with_items:
- { indent: 1, msg: one., color: red }
- { indent: 2, msg: two.., color: yellow }
- { indent: 3, msg: three..., color: bright yellow }
vars:
ansible_callback_diy_runner_item_on_ok_msg: "{{ ansible_callback_diy.result.output.msg | indent(item.indent, True) }}"
ansible_callback_diy_runner_item_on_ok_msg_color: "{{ item.color }}"
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: "GO!!!"
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg_color: bright green
- name: Using lookup and template as file
ansible.builtin.shell: "echo {% raw %}'output from {{ file_name }}'{% endraw %} > {{ file_name }}"
vars:
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\nDIY output(via task vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
file_name: diy_file_template_example
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: "{{ lookup('template', file_name) }}"
- name: 'Look at top level vars available to the "runner_on_ok" callback'
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: ''
vars:
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\nDIY output(via task vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: |+2
{% for var in (ansible_callback_diy.top_level_var_names|reject('match','vars|ansible_callback_diy.*')) | sort %}
{{ green }}{{ var }}:
{{ white }}{{ lookup('vars', var) }}
{% endfor %}
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg_color: white
- name: 'Look at event data available to the "runner_on_ok" callback'
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: ''
vars:
ansible_callback_diy_playbook_on_task_start_msg: "\nDIY output(via task vars): task example: {{ ansible_callback_diy.task.name }}"
ansible_callback_diy_runner_on_ok_msg: |+2
{% for key in ansible_callback_diy | sort %}
{{ green }}{{ key }}:
{{ white }}{{ ansible_callback_diy[key] }}
{% endfor %}
Authors
Trevor Highfill (@theque5t)