I'm a student System and Network administrator and I have to install a syslog server on a linux virtual machine. In my playbook I configured that some of the config lines that are commented, should be "uncommented" (aka from #example to example). My code should work but for some reason it doesn't. It doesn't give an error when I run it, but it doesn't change anything.. Here is my playbook with 3 different options I have tried.
---
- name: Configure syslog server
hosts: servers
become: true
tasks:
- name: Install rsyslog
apt:
name: rsyslog
state: present
- name: Start service rsyslog, if not started
ansible.builtin.service:
name: rsyslog
state: started
- name: Enable service rsyslog to start on boot
ansible.builtin.service:
name: rsyslog
enabled: yes
This part works. Now I have to change these lines in the /etc/rsyslog.conf file:
#module(load=”imudp”)
#input(type=”imudp” port=”514”)
#module(load=”imtcp”)
#input(type=”imtcp” port=”514”)
Here are the 3 options I have tried:
################
### Option 1 ###
################
- name: Swap/ edit lines in config
lineinfile:
dest: /etc/rsyslog.conf
line: 'module(load="imudp")' #new text
regexp: '#module(load="imudp")' #old text
state: present
create: true
################
### Option 2 ###
################
- name: delete comment out lines in config
ansible.builtin.replace:
dest: /etc/rsyslog.conf
regexp: '^#\s*{{ item.regexp }}(.*)$'
replace: '{{ item.replace }}'
loop:
- regexp: '^#(.*module(load="imudp").*)'
replace: '\1'
- regexp: '^#(.*input(type="imudp" port="514").*)'
replace: '\1'
- regexp: '^#(.*module(load="imtcp").*)'
replace: '\1'
- regexp: '^#(.*input(type="imtcp" port="514").*)'
replace: '\1'
################
### Option 3 ###
################
- name: delete comment out lines in config
ansible.builtin.replace:
dest: /etc/rsyslog.conf
regexp: '^#(.*module(load="imudp").*)'
replace: 'module(load="imudp")'
So for this it says everything is OK but nothing changes. The next part works fine.
- name: Restart service rsyslog
ansible.builtin.service:
name: rsyslog
state: restarted
Does someone know what is wrong with my code? Thank you so much already!
The output is the same for all 3 options:
jess@jess-client1:~$ ansible-playbook -i hosts.ini syslog.yaml --ask-become-pass
BECOME password:
PLAY [Configure syslog server] **********************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] ******************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [naserver]
TASK [Install rsyslog] ******************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [naserver]
TASK [Start service rsyslog, if not started] ********************************************************************************************************
ok: [naserver]
TASK [Enable service rsyslog to start on boot] ******************************************************************************************************
ok: [naserver]
TASK [delete comment out lines in config] ***********************************************************************************************************
ok: [naserver]
TASK [Restart service rsyslog] **********************************************************************************************************************
changed: [naserver]
PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************************
naserver : ok=6 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
you have parenthesis in your regex, its special char in regex so you have to escape it:
- name: Swap/ edit lines in config
lineinfile:
dest: logs/testfile.log
line: 'module(load="imudp")' #new text
regexp: '#module\(load="imudp"\)' #old text
state: present
create: true
or use the special char .
regexp: '#module.load="imudp".' #old text