Calling iris merge from Ansible

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Tom Elmer · Mar 19

Does anyone know if iris merge can be called from Ansible. I have tried a couple of ways, but it doesn't seem to actually run the command on the target even though Ansible outputs it was successful.

Ansible Play:

- name: Install Iris

hosts: "{{ host_group }}"

serial: 1

remote_user: cotelmer

gather_facts: yes

vars:

- instance_type: "{{ inst_type }}"

roles:

- disable_new_bus_rule_editor

Ansible task:

- name: Run iris merge to disable application

ansible.builtin.shell: |

set timout 15

spawn bash -c "iris merge {{ item }}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].env }}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].failover_member_id }} /WORK/{{ item }}/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /{{ item }}/{{ item }}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].env }}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].failover_member_id }}/iris.cpf"

expect "Username: "

send "hsadmin\n"

expect "Password: "

send "{{ pwd }}"

expect eof

args:

executable: /usr/bin/expect

with_items:

- "{{ instance_type }}"

register: iris_merge_output # Capture the output from the module

changed_when: iris_merge_output != 0 # <- Uses the return code to define when the task has changed.

- name: printing iris_output

ansible.builtin.debug:

var: iris_merge_output

Output of task:

changed: [lp-itfuat04] => (item=CLIN) => {
"ansible_loop_var": "item",
"changed": true,
"cmd": "set timout 15\nspawn bash -c \nsend \"iris merge CLINUAT04 /WORK/CLIN/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /CLIN/CLINUAT04/iris.cpf\"\nexpect \"Username: \"\nsend \"hsadmin\\n\"\nexpect \"Password: \"\nsend \" \"\nexpect eof\n",
"delta": "0:00:00.009829",
"end": "2025-03-19 11:39:45.088939",
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"_raw_params": "set timout 15\nspawn bash -c \nsend \"iris merge CLINUAT04 /WORK/CLIN/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /CLIN/CLINUAT04/iris.cpf\"\nexpect \"Username: \"\nsend \"hsadmin\\n\"\nexpect \"Password: \"\nsend \"Adm4uat14\"\nexpect eof\n",
"_uses_shell": true,
"argv": null,
"chdir": null,
"creates": null,
"executable": "/usr/bin/expect",
"removes": null,
"stdin": null,
"stdin_add_newline": true,
"strip_empty_ends": true,
"warn": true
}
},
"item": "CLIN",
"rc": 0,
"start": "2025-03-19 11:39:45.079110",
"stderr": "send: spawn id exp5 not open\n while executing\n\"send \"hsadmin\\n\"\"",
"stderr_lines": [
"send: spawn id exp5 not open",
" while executing",
"\"send \"hsadmin\\n\"\""
],
"stdout": "spawn bash -c\r\niris merge CLINUAT04 /WORK/CLIN/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /CLIN/CLINUAT04/iris.cpfbash: -c: option requires an argument",
"stdout_lines": [
"spawn bash -c",
"iris merge CLINUAT04 /WORK/CLIN/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /CLIN/CLINUAT04/iris.cpfbash: -c: option requires an argument"
]
}

Content of all_disable_application.mergefile:

[Actions]

ModifyApplication:Name=/ui/interop/rule-editor,Enabled=0

Product version: IRIS 2023.1

$ZV: IRIS for UNIX (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86-64) 2023.1.4 (Build 580U) Fri Apr 19 2024 11:04:54 EDT [Health:5.1.0-3.m4]

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2025-03-20T01:05:22-04:00

I think it would be better to use the Ansible expect module:

ansible.builtin.expect module

Documentation is here:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/expe...

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2025-03-20T11:25:26-04:00

Tom Elmer · Mar 20

I had the same issue happen when using the Ansible expect module.

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score 0 · Answer 3 · 2025-03-20T12:28:10-04:00

Task:

- name: Run iris merge with ansible expect to disable application

ansible.builtin.expect:

command: "iris merge {{ item }}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].env }}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].failover_member_id }} /WORK/{{ item }}/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /{{ item }}/{{ item }}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].env }}{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].failover_member_id }}/iris.cpf"

responses:

"Username: ":

- "hsadmin\n"

"Password: ":

- "{{ pwd }}"

timeout: 1

with_items:

- "{{ instance_type }}"

register: iris_merge_output # Capture the output from the module

changed_when: iris_merge_output != 0 # <- Uses the return code to define when the task has changed.

Output:

2025-03-20 10:06:17,297 p=3052743 u=cotelmer n=ansible | ok: [lp-itfqa04] => {

"iris_merge_output": {

"changed": true,

"msg": "All items completed",

"results": [

{

"ansible_loop_var": "item",

"changed": true,

"cmd": "iris merge CLINQA04 /WORK/CLIN/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /CLIN/CLINQA04/iris.cpf",

"delta": "0:00:01.212244",

"end": "2025-03-20 10:06:17.125457",

"failed": false,

"invocation": {

"module_args": {

"chdir": null,

"command": "iris merge CLINQA04 /WORK/CLIN/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /CLIN/CLINQA04/iris.cpf",

"creates": null,

"echo": false,

"removes": null,

"responses": {

"Password: ": [

" " <- Removed for pasting of output.

],

"Username: ": [

"hsadmin\n"

]

},

"timeout": 1

}

},

"item": "CLIN",

"rc": 0,

"start": "2025-03-20 10:06:15.913213",

"stdout": "\r\nUsername: hsadmin\r\nPassword: *********",

"stdout_lines": [

"",

"Username: hsadmin",

"Password: *********"

]

}

]

}

2025-03-20 10:06:17,298 p=3052743 u=cotelmer n=ansible | META: ran handlers

Content of all_disable_application.mergefile:

[Actions]

ModifyApplication:Name=/ui/interop/rule-editor,Enabled=0

In the portal there was no change.

score 0 · Answer 4 · 2025-03-20T12:41:01-04:00

I just realized the ansible output I put in my original post was incorrect. I re-ran it just now. Here is the correct output which is still having the same issue of running successfully, but the change is not seen in the management portal.

Output:

2025-03-20 10:36:00,354 p=3058295 u=cotelmer n=ansible | ok: [lp-itfuat04] => {

"iris_merge_output": {

"changed": true,

"msg": "All items completed",

"results": [

{

"ansible_loop_var": "item",

"changed": true,

"cmd": "set timout 15\nspawn bash -c \"iris merge CLINUAT04 /WORK/CLIN/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /CLIN/CLINUAT04/iris.cpf\"\nexpect \"Username: \"\nsend \"hsadmin\\n\"\nexpect \"Password: \"\nsend \"Adm4uat14\"\nexpect eof\n",

"delta": "0:00:10.031555",

"end": "2025-03-20 10:36:00.200962",

"failed": false,

"invocation": {

"module_args": {

"_raw_params": "set timout 15\nspawn bash -c \"iris merge CLINUAT04 /WORK/CLIN/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /CLIN/CLINUAT04/iris.cpf\"\nexpect \"Username: \"\nsend \"hsadmin\\n\"\nexpect \"Password: \"\nsend \"Adm4uat14\"\nexpect eof\n",

"_uses_shell": true,

"argv": null,

"chdir": null,

"creates": null,

"executable": "/usr/bin/expect",

"removes": null,

"stdin": null,

"stdin_add_newline": true,

"strip_empty_ends": true,

"warn": true

}

},

"item": "CLIN",

"rc": 0,

"start": "2025-03-20 10:35:50.169407",

"stderr": "",

"stderr_lines": [],

"stdout": "spawn bash -c iris merge CLINUAT04 /WORK/CLIN/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /CLIN/CLINUAT04/iris.cpf\r\n\r\nUsername: hsadmin\r\nPassword: *********",

"stdout_lines": [

"spawn bash -c iris merge CLINUAT04 /WORK/CLIN/deploy/cpf_merge_files/all_disable_application.mergefile /CLIN/CLINUAT04/iris.cpf",

"",

"Username: hsadmin",

"Password: *********"

]

}

]

}

2025-03-20 10:36:00,355 p=3058295 u=cotelmer n=ansible | META: ran handlers

score 0 · Answer 5 · 2025-04-09T19:22:32-04:00

Hi, I had a session at last years global summit on Ansible. I gave an example of doing CPF merge.

https://community.intersystems.com/post/ansible-modules-and-iris-demo