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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
# Copyright (c) 2017 Ansible Project
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
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from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
__metaclass__ = type
DOCUMENTATION = '''
author: Matt Clay (@mattclay) <matt@mystile.com>
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name: lxd
short_description: Run tasks in LXD instances via C(lxc) CLI
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description:
- Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing instance using C(lxc) CLI.
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options:
remote_addr:
description:
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- Instance (container/VM) identifier.
- Since community.general 8.0.0, a FQDN can be provided; in that case, the first component (the part before C(.))
is used as the instance identifier.
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default: inventory_hostname
vars:
- name: inventory_hostname
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- name: ansible_host
- name: ansible_lxd_host
executable:
description:
- Shell to use for execution inside instance.
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default: /bin/sh
vars:
- name: ansible_executable
- name: ansible_lxd_executable
remote:
description:
- Name of the LXD remote to use.
default: local
vars:
- name: ansible_lxd_remote
version_added: 2.0.0
project:
description:
- Name of the LXD project to use.
vars:
- name: ansible_lxd_project
version_added: 2.0.0
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'''
import os
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure, AnsibleFileNotFound
from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
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from ansible.plugins.connection import ConnectionBase
class Connection(ConnectionBase):
""" lxd based connections """
transport = 'community.general.lxd'
has_pipelining = True
default_user = 'root'
def __init__(self, play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs):
super(Connection, self).__init__(play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs)
try:
self._lxc_cmd = get_bin_path("lxc")
except ValueError:
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raise AnsibleError("lxc command not found in PATH")
if self._play_context.remote_user is not None and self._play_context.remote_user != 'root':
self._display.warning('lxd does not support remote_user, using default: root')
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def _host(self):
""" translate remote_addr to lxd (short) hostname """
return self.get_option("remote_addr").split(".", 1)[0]
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def _connect(self):
"""connect to lxd (nothing to do here) """
super(Connection, self)._connect()
if not self._connected:
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self._display.vvv(u"ESTABLISH LXD CONNECTION FOR USER: root", host=self._host())
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self._connected = True
def exec_command(self, cmd, in_data=None, sudoable=True):
""" execute a command on the lxd host """
super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)
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self._display.vvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(cmd), host=self._host())
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local_cmd = [self._lxc_cmd]
if self.get_option("project"):
local_cmd.extend(["--project", self.get_option("project")])
local_cmd.extend([
"exec",
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"%s:%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._host()),
"--",
self.get_option("executable"), "-c", cmd
])
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self._display.vvvvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(local_cmd), host=self._host())
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local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
in_data = to_bytes(in_data, errors='surrogate_or_strict', nonstring='passthru')
process = Popen(local_cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
stdout, stderr = process.communicate(in_data)
stdout = to_text(stdout)
stderr = to_text(stderr)
self._display.vvvvv(u"EXEC lxc output: {0} {1}".format(stdout, stderr), host=self._host())
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if "is not running" in stderr:
raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not running: %s" % self._host())
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if stderr.strip() == "Error: Instance not found" or stderr.strip() == "error: not found":
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raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not found: %s" % self._host())
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return process.returncode, stdout, stderr
def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
""" put a file from local to lxd """
super(Connection, self).put_file(in_path, out_path)
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self._display.vvv(u"PUT {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self._host())
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if not os.path.isfile(to_bytes(in_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')):
raise AnsibleFileNotFound("input path is not a file: %s" % in_path)
local_cmd = [self._lxc_cmd]
if self.get_option("project"):
local_cmd.extend(["--project", self.get_option("project")])
local_cmd.extend([
"file", "push",
in_path,
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"%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._host(), out_path)
])
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local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
process = Popen(local_cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
process.communicate()
def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
""" fetch a file from lxd to local """
super(Connection, self).fetch_file(in_path, out_path)
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self._display.vvv(u"FETCH {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self._host())
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local_cmd = [self._lxc_cmd]
if self.get_option("project"):
local_cmd.extend(["--project", self.get_option("project")])
local_cmd.extend([
"file", "pull",
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"%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._host(), in_path),
out_path
])
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local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
process = Popen(local_cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
process.communicate()
def close(self):
""" close the connection (nothing to do here) """
super(Connection, self).close()
self._connected = False