#!/usr/bin/python # Copyright: (c) 2019, Saranya Sridharan # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function) __metaclass__ = type DOCUMENTATION = ''' module: pids description: "Retrieves a list of PIDs of given process name in Ansible controller/controlled machines.Returns an empty list if no process in that name exists." short_description: "Retrieves process IDs list if the process is running otherwise return empty list" author: - Saranya Sridharan (@saranyasridharan) requirements: - psutil(python module) options: name: description: The name of the process(es) you want to get PID(s) for. type: str pattern: description: The pattern (regular expression) to match the process(es) you want to get PID(s) for. type: str version_added: 3.0.0 ignore_case: description: Ignore case in pattern if using the I(pattern) option. type: bool default: false version_added: 3.0.0 ''' EXAMPLES = r''' # Pass the process name - name: Getting process IDs of the process community.general.pids: name: python register: pids_of_python - name: Printing the process IDs obtained ansible.builtin.debug: msg: "PIDS of python:{{pids_of_python.pids|join(',')}}" - name: Getting process IDs of processes matching pattern community.general.pids: pattern: python(2(\.7)?|3(\.6)?)?\s+myapp\.py register: myapp_pids ''' RETURN = ''' pids: description: Process IDs of the given process returned: list of none, one, or more process IDs type: list sample: [100,200] ''' import re from os.path import basename from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native try: import psutil HAS_PSUTIL = True except ImportError: HAS_PSUTIL = False def compare_lower(a, b): if a is None or b is None: # this could just be "return False" but would lead to surprising behavior if both a and b are None return a == b return a.lower() == b.lower() def get_pid(name): pids = [] for proc in psutil.process_iter(attrs=['name', 'cmdline']): if compare_lower(proc.info['name'], name) or \ proc.info['cmdline'] and compare_lower(proc.info['cmdline'][0], name): pids.append(proc.pid) return pids def get_matching_command_pids(pattern, ignore_case): flags = 0 if ignore_case: flags |= re.I regex = re.compile(pattern, flags) # See https://psutil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#find-process-by-name for more information return [p.pid for p in psutil.process_iter(["name", "exe", "cmdline"]) if regex.search(to_native(p.info["name"])) or (p.info["exe"] and regex.search(basename(to_native(p.info["exe"])))) or (p.info["cmdline"] and regex.search(to_native(' '.join(p.cmdline())))) ] def main(): module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec=dict( name=dict(type="str"), pattern=dict(type="str"), ignore_case=dict(type="bool", default=False), ), required_one_of=[ ('name', 'pattern') ], mutually_exclusive=[ ('name', 'pattern') ], supports_check_mode=True, ) if not HAS_PSUTIL: module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib('psutil')) name = module.params["name"] pattern = module.params["pattern"] ignore_case = module.params["ignore_case"] if name: response = dict(pids=get_pid(name)) else: try: response = dict(pids=get_matching_command_pids(pattern, ignore_case)) except re.error as e: module.fail_json(msg="'%s' is not a valid regular expression: %s" % (pattern, to_native(e))) module.exit_json(**response) if __name__ == '__main__': main()