I have a task which checks the status of a process running on a Linux server using a shell. The task should report as failed when the status is NOT RUNNING. The following works but is there a better way of checking the status string in the command.
- name: check status of NC services and processes
become: yes
become_method: sudo
become_user: nc
environment:
PATH: "{{ ncpath }}"
shell: nco_pa_status -server yyyy -password xxxx
register: command_result
failed_when: >
'RUNNING' not in command_result.stdout or
'PENDING' in command_result.stdout or
'WAITING' in command_result.stdout or
'STARTING' in command_result.stdout or
'DEAD' in command_result.stdout or
'ERROR' in command_result.stdout
- debug:
msg="{{ command_result.stdout }}"
tags: nervecenter-status
command_result.stdout looks something like the one below. If any process is not running the status will have any of the following: PENDING, WAITING, STARTING, DEAD, ERROR.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Service Name Process Name Hostname User Status PID
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Core ObjectServer xxxx nco RUNNING 1234
Proxy xxxx root RUNNING 256
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
