# Ansible checking AP status **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** playbook, ansible-core\ **Created:** [November 3, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129 "2023-11-03T08:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bwchuah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@bwchuah](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bwchuah)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129/1 "2023-11-03T08:49:37Z")
**ansible checking AP status**. Tool: a. ansible core 2.14.2 b. python script edited from github [GitHub - mtoshi/airwaveapiclient: Aruba Networks AirWave API Client.](https://github.com/mtoshi/airwaveapiclient) c. aruba airwave Issue: the airwave server send alot email when devices is down so need so help to automate it. Expectation: 1. run the python script → show the output as below AP Name: AP01 Is Up: false AP Name: AP15 Is Up: false 2. rerun the script after 5-10mins to check if the device is down. 3. if down, send email if not just ignore. I have completed the script, im looking into drafting the playbook and what module need to be use to achieve above task. ---
**Author:** ![ptn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ptn/32/481_2.png) [@ptn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ptn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129/2 "2023-11-03T17:14:31Z")
Hi, Not saying it’s the best way to do it, but you could: - Use [script module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/script_module.html) to run your script locally, using `delegate_to` or `local_action` (for instance, except if you plan to run it from another node), then register result in var - Parse var to extract AP Names whom “Is Up” field have value “false”, assuming script doesn’t only list down APs for starter. You could either store the parsed list in facts for later use (using [set\_fact module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/set_fact_module.html)), or directly parse your registered var while exploiting it in your next task - Send an email (using [mail module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/mail_module.html) or something else) if APs down list is not empty, adding list’s items to mail body Then schedule playbook execution with whatever you usually use to schedule jobs (AWX, CI system, jobs scheduler, systemd timer, cron, at, …). Another suggestion would be for your AP to send a notification [using a webhook](https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/centralonprem/2.5.6/content/api/api_webhook.htm) (not sure if it’s an option for you) to [Event-driver Ansible](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/rulebook/en/stable/), which could then parse the message and send the email in response, from a playbook or script. ---
**Author:** ![bwchuah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@bwchuah](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bwchuah)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129/3 "2023-11-04T14:29:26Z")
```auto --- - name: Healthcheck AP hosts: localhost tasks: - name: Alert received from source run python script, print the AP name Is up is false ansible.builtin.script: /root/nus/script.py args: executable: python3 register: result1 # - ansible.builtin.debug: # var: result1 - name: Recheck the AP status after 5 minutes ansible.builtin.wait_for: timeout: 300 delegate_to: localhost - name: Rerun the script ansible.builtin.script: /root/nus/script.py args: executable: python3 register: result2 # - name: compare the difference between result # ansible.utils.fact_diff: # before: "{{ result1}}" # after: "{{ result2 }}" # when: result1 == result2 # register: compare_result ``` Hi, Thanks for your reply, might need your or ansible guru here to help how can i compare the result1 and result 2 in ansible Result1: AP Name: AP01 AP Name: AP02 AP Name: AP03 Result2: (maybe) AP Name: AP01 AP Name: AP02 Then from here we can know the AP01 and AP02 is got issue then need to perform the email task. ---
**Author:** ![bwchuah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@bwchuah](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bwchuah)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129/4 "2023-11-04T15:58:41Z")
```auto --- - name: Healthcheck AP hosts: localhost gather_facts: no tasks: - name: Alert received from source run python script, print the AP name Is up is false ansible.builtin.script: /root/nus/script.py args: executable: python3 register: result1 - set_fact: ap_result1: "{{ result1.stdout_lines }}" - name: Recheck the AP status after 5 minutes ansible.builtin.wait_for: timeout: 300 delegate_to: localhost - name: Rerun the script ansible.builtin.script: /root/nus/script.py args: executable: python3 register: result2 - set_fact: ap_result2: "{{ result2.stdout_lines }}" - name: compare the result set_fact: common_ap: "{{ ap_result1 | intersect(ap_result2) }}" - debug: msg: "{{ common_ap }}" ``` Almost there to complete, but if the playbook is too long is it ok? ---
**Author:** ![ptn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ptn/32/481_2.png) [@ptn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ptn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129/5 "2023-11-06T18:06:46Z")
Hey, Seems alright to me 🙂. Also, nice use of `intersect` filter ! Only things I adjust would be: - To use `connection: local` (assuming you haven’t defined it elsewhere) to avoid having to connect through ssh on localhost - To use [fqcn](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/lint/rules/fqcn/), as it’s best practice You could also define your script task in another file (comporting only task, no play) and use `import_tasks` or `include_tasks` from your playbook to reuse it without having to write it twice, but it might not be worth it for such a small “improvement”. Another thing you could do would be to periodically run your script and store result in facts, but in a persistent way (file, database, …). So you could just compare the last two runs without having to run your script again, or twice in the same play. Depending on how much time your script execution take, it could be a good idea to do so. ---
**Author:** ![bwchuah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@bwchuah](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bwchuah)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129/6 "2023-11-07T15:10:23Z")
Hi Pierre, Thanks for the suggestion, if i need set\_fact for a list of python script is it possible? Result1: AP-ID: 1 AP Name: AP01 AP-ID: 2 AP Name: AP02 AP-ID: 3 AP Name: AP03 when running the script, it show the output as above, how can i bind AP-ID value and AP name together? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ptn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ptn/32/481_2.png) [@ptn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ptn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129/7 "2023-11-07T17:32:30Z")
Hey, > if i need set\_fact for a list of python script is it possible? You’d like to store a list in a var using `set_fact` module, is that it ? If so, yes you can. Check examples on [module doc page](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/set_fact_module.html#examples). Now your example output would look more like a list of dicts, because for a pure dict, you would then have duplicate keys. So: ```python result1: - AP-ID: 1 AP Name: AP01 - AP-ID: 2 AP Name: AP02 - AP-ID: 3 AP Name: AP03 ``` In the case your script gives you exactly this output: ```yaml AP-ID: 1 AP Name: AP01 AP-ID: 2 AP Name: AP02 AP-ID: 3 AP Name: AP03 ``` You would need to parse it before or while storing it in a var, adding each item pair (AP-ID and AP Name) as individual list item. Tell me if you’d like me to give you some snippet. Another solution would be to parse it raw with `awk`, `sed`, … beforehand, or see if your script could output each item individually. Depends on your usecase really. > how can i bind AP-ID value and AP name together? There are multiple ways to do so and I’m not very good with data manipulation, but here is an example: ```yaml --- - name: Test Playbook gather_facts: no connection: local hosts: localhost vars: result1: - AP-ID: 1 AP Name: AP01 - AP-ID: 2 AP Name: AP02 - AP-ID: 3 AP Name: AP03 tasks: - name: Combine dict values ansible.builtin.debug: msg: "{{ item.values()|join(',') }}" loop: "{{ result1 }}" ``` Output: ```bash PLAY [Test Playbook] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* TASK [Combine dict values] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Tuesday 07 November 2023 18:24:07 +0100 (0:00:00.008) 0:00:00.008 ****** ok: [localhost] => (item={'AP-ID': 1, 'AP Name': 'AP01'}) => { "msg": "1,AP01" } ok: [localhost] => (item={'AP-ID': 2, 'AP Name': 'AP02'}) => { "msg": "2,AP02" } ok: [localhost] => (item={'AP-ID': 3, 'AP Name': 'AP03'}) => { "msg": "3,AP03" } ``` I’m not sure if it’s precisely what you’re looking for; if not, please provide more context and I’ll see what I can do. ---
**Author:** ![bwchuah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@bwchuah](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bwchuah)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129/8 "2023-11-08T09:44:28Z")
Hi Pierre, What i want actually is something like this. Run python script from the gihub with little bit changes it will return the values like following. ```auto ap_list = [] def add_ap(ap_id, ap_name): ap_list.append({'AP ID': ap_id, 'AP Name': ap_name}) add_ap(630, 'WSG-TMHD-01-AP15') add_ap(5746, 'WSG-RH4-01-AP14') add_ap(6314, 'WSG-RH5-01-AP21') add_ap(5689, 'WSG-RH3-03-AP25') print(ap_list) ``` the output > [{‘AP ID’: 630, ‘AP Name’: ‘WSG-AP15’}, {‘AP ID’: 5746, ‘AP Name’: ‘WSG-AP14’}, {‘AP ID’: 6314, ‘AP Name’: ‘WSG-AP21’}, {‘AP ID’: 5689, ‘AP Name’: ‘WSG-AP25’}] After 5-10mins, rerun the above script, it will return another status down AP. imagine the output2 is below: > [{‘AP ID’: 630, ‘AP Name’: ‘WSG-AP15’}, {‘AP ID’: 5746, ‘AP Name’: ‘WSG-AP14’}, {‘AP ID’: 6314, ‘AP Name’: ‘WSG-AP21’}, {‘AP ID’: 56, ‘AP Name’: ‘WSG-AP01’}] After do the compare value ```auto --- - name: Healthcheck AP hosts: localhost connection: local gather_facts: no tasks: - name: output the result1 command: cat /root/bwchuah-local/list1.txt register: result1 - set_fact: ap_result1: "{{ result1.stdout }}" - debug: msg: "{{ ap_result1 }}" - name: output the result2 command: cat /root/bwchuah-local/list2.txt register: result2 - set_fact: ap_result2: "{{ result2.stdout }}" - debug: msg: "{{ ap_result2 }}" - name: compare the result set_fact: common_ap: "{{ ap_result1 | intersect(ap_result2) }}" - debug: msg: "{{ common_ap }}" ``` so once get the value i need to put them accordingly to jinja template so that it can presentable to itsm or email to helpdesk to proceed rma or further action. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/fb02e4de8c79989036b405a88240040385bff452.png) Now working on the jinja template. But thanks for your response. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ptn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ptn/32/481_2.png) [@ptn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ptn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129/9 "2023-11-13T19:51:16Z")
Sorry for the delay 😕. You’ll need to parse the output, or do it another way. There are a handful of plugins you can use to that effect, like one of those: - [community.general.json\_query filter – Select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure — Ansible Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/json_query_filter.html#ansible-collections-community-general-json-query-filter) - [community.general.jc filter – Convert output of many shell commands and file-types to JSON — Ansible Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/jc_filter.html) You have been resourceful enough to solve your own issues so far 😄, but please tell if you need help on this, and I’ll try to take some time on your issue. Have a good one ! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-checking-ap-status/2129/10 "2023-12-13T19:51:39Z")
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