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We want to only append string -javaagent:{{jmxexporter_jar_path}}={{zookeeper_jmxexporter_port}}:{{zookeeper_jmxexporter_config_path}}"’
to a file override.conf
if we have "Environment=“KAFKA_JMX_OPTS” in it else
add new line “actual line”

Environment=“KAFKA_OPTS=-javaagent:{{jmxexporter_jar_path}}={{zookeeper_jmxexporter_port}}:{{zookeeper_jmxexporter_config_path}}”’

So basically append if something is there else add new line.

I m struggling to get regex ryt.

Currently the override.conf file has this below content with jmx parameters in it so we want append above line/string to end of the existing line

Environment=“KAFKA_JMX_OPTS=-javaagent:/usr/share/java/kafka/jolokia.jar=port=8778,host=pilot01.test -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=pilot01.test -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=1099”

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Hello Team,

I could figure out after 10 tries this is how i got it

  • name: append the line

lineinfile:

path: /tmp/hello.txt

backrefs: yes

regexp: ‘^(.KAFKA_JMX_OPTS.)$"’. <------------------------

line: ‘\1 -javaagent:{{jmxexporter_jar_path}}={{zookeeper_jmxexporter_port}}:{{zookeeper_jmxexporter_config_path}}"’’

but like can we handle the if else in one line in file

this will not work when file does not have “KAFKA_JMX_OPTS” in it. Can we do it in same taks using item 2 regexp

if sting absent add entire line else if string present append it.

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The short answer is no. If you want to modify the string with backrefs, then lineinfile will not create the line if it doesn’t exist.

But step back and consider your options for managing your override.conf file.

A. The best scenario is to take total ownership of the entire file, generating it from variables in your project. You have to take changes into account as you upgrade kafka etc, but you should do that in any case.

B. If for some reasons you aren’t ready or able to take ownership of the whole file, then the next best thing is to at least take complete ownership of the ‘Environment="KAFKA…’ line, and build it from information in your project. You can still have appropriate differences on various instances, but that would all by controlled by data and logic in your Ansible project. See the example below.

C. The absolute worst scenario, the situation where you should be saying, “How can we move to option ‘B’ or ‘A’ as soon as possible?”, is when you try to tweak a line that may or may not exist, in a file that may or may not exist, and that may have unknown variances between hosts for reasons that (apparently) aren’t coming from your configuration management system. As a stop-gap step in a house-on-fire situation, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. But you should stop doing it as soon as possible.

That’s not to say that ‘C’ doesn’t work; it does, and I’ve managed files that way for years. But I got in that situation for two reasons: 1) Nobody told me what I just told you, and 2) I figured my problem was to tweak a line in a file, and if there was an Ansible module to do just that, then it must be an okay way to do it.

Here’s a short playbook with variables to inform the line in question. Clearly you could use group_vars, host_vars, and/or inventory variables to tailor the result for individual hosts. But I strongly encourage you to pull the responsibility for that entire line (option ‘B’) or better yet that entire file (option ‘A’) into your Ansible project.

---
# sameer-0.yml
- name: KAFKA_JMX options management
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    filename: sameer-0-override.conf
    kafka_jmx_opts:
      - '-javaagent:/usr/share/java/kafka/jolokia.jar=port=8778,host=pilot01.test'
      - '-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote'
      - '-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false'
      - '-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false'
      - '-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=pilot01.test'
      - '-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=1099'
    kafka_jmx_opts_str: 'KAFKA_JMX_OPTS={{ kafka_jmx_opts | join(" ") }}'
  tasks:
    - name: Manage kafka_jms_opts in override.conf
      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
        path: '{{ filename }}'
        regexp: 'Environment="KAFKA_JMX_OPTS=.*"'
        line: 'Environment="{{ kafka_jmx_opts_str }}"'
        state: present
        create: true # You should have "owner:", "group:", and "mode:" here too.
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Thanks a lot Todd for making us learn new thing and developing more interest in ansible.

Absolute thanks Todd.