Is there a way to get current task name?

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Hi all,

Is there a way to get the current task name?

With this example plyabook, I got an undefined “name” variable

  • hosts: all

tasks:

  • name: Dump all vars
    debug:
    msg: “echo task name is {{ name }}”

Error message is

ansible-playbook -i inventory/local dumpall.yml

PLAY [all] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Dump all vars] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {“msg”: “The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: ‘name’ is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in ‘dumpall.yml’: line 7, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n tasks:\n - name: Dump all vars\n ^ here\n”}
to retry, use: --limit @dumpall.retry

PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1

inventory/local:

[local]
localhost ansible_connection=local

My environement:

  • debian 9
  • ansible 2.7.5 in virtualenv

Thanks
Lionel

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no, there is very little 'introspection' to the task itself.

3

OK.

Thanks, Brian.

Lionel

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Hi Lionel

Is there a way to get the current task name?

It is quite obvious but you might have missed it anyway. You do see the task name in the square brackets between “TASK” and “*************************” where it says [Dump all vars] which is the name part of your task…

TASK [Dump all vars] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {“msg”: “The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: ‘name’ is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in ‘dumpall.yml’: line 7, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n tasks:\n - name: Dump all vars\n ^ here\n”}
to retry, use: --limit @dumpall.retry

Otherwise you might need to specify what you want to achieve or where you need to access the task name. Maybe someone knows a way to accomplish what you want.

Regards,
Cyril