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  2. RHEL-40273

redhat.rhel_system_roles.logging role fails to process logging_outputs: of type: "custom"

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    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • System Roles Sprint 3, System Roles Sprint 4
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      .New variable in the `logging` RHEL system role: `logging_custom_config_files`

      You can provide custom logging configuration files by using the following variable for the `logging` RHEL system role:

      `logging_custom_config_files` (list):: Configures a list of configuration files to copy to the default logging configuration directory. For example, for the `rsyslog` service it is the `/etc/rsyslog.d/` directory. This assumes the default logging configuration loads and processes the configuration files in that directory. The default `rsyslog` configuration has a directive such as `$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf`.

      As a result, you can use customized configurations not provided by the `logging` RHEL system role.

      For more details, see the resources in the `/usr/share/doc/rhel-system-roles/logging/` directory.
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      .New variable in the `logging` RHEL system role: `logging_custom_config_files` You can provide custom logging configuration files by using the following variable for the `logging` RHEL system role: `logging_custom_config_files` (list):: Configures a list of configuration files to copy to the default logging configuration directory. For example, for the `rsyslog` service it is the `/etc/rsyslog.d/` directory. This assumes the default logging configuration loads and processes the configuration files in that directory. The default `rsyslog` configuration has a directive such as `$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf`. As a result, you can use customized configurations not provided by the `logging` RHEL system role. For more details, see the resources in the `/usr/share/doc/rhel-system-roles/logging/` directory.
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      What were you trying to do that didn't work?

      Configure custom logging using a config file and playbook.

      How reproducible: 

      Every time

      Steps to reproduce

      1. Provision rhel server

      2. subscribe server and yum update

      3. install ansible and rhel-system-roles

      dnf install rhel-system-roles ansible-core

      4. create playbook

      $ cat playbook.yml 
---
- name: Call rhel_system_roles.logging
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: true
  
  tasks:
    - name: Include role
      vars:
        logging_outputs:
          - name: datadog
            type: custom
            custom_config_files:
              - files/rsyslog/datadog.conf
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: redhat.rhel_system_roles.logging

      5. create custom config file

      $ cat files/rsyslog/datadog.conf 
*.=crit;kern.none /var/adm/critical

      6. run playbook

      $ ansible-playbook --become playbook.yml

      7. receive error

      Expected results

      customer logging is created

      Actual results

       

      (...)
TASK [redhat.rhel_system_roles.private_logging_subrole_rsyslog : Include output sub-vars] ***********************************************************************************************************************
failed: [localhost] (item={'name': 'datadog', 'type': 'custom', 'custom_config_files': ['files/rsyslog/datadog.conf']}) => {"ansible_facts": {}, "ansible_included_var_files": [], "ansible_loop_var": "output_item", "changed": false, "message": "Could not find or access '/usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/redhat/rhel_system_roles/roles/private_logging_subrole_rsyslog/vars/outputs/custom/main.yml' on the Ansible Controller.\nIf you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option", "output_item": {"custom_config_files": ["files/rsyslog/datadog.conf"], "name": "datadog", "type": "custom"}}
PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=27   changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=40   rescued=0    ignored=0   

       

      WORKAROUND

      modifying the playbooks resolves the issue

      $ cat playbook.yml 
---- name: Call rhel_system_roles.logging
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: true
  
  tasks:
    - name: Include role
      vars:
        rsyslog_custom_config_files:    #<---- HERE
          - files/rsyslog/datadog.conf  #<---- HERE
        logging_outputs:
          - name: datadog
            #type: custom               #<---- HERE                     
            custom_config_files:
              - files/rsyslog/datadog.conf
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: redhat.rhel_system_roles.logging

       

            rmeggins@redhat.com Richard Megginson
            jbird@redhat.com Jeffrey Bird
            Richard Megginson Richard Megginson
            David Jez David Jez
            Jaroslav Klech Jaroslav Klech
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