Capturing output of DU using Ansible

by josevnz 1 year ago

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ansible-playbook disk_usage_dir.yaml

# This Ansible playbook just shows you how capture and process disk utilization of a given directory
# How to run:
# ```ansible-playbook disk_usage_dir.yaml```
# Author: Jose Vicente Nunez (kodegeek.com@protonmail.com)
---
- name: Disk utilization capture
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  become: true
  gather_facts: false
  vars_prompt:
    - name: source_dir
      prompt: "Enter name of the directory to back up"
      private: false
      default: "/home/josevnz"
  tasks:
    - name: Capture disk utilization on {{ source_dir }}
      block:
        - name: Get disk utilization from {{ source_dir }}
          ansible.builtin.command:
            argv:
              - /bin/du
              - --max-depth=0
              - --block-size=1
              - --exclude='*/.cache'
              - --exclude='*/.gradle/caches'
              - --exclude='*/Downloads'
              - "{{ source_dir }}"
          register: du_capture
          changed_when: "du_capture.rc != 0"
        - name: Process DU output
          ansible.builtin.set_fact:
            du: "{{ du_capture.stdout | regex_replace('\\D+') | int }}"
        - name: Print facts for {{ target_device }}
          ansible.builtin.debug:
            msg: "{{ source_dir }} -> {{ du }} bytes"
          when: du_capture is defined

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