PRE - Role: ansible - Local fact management optimisation #2

roles/ansible/handlers/main.yml

@@ -1,12 +1 @@
----
-- name: Settle local facts on host if changed
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: "{{ ansible__local_fact_template }}"
-    dest: "{{ ansible__local_fact_file }}"
-    backup: "{{ ansible__local_fact_backup | default(omit) | bool }}"
-  register: ansible__settle_local_facts
-  listen: "ansible__settle_local_facts"
-  when:
-    - linux_role_ansible_enabled | bool
-    - linux_role_ansible_manage_local_facts | bool
+---

roles/ansible/tasks/main.yml

@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@
 - name: Load role related variables
   ansible.builtin.include_vars: main.yml
 
-# - name: Include update local facts tasks for initiation
-#   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: update_local_facts.yml
-#   vars:
-#     ansible__local_fact_updates:
-#       - path: ansible.init
-#         value: 
-#   when:
-#     - linux_role_ansible_enabled | bool
-#     - linux_role_ansible_manage_local_facts | bool
-#     - ansible_local[ansible__local_fact_name] is undefined
+- name: Include update local facts tasks for initiation
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: update_local_facts.yml
+  when:
+    - ansible__role_enabled | bool
+    - ansible__manage_local_facts | bool
+    - ansible_local[ansible__local_fact_name] is undefined

roles/ansible/tasks/update_local_facts.yml

@@ -9,60 +9,41 @@
   when:
     - ansible__role_enabled | bool
     - ansible__manage_local_facts | bool
-    - ansible__local_fact_updates | default([]) | length > 0
-
-# - name: Temporarily assign host local facts to ansible facts
-#   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-#     __ansible__local_facts: "{{ ansible_local[ansible__local_fact_name] | default({}) }}"
-#   register: ansible__assign_local_facts
-#   when:
-#     - ansible__role_enabled | bool
-#     - ansible__manage_local_facts | bool
-#     - ansible__local_fact_updates | default([]) | length > 0
 
 - name: Update host local facts
   ansible.utils.update_fact:
     updates: "{{ local_fact_updates }}"
   vars:
-    # update_paths: "{{ ansible__local_fact_updates | map(attribute='path') |
-    #   map('regex_replace', '^ansible_local\\.' + ansible__local_fact_name + '\\.|^ansible_local\\.', '') |
-    #   map('regex_replace', '^(?!__ansible__local_facts\\.)(.*)$', '__ansible__local_facts.\\1') }}"
     path_prefix: "ansible_local.{{ ansible__local_fact_name }}."
     update_paths: "{{ ansible__local_fact_updates | map(attribute='path') |
       map('regex_replace', '^(?!' + (path_prefix | regex_escape) + ')(.*)$', path_prefix + '\\1') }}"
     local_fact_updates: "{{ {'path': update_paths, 'value': (ansible__local_fact_updates | map(attribute='value'))} |
       aybarsm.helper.to_list_of_dicts }}"
-  register: ansible__update_local_facts
-  notify: "ansible__settle_local_facts"
+  register: ansible__update_local_facts  
   when:
     - ansible__role_enabled | bool
     - ansible__manage_local_facts | bool
     - ansible__local_fact_updates | default([]) | length > 0
+    - ansible_local[ansible__local_fact_name] is defined
 
-# - name: Undefine host local facts in ansible facts
-#   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-#     __ansible__local_facts: "{{ undef() }}"
-#   register: ansible__undefine_local_facts
-#   when:
-#     - ansible__role_enabled | bool
-#     - ansible__manage_local_facts | bool
-#     - ansible__local_fact_updates | default([]) | length > 0
-
-- name: Settle local facts on the host if they have been modified
-  ansible.builtin.meta: 'flush_handlers'
+- name: Settle updated local facts on the host
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "{{ ansible__local_fact_template }}"
+    dest: "{{ ansible__local_fact_file }}"
+    backup: "{{ ansible__local_fact_backup | default(omit) | bool }}"
+  register: ansible__settle_local_facts
   when:
     - ansible__role_enabled | bool
     - ansible__manage_local_facts | bool
-    - ansible__local_fact_updates | default([]) | length > 0
 
-- name: Re-read local facts on the host
+- name: Re-read updated local facts on the host
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.setup:
     filter: ansible_local
   register: ansible__reread_local_facts
   when:
     - ansible__role_enabled | bool
     - ansible__manage_local_facts | bool
-    - ansible__local_fact_updates | default([]) | length > 0
-    - ansible__settle_local_facts is defined
-    - ansible__settle_local_facts.changed
+    - ansible__settle_local_facts.changed is defined
+    - ansible__settle_local_facts.changed | bool

roles/ansible/templates/aybarsm_linux.json.fact.j2

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+{% if ansible_local[ansible__local_fact_name] is defined and ansible__update_local_facts is defined %}
 {% set facts_ansible_settled = ansible_local[ansible__local_fact_name] | default({}) %}
 {% set facts_role_update_settled = ansible__update_local_facts.ansible_local[ansible__local_fact_name] | default({}) %}
 {% set list_merge_strategy = ansible__local_fact_list_merge_strategy | default('prepend') %}
 {% set final_local_facts = facts_ansible_settled | combine(facts_role_update_settled, recursive=true, list_merge=list_merge_strategy) %}
-{{ final_local_facts | to_nice_json }}
+{{ final_local_facts | to_nice_json }}
+{% else %}
+{
+    "init": "{{ now().utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ') }}"
+}
+{% endif %}