Problem: CLI Arg in task only in JSON format

[SysAdminShed]

Issue

It would be great to not have to write in JSON the CLI args when running a task.

Currently to limit an Ansible playbooK I need to do :

But if I add the arg in the task template, it works without being in JSON format :

The goal would be to be able to limit the scope of an ansible playbook easily like in CLI without having to format in JSON every time.

Impact

Web-Frontend (what users interact with), Ansible (task execution), Configuration

Installation method

Package

Database

MySQL

Browser

Chrome

Semaphore Version

2.10.22-e44910d-1721658299

Ansible Version

ansible [core 2.14.14]

Logs & errors

No response

Manual installation - system information

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Configuration

Inventory / task scope limitation.

Additional information

No response

[fiftin]

Hi @SysAdminShed

You are right. Looks like new args UI works not as expected :)

[SysAdminShed]

Wanted to add the following :

When adding multiple limit of the scope (with proper JSON format), it gives the following error :

9:51:06 AM
ERROR! the playbook: Producer could not be found

JSON format used : ["-l", "benchtest","benchtest2"]

[kingp0dd]

i tried limiting host by

["-l", "host"]

but getting error

ERROR! the playbook: ["-l", "host"] could not be found

[SysAdminShed]

Don't use the JSON format, just input the -l host. Best,

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On Fri, Nov 1, 2024, 5:44 a.m. kingp0dd ***@***.***> wrote: i tried limiting host by ["-l", "host"] but getting error ERROR! the playbook: ["-l", "host"] could not be found — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2367 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A7DTQ5SJZHUKRGEXIFYDNZDZ6NEPFAVCNFSM6AAAAABO7XLPY6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDINJRGYYDEMRRG4> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[kingp0dd]

that worked thank you On Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 7:38 PM Tristan Theroux ***@***.***> wrote:

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Don&#39;t use the JSON format, just input the -l host. <br> <br> Best, <br> <br> On Fri, Nov 1, 2024, 5:44 a.m. kingp0dd ***@***.***&gt; wrote: <br> <br> &gt; i tried limiting host by <br> &gt; <br> &gt; [&quot;-l&quot;, &quot;host&quot;] <br> &gt; <br> &gt; but getting error <br> &gt; <br> &gt; ERROR! the playbook: [&quot;-l&quot;, &quot;host&quot;] could not be found <br> &gt; <br> &gt; — <br> &gt; Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <br> &gt; &lt; #2367 (comment)&gt;, <br> &gt; or unsubscribe <br> &gt; &lt; https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A7DTQ5SJZHUKRGEXIFYDNZDZ6NEPFAVCNFSM6AAAAABO7XLPY6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDINJRGYYDEMRRG4&gt; <br> &gt; . <br> &gt; You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: <br> &gt; ***@***.***&gt; <br> &gt; <br> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2367 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACGD6KWGON54WYQ5KOLVTM3Z6NR2TAVCNFSM6AAAAABO7XLPY6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDINJRG4ZTMOBRGM> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>