Some light implimentation details for basic fact caching and collection

awx/main/management/commands/run_fact_cache_receiver.py

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+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ansible, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved
+
+import logging
+
+from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand
+
+from awx.main.models import * # noqa
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.commands.run_fact_cache_receiver')
+
+class FactCacheReceiver(object):
+    pass
+
+class Command(NoArgsCommand):
+    '''
+    blah blah
+    '''
+    help = 'Launch the Fact Cache Receiver'
+
+    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
+        fcr = FactCacheReceiver()
+        try:
+            fcr.run_receiver()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            pass
+

awx/main/tasks.py

@@ -550,6 +550,10 @@ class RunJob(BaseTask):
         env['JOB_ID'] = str(job.pk)
         env['INVENTORY_ID'] = str(job.inventory.pk)
         env['ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS'] = plugin_dir
+        # TODO: env['ANSIBLE_LIBRARY'] # plugins/library
+        # TODO: env['ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGINS'] # plugins/fact_caching
+        # TODD: env['ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN'] # tower
+        # TODO: env['ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION'] # connection to tower service
         env['REST_API_URL'] = settings.INTERNAL_API_URL
         env['REST_API_TOKEN'] = job.task_auth_token or ''
         env['CALLBACK_CONSUMER_PORT'] = str(settings.CALLBACK_CONSUMER_PORT)

awx/playbooks/scan_facts.yml

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+- hosts: all
+  gather_facts: no
+  tasks:
+    - scan_packages:
+

awx/plugins/fact_caching/tower.py

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+from ansible.cache.base import BaseCacheModule
+
+class TowerCacheModule(BaseCacheModule):
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def get(self, key):
+        pass
+
+    def set(self, key, value):
+        pass
+
+    def keys(self):
+        pass
+
+    def contains(self, key):
+        pass
+
+    def delete(self, key):
+        pass
+
+    def flush(self):
+        pass
+
+    def copy(self):
+        pass

awx/plugins/library/scan_packages.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+
+def rpm_package_list():
+    import rpm
+    trans_set = rpm.TransactionSet()
+    installed_packages = []
+    for package in trans_set.dbMatch():
+        installed_packages.append({'name': package['name'],
+                                   'version': "%s" % (package['version'])})
+    return installed_packages
+
+def deb_package_list():
+    import apt
+    apt_cache = apt.Cache()
+    installed_packages = []
+    apt_installed_packages = [pk for pk in apt_cache.keys() if apt_cache[pk].is_installed]
+    for package in apt_installed_packages:
+        installed_packages.append({'name': package,
+                                   'version': apt_cache[package].installed.version})
+    return installed_packages
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict())
+
+    packages = []
+    if os.path.exists("/etc/redhat-release"):
+        packages = rpm_package_list()
+    elif os.path.exists("/etc/os-release"):
+        packages = deb_package_list()
+    results = dict(ansible_facts=dict(packages=packages))
+    module.exit_json(**results)
+
+main()