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community.general/plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py
Christoph Fiehe dae2157bb7
merge_variables: extended merge capabilities added (#11536)
* merge_variables: extended merge capabilities added

This extension gives you more control over the variable merging process of the lookup plugin `merge_variables`. It closes the gap between Puppet's Hiera merging capabilities and the limitations of Ansible's default variable plugin `host_group_vars` regarding fragment-based value definition. You can now decide which merge strategy should be applied to dicts, lists, and other types. Furthermore, you can specify a merge strategy that should be applied in case of type conflicts.

The default behavior of the plugin has been preserved so that it is fully backward-compatible with the already implemented state.

Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph  <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>

* Update changelogs/fragments/11536-merge-variables-extended-merging-capabilities.yml

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* Update plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* Periods added at the end of each choice description

Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph  <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>

* Update plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py

Co-authored-by: Mark <40321020+m-a-r-k-e@users.noreply.github.com>

* ref: follow project standard for choice descriptions

Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph  <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>

* ref: more examples added and refactoring

Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph  <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>

* Update plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* ref: some more comments to examples added

Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph  <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>

* fix: unused import removed

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* ref: re-add "merge" to strategy map

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* Update comments

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* Specification of transformations solely as string

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* Comments updated

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* ref: `append_rp` and `prepend_rp` removed
feat: options dict for list transformations re-added
feat: allow setting `keep` for dedup transformation with possible values: `first` (default) and `last`

Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph  <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>

* ref: improve options documentation

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* ref: documentation improved, avoiding words like newer or older in merge description

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* Update plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* ref: "prio" replaced by "dict"

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* feat: two integration tests added

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Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph  <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
Co-authored-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
Co-authored-by: Mark <40321020+m-a-r-k-e@users.noreply.github.com>
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# Copyright (c) 2020, Thales Netherlands
# Copyright (c) 2021, Ansible Project
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
from __future__ import annotations
DOCUMENTATION = r"""
author:
- Roy Lenferink (@rlenferink)
- Mark Ettema (@m-a-r-k-e)
- Alexander Petrenz (@alpex8)
- Christoph Fiehe (@cfiehe)
name: merge_variables
short_description: Merge variables whose names match a given pattern
description:
- This lookup returns the merged result of all variables in scope that match the given prefixes, suffixes, or regular expressions,
optionally.
version_added: 6.5.0
options:
_terms:
description:
- Depending on the value of O(pattern_type), this is a list of prefixes, suffixes, or regular expressions that is used
to match all variables that should be merged.
required: true
type: list
elements: str
pattern_type:
description:
- Change the way of searching for the specified pattern.
type: str
default: 'regex'
choices:
- prefix
- suffix
- regex
env:
- name: ANSIBLE_MERGE_VARIABLES_PATTERN_TYPE
ini:
- section: merge_variables_lookup
key: pattern_type
initial_value:
description:
- An initial value to start with.
type: raw
override:
description:
- Return an error, print a warning or ignore it when a key is overwritten.
- The default behavior V(error) makes the plugin fail when a key would be overwritten.
- When V(warn) and V(ignore) are used, note that it is important to know that the variables are sorted by name before
being merged. Keys for later variables in this order overwrite keys of the same name for variables earlier in this
order. To avoid potential confusion, better use O(override=error) whenever possible.
type: str
default: 'error'
choices:
- error
- warn
- ignore
env:
- name: ANSIBLE_MERGE_VARIABLES_OVERRIDE
ini:
- section: merge_variables_lookup
key: override
groups:
description:
- Search for variables across hosts that belong to the given groups. This allows to collect configuration pieces across
different hosts (for example a service on a host with its database on another host).
type: list
elements: str
version_added: 8.5.0
dict_merge:
description:
- Behavior when encountering dictionary values.
type: str
default: deep
choices:
deep: Merge dictionaries recursively.
shallow: Merge only top-level values.
replace: Overwrite existing dictionaries.
keep: Keep existing dictionaries.
version_added: 12.5.0
list_merge:
description:
- Behavior when encountering list values.
type: str
default: append
choices:
replace: Overwrite existing lists.
keep: Keep existing lists.
append: Append elements to the end of an existing list.
prepend: Insert elements at the beginning of an existing list.
merge: Take the index as key and merge each element.
version_added: 12.5.0
type_conflict_merge:
description:
- Merge strategy to apply on type conflicts.
- This value is only considered in case of O(override=warn) or O(override=ignore).
type: str
default: replace
choices:
replace: Overwrite existing values.
keep: Keep existing values.
version_added: 12.5.0
default_merge:
description:
- Merge strategy applied to other types.
- This value is only considered in case of O(override=warn) or O(override=ignore).
type: str
default: replace
choices:
replace: Overwrite existing values.
keep: Keep existing values.
version_added: 12.5.0
list_transformations:
description:
- List transformations applied to list types.
- The definition order corresponds to the order in which these transformations are applied.
- Elements can be a dict with the keys mentioned below or a string naming the transformation to apply.
type: list
elements: raw
suboptions:
name:
description:
- Name of the list transformation.
required: true
type: str
choices:
flatten: Flatten lists, converting nested lists into single lists. Does not support any additional options.
dedup: Remove duplicates from lists. Supported option is C(keep).
options:
description:
- Options as key value pairs.
type: dict
suboptions:
keep:
description:
- Determines which duplicates (if any) to keep.
- Only valid in combination with the O(list_transformations[].name=dedup) list transformation.
type: str
default: first
choices:
first: Drop duplicates except for the first occurrence.
last: Drop duplicates except for the last occurrence.
default: []
version_added: 12.5.0
"""
EXAMPLES = r"""
# Some example variables, they can be defined anywhere as long as they are in scope
test_init_list:
- "list init item 1"
- "list init item 2"
testa__test_list:
- "test a item 1"
testb__test_list:
- "test b item 1"
testa__test_dict:
ports:
- 1
testb__test_dict:
ports:
- 3
testa_low_dict__test:
a:
a:
x: low_value
y: low_value
list:
- low_value
b:
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 3
testb_high_dict__test:
a:
a:
y: high_value
z: high_value
list:
- high_value
b:
- 3
- 4
- 4
- '5': value
# Merge variables that end with '__test_dict' and store the result in a variable 'example_a'
example_a: "{{ lookup('community.general.merge_variables', '__test_dict', pattern_type='suffix') }}"
# The variable example_a now contains:
# ports:
# - 1
# - 3
# Merge variables that match the '^.+__test_list$' regular expression, starting with an initial value and store the
# result in a variable 'example_b'
example_b: "{{ lookup('community.general.merge_variables', '^.+__test_list$', initial_value=test_init_list) }}"
# The variable example_b now contains:
# - "list init item 1"
# - "list init item 2"
# - "test a item 1"
# - "test b item 1"
# Shallow merge variables that end with '__test', insert list elements at the beginning of the list,
# remove duplicates from lists (keep the first occurrence), and store the result in a variable 'example_c'
example_c: "{{
lookup(
'community.general.merge_variables',
'^.+__test$',
dict_merge='shallow',
list_merge='prepend',
list_transformations=['dedup']) }}"
# The variable example_c now contains:
# a:
# a:
# y: high_value
# z: high_value
# list:
# - high_value
# b:
# - 3
# - 4
# - '5': value
# - 1
# - 2
# Deep merge variables that end with '__test', merge list elements by index, ignore overrides, apply the strategies
# 'keep' for type conflicts and 'replace' for other types, and store the result in a variable 'example_d'
example_d: "{{
lookup(
'community.general.merge_variables',
'^.+__test$',
dict_merge='deep',
list_merge='merge',
override='ignore',
type_conflict_merge='keep',
default_merge='replace') }}"
# The variable example_d now contains:
# a:
# a:
# x: low_value
# y: high_value
# list:
# - high_value
# z: high_value
# b:
# - 3
# - 4
# - 4
# - 3
"""
RETURN = r"""
_raw:
description: In case the search matches list items, a list is returned. In case the search matches dicts, a dict is returned.
type: raw
elements: raw
"""
import re
import typing as t
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
from ansible.utils.display import Display
if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
from collections.abc import Callable
display = Display()
def _verify_and_get_type(variable: t.Any) -> str:
if isinstance(variable, list):
return "list"
elif isinstance(variable, dict):
return "dict"
else:
raise AnsibleError(f"Not supported type detected, variable must be a list or a dict: '{variable}'")
class LookupModule(LookupBase):
def run(self, terms: list[str], variables: dict[str, t.Any], **kwargs) -> list[t.Any]:
self.set_options(direct=kwargs)
initial_value = self.get_option("initial_value", None)
self._override_behavior = self.get_option("override", "error")
self._pattern_type = self.get_option("pattern_type", "regex")
self._groups = self.get_option("groups", None)
self._dict_merge = self.get_option("dict_merge", "deep")
self._list_merge = self.get_option("list_merge", "append")
self._type_conflict_merge = self.get_option("type_conflict_merge", "replace")
self._default_merge = self.get_option("default_merge", "replace")
self._list_transformations = self.get_option("list_transformations", [])
ret = []
for term in terms:
if not isinstance(term, str):
raise AnsibleError(f"Non-string type '{type(term)}' passed, only 'str' types are allowed!")
if not self._groups: # consider only own variables
ret.append(self._merge_vars(term, initial_value, variables))
else: # consider variables of hosts in given groups
cross_host_merge_result = initial_value
for host in variables["hostvars"]:
if self._is_host_in_allowed_groups(variables["hostvars"][host]["group_names"]):
host_variables = dict(variables["hostvars"].raw_get(host))
host_variables["hostvars"] = variables["hostvars"] # re-add hostvars
cross_host_merge_result = self._merge_vars(term, cross_host_merge_result, host_variables)
ret.append(cross_host_merge_result)
return ret
def _is_host_in_allowed_groups(self, host_groups: list[str]) -> bool:
if "all" in self._groups:
return True
group_intersection = [host_group_name for host_group_name in host_groups if host_group_name in self._groups]
return bool(group_intersection)
def _var_matches(self, key: str, search_pattern: str) -> bool:
if self._pattern_type == "prefix":
return key.startswith(search_pattern)
elif self._pattern_type == "suffix":
return key.endswith(search_pattern)
elif self._pattern_type == "regex":
matcher = re.compile(search_pattern)
return matcher.search(key) is not None
return False
def _merge_vars(self, search_pattern: str, initial_value: t.Any, variables: dict[str, t.Any]) -> t.Any:
display.vvv(f"Merge variables with {self._pattern_type}: {search_pattern}")
var_merge_names = sorted([key for key in variables.keys() if self._var_matches(key, search_pattern)])
display.vvv(f"The following variables will be merged: {var_merge_names}")
prev_var_type = None
result = None
if initial_value is not None:
prev_var_type = _verify_and_get_type(initial_value)
result = initial_value
builder = (
MergerBuilder()
.with_type_strategy(list, ListMergeStrategies.from_name(self._list_merge))
.with_type_conflict_strategy(BaseMergeStrategies.from_name(self._type_conflict_merge))
.with_default_strategy(BaseMergeStrategies.from_name(self._default_merge))
.with_override_behavior(self._override_behavior)
)
if self._dict_merge == "deep":
builder.with_type_strategy(dict, DictMergeStrategies.Merge())
elif self._dict_merge == "shallow":
builder.with_shallow_merge()
else:
builder.with_type_strategy(dict, DictMergeStrategies.from_name(self._dict_merge))
for transformation in self._list_transformations:
if isinstance(transformation, str):
builder.with_transformation(list, ListTransformations.from_name(transformation))
elif isinstance(transformation, dict):
name = transformation["name"]
options = transformation.get("options", {})
builder.with_transformation(list, ListTransformations.from_name(name, **options))
else:
raise AnsibleError(
f"Transformations must be specified through values of type 'str' or 'dict', but a value of type '{type(transformation)}' was given"
)
merger = builder.build()
if self._templar is None:
raise AnsibleError("Templar is not available")
templar = self._templar.copy_with_new_env(available_variables=variables)
for var_name in var_merge_names:
var_value = templar.template(variables[var_name]) # Render jinja2 templates
var_type = _verify_and_get_type(var_value)
if prev_var_type is None:
prev_var_type = var_type
elif prev_var_type != var_type:
raise AnsibleError("Unable to merge, not all variables are of the same type")
if result is None:
result = var_value
continue
result = merger.merge(path=[var_name], left=result, right=var_value)
return result
class MergeStrategy(ABC):
@abstractmethod
def merge(self, merger: ObjectMerger, path: list[str], left: t.Any, right: t.Any) -> t.Any:
raise NotImplementedError
class MergeStrategies:
@classmethod
def from_name(cls, name: str, *args, **kwargs) -> MergeStrategy:
if name in cls.strategies:
return cls.strategies[name](*args, **kwargs)
else:
raise AnsibleError(f"Unknown merge strategy '{name}'")
strategies: dict[str, Callable[..., t.Any]] = {}
class BaseMergeStrategies(MergeStrategies):
class Replace(MergeStrategy):
def merge(self, merger: ObjectMerger, path: list[str], left: t.Any, right: t.Any) -> t.Any:
return right
class Keep(MergeStrategy):
def merge(self, merger: ObjectMerger, path: list[str], left: t.Any, right: t.Any) -> t.Any:
return left
strategies = {
"replace": Replace,
"keep": Keep,
}
class DictMergeStrategies(MergeStrategies):
class Merge(MergeStrategy):
def merge(
self, merger: ObjectMerger, path: list[str], left: dict[str, t.Any], right: dict[str, t.Any]
) -> dict[str, t.Any]:
result = left
for key, value in right.items():
if key not in result:
result[key] = value
else:
path.append(key)
merged = merger.merge(path=path, left=result[key], right=value)
merger.before_override(path=path, old_value=result[key], new_value=merged)
result[key] = merged
return result
strategies = {
"merge": Merge,
"replace": BaseMergeStrategies.Replace,
"keep": BaseMergeStrategies.Keep,
}
class ListMergeStrategies(MergeStrategies):
class Append(MergeStrategy):
def merge(self, merger: ObjectMerger, path: list[str], left: list[t.Any], right: list[t.Any]) -> list[t.Any]:
return left + right
class Prepend(MergeStrategy):
def merge(self, merger: ObjectMerger, path: list[str], left: list[t.Any], right: list[t.Any]) -> list[t.Any]:
return right + left
class Merge(MergeStrategy):
def merge(self, merger: ObjectMerger, path: list[str], left: list[t.Any], right: list[t.Any]) -> list[t.Any]:
result = left
for i, value in enumerate(right):
if i >= len(result):
result.extend(right[i:])
break
path.append(str(i))
merged = merger.merge(path=path, left=result[i], right=value)
merger.before_override(path=path, old_value=result[i], new_value=merged)
result[i] = merged
return result
strategies = {
"append": Append,
"prepend": Prepend,
"merge": Merge,
"replace": BaseMergeStrategies.Replace,
"keep": BaseMergeStrategies.Keep,
}
class Transformation(ABC):
@abstractmethod
def transform(self, merger: ObjectMerger, value: t.Any) -> t.Any:
raise NotImplementedError
class Transformations:
@classmethod
def from_name(cls, name: str, *args, **kwargs) -> Transformation:
if name in cls.transformations:
return cls.transformations[name](*args, **kwargs)
else:
raise AnsibleError(f"Unknown transformation '{name}'")
transformations: dict[str, Callable[..., t.Any]] = {}
class ListTransformations(Transformations):
class Dedup(Transformation):
def __init__(self, keep: str = "first"):
self.keep = keep
def transform(self, merger: ObjectMerger, value: list[t.Any]) -> list[t.Any]:
result = []
if self.keep == "first":
for item in value:
if item not in result:
result.append(item)
elif self.keep == "last":
for item in reversed(value):
if item not in result:
result.insert(0, item)
else:
raise AnsibleError(
f"Unsupported 'keep' value for deduplication transformation. Given was '{self.keep}', but must be either 'first' or 'last'"
)
return result
class Flatten(Transformation):
def transform(self, merger: ObjectMerger, value: list[t.Any]) -> list[t.Any]:
result = []
for item in value:
if isinstance(item, list):
result.extend(self.transform(merger, item))
else:
result.append(item)
return result
transformations = {
"dedup": Dedup,
"flatten": Flatten,
}
class MergerBuilder:
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.type_strategies: list[tuple[type, MergeStrategy]] = []
self.type_conflict_strategy: MergeStrategy = BaseMergeStrategies.Replace()
self.default_strategy: MergeStrategy = BaseMergeStrategies.Replace()
self.transformations: list[tuple[type, Transformation]] = []
self.override_behavior: str = "error"
self.shallow_merge: bool = False
def with_shallow_merge(self, shallow_merge: bool = True) -> MergerBuilder:
self.shallow_merge = shallow_merge
return self
def with_override_behavior(self, override_behavior: str) -> MergerBuilder:
self.override_behavior = override_behavior
return self
def with_type_strategy(self, cls, merge_strategy: MergeStrategy) -> MergerBuilder:
self.type_strategies.append((cls, merge_strategy))
return self
def with_default_strategy(self, merge_strategy: MergeStrategy) -> MergerBuilder:
self.default_strategy = merge_strategy
return self
def with_type_conflict_strategy(self, merge_strategy: MergeStrategy) -> MergerBuilder:
self.type_conflict_strategy = merge_strategy
return self
def with_transformation(self, cls, *args: Transformation) -> MergerBuilder:
for transformation in args:
self.transformations.append((cls, transformation))
return self
def build(self) -> Merger:
merger = ObjectMerger(
type_strategies=self.type_strategies,
type_conflict_strategy=self.type_conflict_strategy,
default_strategy=self.default_strategy,
transformations=self.transformations,
override_behavior=self.override_behavior,
)
if self.shallow_merge:
return ShallowMerger(merger)
return merger
class Merger(ABC):
@abstractmethod
def merge(self, path: list[str], left: t.Any, right: t.Any) -> t.Any:
raise NotImplementedError
class ObjectMerger(Merger):
def __init__(
self,
type_strategies: list[tuple[type, MergeStrategy]],
type_conflict_strategy: MergeStrategy,
default_strategy: MergeStrategy,
transformations: list[tuple[type, Transformation]],
override_behavior: str,
) -> None:
self.type_strategies = type_strategies
self.type_conflict_strategy = type_conflict_strategy
self.default_strategy = default_strategy
self.transformations = transformations
self.override_behavior = override_behavior
def before_override(self, path: list[str], old_value: t.Any, new_value: t.Any) -> None:
if (
not isinstance(old_value, type(new_value))
and not isinstance(new_value, type(old_value))
or not isinstance(new_value, dict)
and not isinstance(new_value, list)
and old_value != new_value
):
# An override is regarded as a value type conflict or
# when both values are neither dicts nor lists and
# have different values
msg = f"The key '{path[-1]}' with value '{old_value}' will be overwritten with value '{new_value}' from '{'.'.join(path)}'"
if self.override_behavior == "error":
raise AnsibleError(msg)
elif self.override_behavior == "warn":
display.warning(msg)
def transform(self, value: t.Any) -> t.Any:
for cls, transformation in self.transformations:
if isinstance(value, cls):
value = transformation.transform(self, value)
return value
def lookup_merge_strategy(self, left: t.Any, right: t.Any) -> MergeStrategy:
for cls, merge_strategy in self.type_strategies:
if isinstance(left, cls) and isinstance(right, cls):
return merge_strategy
if not isinstance(left, type(right)) and not isinstance(right, type(left)):
return self.type_conflict_strategy
return self.default_strategy
def apply_merge_strategy(self, merge_strategy: MergeStrategy, path: list[str], left: t.Any, right: t.Any) -> t.Any:
return self.transform(merge_strategy.merge(self, path, left, right))
def merge(self, path: list[str], left: t.Any, right: t.Any) -> t.Any:
return self.apply_merge_strategy(self.lookup_merge_strategy(left, right), path, left, right)
class ShallowMerger(Merger):
def __init__(self, merger: ObjectMerger) -> None:
self.merger = merger
def merge(self, path: list[str], left: t.Any, right: t.Any) -> t.Any:
if isinstance(left, dict) and isinstance(right, dict):
return self.merger.apply_merge_strategy(DictMergeStrategies.Merge(), path, left, right)
return self.merger.merge(path, left, right)