Bug 2079009

Summary:	metrics role should support running with gather_facts: false
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Component:	rhel-system-roles	Assignee:	Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Status:	CLOSED MIGRATED	QA Contact:	CS System Management SST QE <rhel-cs-system-management-subsystem-qe>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:	Jacob Taylor Valdez <jvaldez>
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	8.7	CC:	rhel-cs-system-management-subsystem-qe, spetrosi
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	MigratedToJIRA, Triaged
Target Release:	8.7
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	role:metrics
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:	.The `metrics` System Role does not work with disabled fact gathering Ansible fact gathering might be disabled in your environment for performance or other reasons. In such configurations, it is not currently possible to use the `metrics` System Role. To work around this problem, enable fact caching, or do not use the `metrics` System Role if it is not possible to use fact gathering.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	2078999	Environment:
Last Closed:	2023-09-12 10:03:02 UTC	Type:	Bug
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2078989, 2078999, 2079008, 2100558, 2100559, 2162788
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Description Rich Megginson 2022-04-26 17:14:36 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #2078999 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #2078989 +++

Description of problem:
Some users use `gather_facts: false` in their playbooks, due to performance issues with fact gathering, or other reasons.  However, this breaks the metrics role because it requires some sort of facts like `os_family`, `distribution`, etc. to be defined.  The role should work if fact gathering is disabled in the playbook.

NOTE: This may require the user to enable fact caching, or simply not use the metrics role if it is not possible to use fact gathering at all.


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--- Additional comment from Rich Megginson on 2022-04-26 16:41:29 UTC ---

Ansible by default will always gather facts in playbooks.  In order to test, you can use https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#default-gathering to disable fact gathering by default.

e.g. 

ANSIBLE_GATHERING=explicit ansible-playbook .... tests/tests_name.yml

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2023-09-12 09:58:00 UTC

Issue migration from Bugzilla to Jira is in process at this time. This will be the last message in Jira copied from the Bugzilla bug.

Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2023-09-12 10:03:02 UTC

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