Hello,
I'm using bird 1.6.3 on Debian Stretch and am trying to automate the
installation and configuration with ansible. Therefore the "configure
check" feature of bird comes in handy. Unfortunately the return code is
always "0" whether the config is OK or KO.
$ sudo /usr/sbin/birdc configure check
BIRD 1.6.3 ready.
Reading configuration from /etc/bird/bird.conf
Configuration OK
$ echo $?
0
After invalidating the config file:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/birdc configure check
BIRD 1.6.3 ready.
Reading configuration from /etc/bird/bird.conf
/etc/bird/bird.conf, line 7: syntax error
$ echo $?
0
I can build my playbook around this with grepping for "Configuration OK"
in the output[1], but it would be nice to habe bird return a non zero
value if the config check fails.
Thanks a lot
regards
Sam
[1]
- name: check bird config
command: /usr/sbin/birdc configure check
register: bird_result
changed_when: False
failed_when: bird_result.stdout.find('Configuration OK') ==-1
