Slight tweaks

playbooks/rear_backup.yml

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
     - name: "Debug survey: rear_force_backup"
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         var: rear_force_backup
+      when:
+        - rear_force_backup is defined
 
     - name: Include the backup role
       ansible.builtin.include_role:
         name: ../roles/rear_backup
-      when:
-        - rear_force_backup | default(false) | bool

playbooks/rear_backup_validate.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+---
+- name: Perform a ReaR backup
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+  gather_facts: true
+  strategy: free
+
+  vars:
+    rear_backup_success_path: "/var/log/IPE/IPU"
+    rear_backup_success_file: "{{ rear_backup_success_path }}/bigboot_success"
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Check for backup log presence
+      ansible.builtin.stat:
+        path: "/var/log/rear/rear-{{ ansible_hostname }}.log"
+      register: rear_backup_log_presence
+
+    - name: ReaR Backup Validation
+      when:
+        - rear_backup_log_presence['stat']['exists'] | bool
+      block:
+        - name: Validate ReaR backup completion
+          ansible.builtin.command:
+            cmd: "grep 'Finished running mkbackup workflow' /var/log/rear/rear-{{ ansible_hostname }}.log"
+          changed_when: false
+          register: validate_backup_log
+
+        - name: Debug validate_backup_log
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            var: validate_backup_log
+            verbosity: 1
+
+        - name: Create log file directory if not present
+          ansible.builtin.file:
+            path: "{{ rear_backup_success_path }}"
+            state: directory
+            mode: "0755"
+
+        - name: Create Bigboot backup success file
+          ansible.builtin.copy:
+            dest: "{{ rear_backup_success_file }}"
+            content: "success"
+            mode: "0644"
+      rescue:
+        - name: No backup log found
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            msg: "ReaR backup log could not be found to verify backup status. Please run the backup and try again."
+
+        - name: OS Failure
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            msg: "OS failure: Expecting version {{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}, got {{ ansible_distribution_major_version | int + 1 }}"

roles/rear_backup/defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 rear_nfs_srv: "10.10.42.180/backups"
 
+rear_backup_success_file: /var/log/IPE/IPU/bigboot_success
+
 # rear_backup_initrd_modules_exclude:
 #   - scsi_debug
 #   - falcon_lsm_serviceable

roles/rear_backup/tasks/main.yml

@@ -16,16 +16,19 @@
     mode: "0600"
 
 - name: ReaR Backup
+  when:
+    - rear_force_backup | default(false) | bool
   block:
     - name: Execute ReaR backup
       ansible.builtin.command: rear -d -v mkbackup
       changed_when: true
       register: rear_mkbackup
+
+    - name: ReaR backup success
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "ReaR backup has completed successfully."
   rescue:
     - name: ReaR backup failed
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: "ReaR backup has failed. Please review the logs for any errors, and try again."
 
-- name: ReaR backup success
-  ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: "ReaR backup has completed successfully."

roles/say_hi/tasks/main.yml

@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@
 
 - name: Debug roles_path
   ansible.builtin.debug:
-    var: roles_path
+    var: role_path
+
+# - name: Include rear_restore role for fun
+#   ansible.builtin.import_role:
+#     name: ../roles/rear_restore
 
 - name: Include rear_restore role for fun
   ansible.builtin.import_role:
-    name: ../roles/rear_restore
+    name: "{{ role_path }}/../rear_restore"
 
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