Output

sake supports different output formats for tasks. By default it will use text output, but it's possible to change this via the --output flag or specify it in the task spec.

The following output formats are available:

text (default), use this when you want streamed output to terminal

TASK (1/2) [task-0] ***********

172.24.2.2 | ping
172.24.2.2 | ping

TASK (2/2) [task-1] ***********

172.24.2.2 | pong
172.24.2.2 | pong

table, useful when you have many hosts but few tasks

 Host       | Task-0 | Task-1
------------+--------+--------
 172.24.2.2 | ping   | pong
------------+--------+--------
 172.24.2.2 | ping   | pong

table-2, useful when you have many tasks but few hosts

 Task   | 172.24.2.2 | 172.24.2.2
--------+------------+------------
 task-0 | ping       | ping
--------+------------+------------
 task-1 | pong       | pong

table-3, useful when you want separate tables per host

    172.24.2.2

 Task-0 | Task-1
--------+--------
 ping   | pong

    172.24.2.2

 Task-0 | Task-1
--------+--------
 ping   | pong

table-4, useful when you have many hosts and many tasks

 Task   | 172.24.2.2
--------+------------
 task-0 | ping
--------+------------
 task-1 | pong

 Task   | 172.24.2.2
--------+------------
 task-0 | ping
--------+------------
 task-1 | pong

html

<table class="">
  <thead>
  <tr>
    <th align="left">host</th>
    <th align="left">task-0</th>
    <th align="left">task-1</th>
  </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
  <tr>
    <td align="left">172.24.2.2</td>
    <td align="left">ping</td>
    <td align="left">pong</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="left">172.24.2.2</td>
    <td align="left">ping</td>
    <td align="left">pong</td>
  </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

markdown

| host | task-0 | task-1 |
|:--- |:--- |:--- |
| 172.24.2.2 | ping | pong |
| 172.24.2.2 | ping | pong |
|  |  |  |

json

[
  {
    "host": "172.24.2.2",
    "task-0": "ping",
    "task-1": "pong"
  },
  {
    "host": "172.24.2.2",
    "task-0": "ping",
    "task-1": "pong"
  }
]

csv

host,task-0,task-1
172.24.2.2,ping,pong
172.24.2.2,ping,pong

none

Omit Empty Table Rows and Columns

If you wish to omit rows/columns that return empty outputs, you can do so via the --omit-empty-rows/--omit-empty-columns flag or specify it in the task spec. Note, this only works for the tables, json, csv, markdown, and html.

See below for an example:

$ sake run empty -s server-3,server-4 -o table

TASKS *******************************

 Host       | Task-0 | Task-1
------------+--------+--------
 172.24.2.4 | 123    |
------------+--------+--------
 172.24.2.5 |        |

$ sake run empty -s server-3,server-4 -o table --omit-empty-rows --omit-empty-columns

TASKS *******************************

 Host       | Task-0
------------+--------
 172.24.2.4 | 123

Print Reports

sake comes with a few reports that gives you an overview of task execution:

The available reports are:

recap: show basic report (default)
rc: show return code for each host and task
task: show task status for each host and task
time: show time report for each host and task
all: show available reports

$ sake run task --report=all

TASKS **************************************************************************************

 Host       | Task-0                       | Task-1                       | Task-2
------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+--------
 172.24.2.2 | foo                          | bar                          | xyz
------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+--------
 172.24.2.2 |                              |                              |
            | Process exited with status 1 | Process exited with status 1 |

RETURN CODES *******************************************************************************

 host            task-0  task-1  task-2
----------------------------------------
 172.24.2.2      0       0       0
 172.24.2.2      1       1

TASK STATUS ********************************************************************************

 host            task-0   task-1  task-2
------------------------------------------
 172.24.2.2      ok       ok      ok
 172.24.2.2      ignored  failed  skipped

TIME ***************************************************************************************

 host            task-0  task-1  task-2  Total
------------------------------------------------
 172.24.2.2      0.09 s  0.01 s  0.01 s  0.10 s
 172.24.2.2      0.08 s  0.01 s          0.09 s
------------------------------------------------
 Total           0.17 s  0.02 s  0.01 s  0.20 s

RECAP **************************************************************************************

 172.24.2.2      ok=3  unreachable=0  ignored=0  failed=0  skipped=0
 172.24.2.2      ok=0  unreachable=0  ignored=1  failed=1  skipped=1
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total           ok=3  unreachable=0  ignored=1  failed=1  skipped=1

Omit Empty Table Rows and Columns​

Print Reports​

Omit Empty Table Rows and Columns

Print Reports