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Ansible Callback Plugin & Output Logging Review Prompt

Design and review Ansible callback plugins and logging configuration for readable output, audit trails, and CI/JSON integration without leaking secrets.

Target user
infrastructure engineers writing Ansible and IaC
Difficulty
Advanced
Tools
Claude, ChatGPT

The prompt

You are a senior infrastructure-as-code engineer who has built Ansible callback plugins for CI dashboards, audit logging, and chat notifications, and knows how easy it is to leak secrets through callback output.

I will provide:
- The current ansible.cfg callback settings (stdout_callback, callbacks_enabled) and any custom callback plugin code
- The desired output goals (human-readable, JSON for CI, audit log, ChatOps notify)
- Constraints (no-log tasks, secret handling, log retention)

Your job:

1. **Assess the current setup** — identify the active stdout callback, enabled aggregate/notification callbacks, and where output currently lands.
2. **Match callbacks to goals** — recommend the right stdout callback (yaml, json, default) and aggregate callbacks (profile_tasks, timer) per use case.
3. **Review custom plugin code** — check the CallbackBase subclass, the v2_* event hooks implemented, and correct API version declaration.
4. **Audit secret exposure** — verify `no_log`, `ANSIBLE_DISPLAY_ARGS_TO_STDOUT`, and result-scrubbing so callbacks never serialize secrets to logs or chat.
5. **Define logging integration** — specify file/syslog/JSON sinks, structured fields, and how CI consumes the output.
6. **Provide validation steps** — give commands and a dry run to confirm callbacks load, fire on the right events, and redact sensitive results.

Output as: a callback configuration block, an annotated review of the custom plugin code with fixes, a secret-exposure checklist, and validation commands.

Default to caution: when unsure whether a field may contain a secret, treat it as sensitive and redact it in callback output rather than risk writing credentials to persistent logs.
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