From 8dd0e2c8f8adf04655023b8b21acf22597db9dd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Maciej=20Kr=C3=BCger?= <mkrueger@mgit.at>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 20:07:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ansible: write vars to file to avoid argument list too long

---
 ansible/module.nix                    |  2 +-
 roles/nixos_rebuild/tasks/main.yml    | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 roles/nixos_rebuild/templates/json.j2 |  1 +
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 roles/nixos_rebuild/templates/json.j2

diff --git a/ansible/module.nix b/ansible/module.nix
index af26f1b..af49032 100644
--- a/ansible/module.nix
+++ b/ansible/module.nix
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ with lib;
     };
   };
 
-  config.ansible = mkIf (config.ansible-src != null && config.ansible-src != "") (builtins.fromJSON config.ansible-src);
+  config.ansible = mkIf (config.ansible-src != null && config.ansible-src != "") (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile config.ansible-src));
 }
diff --git a/roles/nixos_rebuild/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nixos_rebuild/tasks/main.yml
index 3da045a..0fcf5d1 100644
--- a/roles/nixos_rebuild/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nixos_rebuild/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,23 @@
 #- debug:
 #    msg: "{{ exported_vars }}"
 
+- name: Create temporary file for ansible variables
+  tempfile:
+    state:  file
+    suffix: .json
+  register: ansible_json_vars
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Write variables to file
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: templates/json.j2
+    dest: "{{ ansible_json_vars.path }}"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
 - block:
   - name: Deploy "{{ flake_url }}" to "{{ target_host }}"
     ansible.builtin.shell: |
-      env ANSIBLE_JSON={{ exported_vars | to_json | quote }} {{ nix_wrapper }} nix run nixpkgs#nixos-rebuild -- --flake "{{ flake_dir }}#{{ flake_target }}" "switch" --impure --target-host "{{ target_host }}" --show-trace
+      env ANSIBLE_JSON={{ ansible_json_vars.path | quote }} {{ nix_wrapper }} nix run nixpkgs#nixos-rebuild -- --flake "{{ flake_dir }}#{{ flake_target }}" "switch" --impure --target-host "{{ target_host }}" --show-trace
     delegate_to: localhost
     register: nixos_rebuild
   rescue:
diff --git a/roles/nixos_rebuild/templates/json.j2 b/roles/nixos_rebuild/templates/json.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e69b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nixos_rebuild/templates/json.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ exported_vars | to_json }}