Rundeck: Pass data between jobs - rundeck

Question

I'm trying to follow the instructions provided at https://stackoverflow.com/a/61802154 to pass output from one job as input into another job.
Job1 sets up the k/v data
- defaultTab: output
description: ''
executionEnabled: true
id: b6656d3b-2b32-4554-b224-52bd3702c305
loglevel: INFO
name: job1
nodeFilterEditable: false
nodefilters:
dispatch:
excludePrecedence: true
keepgoing: false
rankOrder: ascending
successOnEmptyNodeFilter: false
threadcount: '1'
filter: 'name: rdnode01'
nodesSelectedByDefault: true
plugins:
ExecutionLifecycle: null
scheduleEnabled: true
sequence:
commands:
- description: output k/v
exec: echo RUNDECK:DATA:MYNUM=123
- description: test k/v
exec: echo ${data.MYNUM}
keepgoing: false
pluginConfig:
LogFilter:
- config:
invalidKeyPattern: \s|\$|\{|\}|\\
logData: 'true'
regex: ^RUNDECK:DATA:\s*([^\s]+?)\s*=\s*(.+)$
replaceFilteredResult: 'false'
type: key-value-data
strategy: node-first
uuid: b6656d3b-2b32-4554-b224-52bd3702c305
Job2 will output that k/v data
- defaultTab: output
description: ''
executionEnabled: true
id: c069e7d3-2d1f-46f2-a4d8-15eb19761daf
loglevel: INFO
name: job2
nodeFilterEditable: false
nodefilters:
dispatch:
excludePrecedence: true
keepgoing: false
rankOrder: ascending
successOnEmptyNodeFilter: false
threadcount: '1'
filter: 'name: rdnode01'
nodesSelectedByDefault: true
options:
- name: option_for_receive
plugins:
ExecutionLifecycle: null
scheduleEnabled: true
sequence:
commands:
- exec: echo ${option.option_for_receive}
keepgoing: false
strategy: node-first
uuid: c069e7d3-2d1f-46f2-a4d8-15eb19761daf
Wrapper runs the job references as node steps and passes the data from job1 to job2
- defaultTab: output
description: ''
executionEnabled: true
id: 5a62cabf-ffc2-45d1-827b-156f4134a082
loglevel: INFO
name: wrapper job
nodeFilterEditable: false
nodefilters:
dispatch:
excludePrecedence: true
keepgoing: false
rankOrder: ascending
successOnEmptyNodeFilter: false
threadcount: '1'
filter: 'name: rdnode01'
nodesSelectedByDefault: true
plugins:
ExecutionLifecycle: null
scheduleEnabled: true
sequence:
commands:
- description: job1
jobref:
childNodes: true
group: ''
name: job1
nodeStep: 'true'
uuid: b6656d3b-2b32-4554-b224-52bd3702c305
- description: job2
jobref:
args: -option_for_receive ${data.MYNUM}
childNodes: true
group: ''
name: job2
nodeStep: 'true'
uuid: c069e7d3-2d1f-46f2-a4d8-15eb19761daf
keepgoing: false
strategy: node-first
uuid: 5a62cabf-ffc2-45d1-827b-156f4134a082
This the formatted text from the execution log
11:26:39 [rundeck#rdnode01 1#node=rdnode01/1][NORMAL] RUNDECK:DATA:MYNUM=123
11:26:40 [rundeck#rdnode01 1#node=rdnode01/1][NORMAL] {"MYNUM":"123"}
11:26:40 [rundeck#rdnode01 1#node=rdnode01/2][NORMAL] 123
11:26:41 [rundeck#rdnode01 2#node=rdnode01/1][NORMAL] '${data.MYNUM}'
This is what it looks like on the screen:
As you can see, job2 is outputting '${data.MYNUM}' instead of the actual contents. Thus I think there's a syntax issue somewhere.

Answer 1

The data values are generated in the job context, in that case, the "Wrapper Job" (Parent Job in the Rundeck terminology) doesn't know about that data variable in their context (generated in the first job).
If you want to pass that data value to another job, call the second one from the first one in the following way (Workflow Node Step):
JobA:
- defaultTab: output
description: ''
executionEnabled: true
id: b6656d3b-2b32-4554-b224-52bd3702c305
loglevel: INFO
name: job1
nodeFilterEditable: false
nodefilters:
dispatch:
excludePrecedence: true
keepgoing: false
rankOrder: ascending
successOnEmptyNodeFilter: false
threadcount: '1'
filter: 'name: localhost '
nodesSelectedByDefault: true
plugins:
ExecutionLifecycle: null
scheduleEnabled: true
sequence:
commands:
- description: output k/v
exec: echo RUNDECK:DATA:MYNUM=123
- description: test k/v
exec: echo ${data.MYNUM}
- jobref:
args: -option_for_receive ${data.MYNUM}
childNodes: true
group: ''
name: job2
nodeStep: 'true'
uuid: c069e7d3-2d1f-46f2-a4d8-15eb19761daf
keepgoing: false
pluginConfig:
LogFilter:
- config:
invalidKeyPattern: \s|\$|\{|\}|\\
logData: 'true'
regex: ^RUNDECK:DATA:\s*([^\s]+?)\s*=\s*(.+)$
replaceFilteredResult: 'false'
type: key-value-data
strategy: node-first
uuid: b6656d3b-2b32-4554-b224-52bd3702c305
JobB:
- defaultTab: output
description: ''
executionEnabled: true
id: c069e7d3-2d1f-46f2-a4d8-15eb19761daf
loglevel: INFO
name: job2
nodeFilterEditable: false
nodefilters:
dispatch:
excludePrecedence: true
keepgoing: false
rankOrder: ascending
successOnEmptyNodeFilter: false
threadcount: '1'
filter: 'name: localhost '
nodesSelectedByDefault: true
options:
- name: option_for_receive
plugins:
ExecutionLifecycle: null
scheduleEnabled: true
sequence:
commands:
- exec: echo ${option.option_for_receive}
keepgoing: false
strategy: node-first
uuid: c069e7d3-2d1f-46f2-a4d8-15eb19761daf