[WIP]Fix parsing of extravars with multiple fields

kubetest2-tf/data/k8s-ansible/install-k8s-perf.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 - hosts: all
   tasks:
     - set_fact:
-        prepull_images: "{{ prepull_images + ['registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10'] }}"
+        prepull_images: "{{ (prepull_images | from_json if prepull_images is string else prepull_images) + ['registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10'] }}"
 
 - name: Install Runtime and Kubernetes
   hosts:

kubetest2-tf/deployer/deployer.go

@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ type deployer struct {
 	tmpDir        string
 	machineIPs    []string
 
-	RepoRoot              string            `desc:"The path to the root of the local kubernetes repo. Necessary to call certain scripts. Defaults to the current directory. If operating in legacy mode, this should be set to the local kubernetes/kubernetes repo."`
-	IgnoreClusterDir      bool              `desc:"Ignore the cluster folder if exists"`
-	AutoApprove           bool              `desc:"Auto-approve the deployment of infrastructure through terraform" flag:",deprecated"`
-	RetryOnTfFailure      int               `desc:"Retry on Terraform Apply Failure"`
-	BreakKubetestOnUpfail bool              `desc:"Breaks kubetest2 when up fails"`
-	Playbook              string            `desc:"Name of ansible playbook to be run"`
-	ExtraVars             map[string]string `desc:"Passes extra-vars to ansible playbook, enter a string of key=value pairs"`
-	SetKubeconfig         bool              `desc:"Flag to set kubeconfig"`
-	TargetProvider        string            `desc:"provider value to be used(powervs, vpc)"`
+	RepoRoot              string `desc:"The path to the root of the local kubernetes repo. Necessary to call certain scripts. Defaults to the current directory. If operating in legacy mode, this should be set to the local kubernetes/kubernetes repo."`
+	IgnoreClusterDir      bool   `desc:"Ignore the cluster folder if exists"`
+	AutoApprove           bool   `desc:"Auto-approve the deployment of infrastructure through terraform" flag:",deprecated"`
+	RetryOnTfFailure      int    `desc:"Retry on Terraform Apply Failure"`
+	BreakKubetestOnUpfail bool   `desc:"Breaks kubetest2 when up fails"`
+	Playbook              string `desc:"Name of ansible playbook to be run"`
+	ExtraVars             string `desc:"Passes extra-vars to ansible playbook, enter a comma-separated string of key:value pairs"`
+	SetKubeconfig         bool   `desc:"Flag to set kubeconfig"`
+	TargetProvider        string `desc:"provider value to be used(powervs, vpc)"`
 }
 
 func (d *deployer) Version() string {
@@ -248,13 +248,23 @@ func (d *deployer) Up() error {
 	}
 	klog.Infof("Ansible params exposed under groupvars: %v", string(ansibleParams))
 	// Unmarshalling commonJSON into map to add extra-vars
-	combinedAnsibleVars := map[string]string{}
+	combinedAnsibleVars := map[string]interface{}{}
 	if err = json.Unmarshal(ansibleParams, &combinedAnsibleVars); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal ansible group variables: %v", err)
 	}
+	// Since the accepted extravars are comma-separated, in the format of key1:val1,key2:val2, split accordingly and
+	// combine with the defaults.
+	extraVarMap := map[string]interface{}{}
+	vars := strings.Split(d.ExtraVars, ",")
+	for _, val := range vars {
+		keyVal := strings.SplitN(val, ":", 2)
+		if len(keyVal) != 2 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("malformed ansible group variable %s", val)
+		}
+		extraVarMap[keyVal[0]] = keyVal[1]
+	}
 
-	// Add-in the extra-vars set to the final set.
-	maps.Insert(combinedAnsibleVars, maps.All(d.ExtraVars))
+	maps.Insert(combinedAnsibleVars, maps.All(extraVarMap))
 	klog.Infof("Updated ansible variables with extra vars: %+v", combinedAnsibleVars)
 	if err = ansible.Playbook(d.tmpDir, filepath.Join(d.tmpDir, "hosts"), d.Playbook, combinedAnsibleVars); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to run ansible playbook: %v", err)

kubetest2-tf/pkg/ansible/ansible.go

@@ -17,20 +17,16 @@ const (
 	ansibleDataDir = "k8s-ansible"
 )
 
-func Playbook(dir, inventory, playbook string, extraVars map[string]string) error {
+func Playbook(dir, inventory, playbook string, extraVars map[string]interface{}) error {
 	if err := unpackAnsible(dir); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unpack the ansible code: %v", err)
 	}
-	extraVarsMap := make(map[string]interface{}, len(extraVars))
-	for key, val := range extraVars {
-		extraVarsMap[key] = val
-	}
 	klog.Infof("Running ansible playbook: %s", playbook)
 	playbookCmd := ansibleplaybook.NewAnsiblePlaybookCmd(
 		ansibleplaybook.WithPlaybooks(filepath.Join(dir, playbook)),
 		ansibleplaybook.WithPlaybookOptions(
 			&ansibleplaybook.AnsiblePlaybookOptions{
-				ExtraVars: extraVarsMap,
+				ExtraVars: extraVars,
 				Inventory: inventory,
 			}),
 	)