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+# sot-updater-iponly.yml — NetBox IP sync ONLY via nb_onedevice_update.py (no device scan)
+
+- name: NetBox IP sync only (Cloud → NetBox via nb_onedevice_update.py); do not scan devices
+  hosts: all
+  gather_facts: no
+
+  vars:
+    pathprefix: "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH; "
+    dev1_user: "root"
+    dev1_pass: "wavewave"
+    ssh_timeout: 30
+
+    dev2_host: "192.168.1.1"
+    dev2_port: 22
+    dev2_ssh_user: "root"
+    dev2_passfiles: [ "basicpass", "basicpass2" ]
+
+    dev2_side_ip: "192.168.1.11/24"
+    dev1_iface: "br-wan"
+    arping_iface: "eth0"
+    dev2_side_ip_addr: "{{ dev2_side_ip.split('/')[0] }}"
+
+    ssh_opts_common: >-
+      -o PreferredAuthentications=password
+      -o PubkeyAuthentication=no
+      -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no
+      -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
+      -o NumberOfPasswordPrompts=1
+      -o ConnectTimeout=15
+
+    rmq_host: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_HOST') | default('10.210.12.2', true) }}"
+    rmq_port: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_PORT') | default('15672', true) }}"
+    rmq_user: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_USER') | default('admin', true) }}"
+    rmq_pass: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_PASS') | default('change_me', true) }}"
+    rmq_vhost: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_VHOST') | default('app', true) }}"
+    rmq_exchange: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_EXCHANGE') | default('controls', true) }}"
+    control_queue: "{{ lookup('env','CONTROLQUEUE') | default('queue_controls', true) }}"
+
+    # --- Retry attempt tracking (default 0 if missing) ---
+    requeue_attempt: "{{ (lookup('env','REQUEUE_ATTEMPT') | default('0', true)) | int }}"
+
+  pre_tasks:
+    - name: "NB preflight | Verify script exists"
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      ansible.builtin.stat:
+        path: "/opt/containers/ansible-worker/app/nb_onedevice_update.py"
+      register: nb_script
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Abort softly if script missing"
+      when: not nb_script.stat.exists
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg:
+          - "NB preflight skipped: /opt/containers/ansible-worker/app/nb_onedevice_update.py not found."
+          - "Tip: adjust chdir/path or script name."
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Run nb_onedevice_update.py for {{ inventory_hostname }}"
+      when: nb_script.stat.exists
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      environment:
+        PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
+      args:
+        chdir: "/opt/containers/ansible-worker/app"
+        executable: /bin/bash
+      shell: |
+        set -o pipefail
+        python3 -u nb_onedevice_update.py "{{ inventory_hostname }}" --chatty 2>&1
+      register: nb_preflight
+      changed_when: false
+      failed_when: false
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Show results"
+      when: nb_script.stat.exists
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      debug:
+        msg:
+          - "rc={{ nb_preflight.rc }}"
+          - "stdout_lines:"
+          - "{{ (nb_preflight.stdout_lines | default(['<no stdout>'])) }}"
+          - "stderr_lines:"
+          - "{{ (nb_preflight.stderr_lines | default(['<no stderr>'])) }}"
+          - "raw stdout (joined): {{ nb_preflight.stdout | default('') | trim }}"
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Detect cloud failure"
+      when: nb_script.stat.exists
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      vars:
+        _out: "{{ (nb_preflight.stdout | default('') | regex_replace('\r','')) }}"
+        _lines: >-
+          {{ _out.split('\n') | map('trim') | list }}
+        _cloud_fail_line: >-
+          {{ (_lines | select('match', '^FAIL\\s+Cloud\\b') | list | last | default('')) }}
+        _error_line: >-
+          {{ (_lines | select('match', '^FAIL\\s+') | list | last | default('')) }}
+        _rc_is_3: "{{ (nb_preflight.rc | default(1)) | int == 3 }}"
+        _cloud_error_type: >-
+          {%- if _error_line is search('network error')
+                and _error_line is search('500 error responses') -%}
+            cloud_http_500
+          {%- elif (_cloud_fail_line | length) > 0 -%}
+            cloud_logic
+          {%- elif _rc_is_3 -%}
+            cloud_other
+          {%- else -%}
+            none
+          {%- endif -%}
+        _cloud_retryable: >-
+          {{ _cloud_error_type not in ['cloud_http_500'] }}
+      set_fact:
+        cloud_fail_line: "{{ _cloud_fail_line }}"
+        cloud_bad: "{{ _rc_is_3 or (( _cloud_fail_line | length ) > 0) }}"
+        cloud_error_type: "{{ _cloud_error_type }}"
+        cloud_retryable: "{{ _cloud_retryable }}"
+
+    # --- Extract upgrade_cmd line if any ---
+    - name: "NB preflight | Extract upgrade_cmd line"
+      when: nb_script.stat.exists
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      set_fact:
+        nb_upgrade_line: >-
+          {{
+            (
+              nb_preflight.stdout_lines | default([]) | map('regex_replace','\r','') | map('trim')
+              | select('match', '^NB:\\s*upgrade_cmd\\s*=')
+              | list | first
+            ) | default('')
+          }}
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Parse upgrade_cmd value"
+      when: nb_upgrade_line | length > 0
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      shell: |
+        printf '%s\n' "{{ nb_upgrade_line }}" | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//'
+      args: { executable: /bin/bash }
+      register: up_cmd_sh
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Set parsed upgrade_cmd"
+      when: nb_upgrade_line | length > 0
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      set_fact:
+        nb_upgrade_cmd: "{{ up_cmd_sh.stdout | default('') | trim }}"
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Debug parsed upgrade_cmd"
+      when: nb_upgrade_line | length > 0
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      debug:
+        msg:
+          - "upgrade_cmd='{{ nb_upgrade_cmd }}' (len={{ nb_upgrade_cmd|length }})"
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Parse OK line"
+      when: nb_script.stat.exists
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      vars:
+        nb_lines: >-
+          {{ (nb_preflight.stdout | default('') | regex_replace('\r','')) | split('\n') | map('trim') | list }}
+        nb_ok_line: >-
+          {{ (nb_lines | select('match', '^OK\\s+') | list | last | default('')) }}
+        nb_tokens: >-
+          {{ (nb_ok_line | regex_replace('^OK\\s+', '')).split() }}
+        nb_kv: >-
+          {{
+            dict(
+              nb_tokens
+              | select('match', '^[a-zA-Z_]+=') 
+              | map('split', '=', 1)
+              | map('list')
+            )
+          }}
+      set_fact:
+        nb_ok: "{{ (nb_preflight.rc|default(1)) == 0 and (nb_ok_line|length)>0 }}"
+        nb_dev: "{{ (nb_tokens|first|default('')) if (nb_tokens|length>0) else '' }}"
+        nb_ip: "{{ nb_kv.get('ip','') }}"
+        nb_fw: "{{ nb_kv.get('fw','') }}"
+        nb_node: "{{ nb_kv.get('node','') }}"
+        nb_sector: "{{ nb_kv.get('sector','') }}"
+        nb_small: "{{ nb_kv.get('small','') }}"
+        nb_ok_line: "{{ nb_ok_line }}"
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Detect IP change"
+      when: nb_script.stat.exists
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      vars:
+        out: "{{ (nb_preflight.stdout | default('') | regex_replace('\r','')) }}"
+        reason: >-
+          {%- if 'IP: moving ' in out -%}moving
+          {%- elif 'IP: create new ' in out -%}create new
+          {%- elif 'IP: pruning stale ' in out -%}pruning stale
+          {%- else -%}none{%- endif -%}
+      set_fact:
+        nb_ip_changed: "{{ reason != 'none' }}"
+        nb_change_reason: "{{ reason }}"
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Verdict"
+      when: nb_script.stat.exists
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      debug:
+        msg:
+          - "Preflight verdict:"
+          - "Cloud fail: {{ cloud_bad|default(false) }}"
+          - "IP changed: {{ nb_ip_changed|default(false) }}"
+          - "Reason: {{ nb_change_reason|default('none') }}"
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Compute next_attempt"
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      set_fact:
+        next_attempt: "{{ (requeue_attempt | int) + 1 }}"
+
+    # --- Requeue control: only 3 attempts, 300s apart ---
+    - name: "NB preflight | Publish delayed requeue (300s (10s)) if needed"
+      when:
+        - nb_script.stat.exists
+        - (nb_ip_changed | default(false)) or (
+            (cloud_bad | default(false)) and
+            (cloud_error_type | default('none')) != 'cloud_http_500'
+          )
+        - (requeue_attempt | int) < 3
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      uri:
+        url: "http://{{ rmq_host }}:{{ rmq_port }}/api/exchanges/app/deviceconfig.delayed/publish"
+        method: POST
+        user: "admin"
+        password: "change_me"
+        force_basic_auth: true
+        status_code: 200
+        return_content: yes
+        headers: { content-type: "application/json" }
+        body_format: json
+        body:
+          properties:
+            content_type: "application/json"
+            headers: { x-delay: 900000 }
+          routing_key: "deviceconfig"
+          payload: "{{ {
+            'inscope_device': (ansible_hostname | default(inventory_hostname)),
+            'task_name': 'sot-updater',
+            'attempt': next_attempt
+          } | to_json }}"
+          payload_encoding: "string"
+      register: rmq_requeue
+      changed_when: false
+      failed_when: false
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Log requeue publish response"
+      when:
+        - nb_script.stat.exists
+        - ((cloud_bad | default(false)) or (nb_ip_changed | default(false)))
+        - (requeue_attempt | int) < 3
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      debug:
+        msg:
+          - "Requeue published (attempt {{ (requeue_attempt | int) + 1 }})"
+          - "HTTP: {{ rmq_requeue.status|default('n/a') }}"
+          - "JSON: {{ rmq_requeue.json|default('<none>') }}"
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Stop host after requeue"
+      when:
+        - nb_script.stat.exists
+        - (
+            (nb_ip_changed | default(false)) or
+            (
+              (cloud_bad | default(false)) and
+              (cloud_error_type | default('none')) != 'cloud_http_500'
+            )
+          )
+      meta: end_host
+
+    - name: "NB preflight | Pause 1s if OK"
+      when:
+        - nb_script.stat.exists
+        - not ((cloud_bad | default(false)) or (nb_ip_changed | default(false)))
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      pause:
+        seconds: 1
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: "IP-only | Stop after NetBox sync (no device scan)"
+      meta: end_host