<p>It turns out single quote works where double quote and backslash didn't.</p>

<blockquote>
<pre><code>- name: Enable rapid scan
  command: imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING"':' {"rapid_scan"':' true}}'
</code></pre>
</blockquote>

<p>I learned that folding block scalar (>) is an easy alternative and a good way to avoid escaping.</p>

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2020-01-18T00:57:38.237Z
2020-01-18T00:57:38.237Z
jwalker
<p>Assuming that you're already planning on executing each command in a separate task, you can just use a folding block scalar (<code>&gt;</code>). While these are typically used for multi-line strings since they replace newlines with a single space, a bonus is that they don't evaluate escape sequences, so nothing needs to be escaped.</p>

<p>However, <code>&gt;</code> alone won't strip the trailing newline character which is where <code>-</code> comes in.</p>

<pre><code>- name: Enable rapid scan
  command: &gt;-
    imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"rapid_scan": true}}'

- name: Cleanup scan schedule
  command: &gt;-
    imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"default_action": "cleanup"}, "MALWARE_SCAN_SCHEDULE":{"interval": "week"}}'

- name: Enable scan inotify
  command: &gt;-
    imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"enable_scan_inotify": true}}'
</code></pre>

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2020-01-17T03:05:28.473Z
2020-01-17T03:05:28.473Z
jconnell
<p>How can I use Ansible to run the following CloudLinux Imunify360 commands properly on CloudLinux 7 (similar to CentOS7)?
I tried different ways to "escape" the colons in the commands and it doesn't run properly, even when a YAML syntax checker showed it's correct.</p>

<pre><code>imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"rapid_scan": true}}'
imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"default_action": "cleanup"}, "MALWARE_SCAN_SCHEDULE":{"interval": "week"}}'
imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"enable_scan_inotify": true}}'
</code></pre>

<p>from:
<a href="https://blog.imunify360.com/new-default-settings-for-imunify360" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://blog.imunify360.com/new-default-settings-for-imunify360</a></p>

<p>Note: Imunify360 has a free trial.</p>

<ansible><linux><security>
How to run Ansible command to update imunify360 settings
jwalker
# How to run Ansible command to update imunify360 settings

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-16)

How can I use Ansible to run the following CloudLinux Imunify360 commands properly on CloudLinux 7 (similar to CentOS7)?
I tried different ways to "escape" the colons in the commands and it doesn't run properly, even when a YAML syntax checker showed it's correct.
imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"rapid_scan": true}}'
imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"default_action": "cleanup"}, "MALWARE_SCAN_SCHEDULE":{"interval": "week"}}'
imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"enable_scan_inotify": true}}'

from:
https://blog.imunify360.com/new-default-settings-for-imunify360
Note: Imunify360 has a free trial.

**Tags:** ansible, linux, security


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2020-01-18. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

It turns out single quote works where double quote and backslash didn't.

- name: Enable rapid scan
  command: imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING"':' {"rapid_scan"':' true}}'


I learned that folding block scalar (>) is an easy alternative and a good way to avoid escaping.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-01-17. Score: 0

Assuming that you're already planning on executing each command in a separate task, you can just use a folding block scalar (>). While these are typically used for multi-line strings since they replace newlines with a single space, a bonus is that they don't evaluate escape sequences, so nothing needs to be escaped.
However, > alone won't strip the trailing newline character which is where - comes in.
- name: Enable rapid scan
  command: >-
    imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"rapid_scan": true}}'

- name: Cleanup scan schedule
  command: >-
    imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"default_action": "cleanup"}, "MALWARE_SCAN_SCHEDULE":{"interval": "week"}}'

- name: Enable scan inotify
  command: >-
    imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"enable_scan_inotify": true}}'


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