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+# update_redpanda_console.yml
+
+- name: Update Redpanda Console on VM via Proxmox
+  hosts: proxmox
+  gather_facts: false
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  become_method: sudo
+
+  vars:
+    # --- Connection to VM (provided by Semaphore env vars) ---
+    vm_ip:   "{{ lookup('env', 'VM_IP') }}"
+    vm_user: "{{ lookup('env', 'VM_USER') }}"
+    vm_pass: "{{ lookup('env', 'VM_PASS') }}"
+    use_sudo: false
+
+    # --- Debug mode (controlled via Semaphore variable) ---
+    DEBUG: "{{ lookup('env', 'DEBUG') | default(0) | int }}"
+    RETRIES: "{{ lookup('env', 'RETRIES') | default(25) | int }}"
+
+    # --- Redpanda Console specifics ---
+    redpanda_console_image: "docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/console:latest"
+    redpanda_console_container: "kafka-ui"
+    redpanda_console_port: 8084
+
+    # Controller-side URL (default to direct VM IP/port)
+    redpanda_console_url: "{{ lookup('env', 'REDPANDA_CONSOLE_URL') | default('http://192.168.69.254:8084/overview', true) }}"
+
+    redpanda_retries: "{{ RETRIES }}"
+    redpanda_delay: 2
+
+    # Docker command prefix (consistent behavior and quiet hints)
+    docker_prefix: "unalias docker 2>/dev/null || true; DOCKER_CLI_HINTS=0; command docker"
+
+    # Commands to run on the target VM (quiet outputs)
+    # NOTE: This only pulls the latest image; it does NOT recreate the container.
+    redpanda_console_commands:
+      - "{{ docker_prefix }} pull -q {{ redpanda_console_image }} >/dev/null"
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Ensure sshpass is installed (for password-based SSH)  # English comments
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        name: sshpass
+        state: present
+        update_cache: yes
+
+    - name: Run Redpanda Console update commands on VM (via SSH)  # use SSHPASS env, hide item value
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv:
+          - sshpass
+          - -e                     # read password from SSHPASS environment
+          - ssh
+          - -o
+          - StrictHostKeyChecking=no
+          - -o
+          - ConnectTimeout=15
+          - "{{ vm_user }}@{{ vm_ip }}"
+          - bash
+          - -lc
+          - "{{ ('sudo ' if use_sudo else '') + item }}"
+      environment:
+        SSHPASS: "{{ vm_pass }}"    # supply password via environment
+      loop: "{{ redpanda_console_commands }}"
+      loop_control:
+        index_var: idx              # capture loop index
+        label: "cmd-{{ idx }}"      # avoid printing full command in (item=...) line
+      register: redpanda_cmds
+      changed_when: false
+      no_log: "{{ DEBUG == 0 }}"    # hide outputs and env when not debugging
+
+    - name: Show outputs for each Redpanda Console command
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: |
+          CMD: {{ item.item }}
+          RC:  {{ item.rc }}
+          STDOUT:
+          {{ (item.stdout | default('')).strip() }}
+          STDERR:
+          {{ (item.stderr | default('')).strip() }}
+      loop: "{{ redpanda_cmds.results }}"
+      when: DEBUG == 1
+
+    - name: Fail play if any Redpanda Console command failed  # also hide item label
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: "item.rc == 0"
+        fail_msg: "Redpanda Console update failed on VM: {{ item.item }} (rc={{ item.rc }})"
+        success_msg: "All Redpanda Console update commands succeeded."
+      loop: "{{ redpanda_cmds.results }}"
+      loop_control:
+        index_var: idx
+        label: "cmd-{{ idx }}"
+
+    # -------------------------
+    # Readiness checks (controller first, then VM fallback)
+    # -------------------------
+
+    - name: Redpanda Console | Wait for overview page (controller first, with retries)
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: "{{ redpanda_console_url }}"
+        method: GET
+        return_content: true
+        validate_certs: false           # plain HTTP on 192.168.69.254
+        status_code: 200
+      register: redpanda_controller
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      run_once: true
+      when: redpanda_console_url is defined and (redpanda_console_url | length) > 0
+      retries: "{{ redpanda_retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ redpanda_delay }}"
+      until: redpanda_controller.status == 200
+      failed_when: false
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Redpanda Console | VM-side fetch (HTML via Python, with retries)
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv:
+          - sshpass
+          - -e
+          - ssh
+          - -o
+          - StrictHostKeyChecking=no
+          - -o
+          - ConnectTimeout=15
+          - "{{ vm_user }}@{{ vm_ip }}"
+          - bash
+          - -lc
+          - |
+            python3 - <<'PY'
+            # Fetch Redpanda Console overview page from localhost and print HTML to stdout
+            import urllib.request, sys
+            try:
+                with urllib.request.urlopen("http://127.0.0.1:{{ redpanda_console_port }}/overview", timeout=15) as r:
+                    sys.stdout.write(r.read().decode(errors='ignore'))
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            PY
+      environment:
+        SSHPASS: "{{ vm_pass }}"
+      register: redpanda_vm
+      changed_when: false
+      failed_when: false
+      when: redpanda_controller.status | default(0) != 200 or redpanda_controller.content is not defined
+      retries: "{{ redpanda_retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ redpanda_delay }}"
+      until: (redpanda_vm.stdout | default('') | trim | length) > 0
+      no_log: "{{ DEBUG == 0 }}"
+
+    - name: Redpanda Console | Choose overview HTML (controller wins, else VM)
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        redpanda_overview_html: >-
+          {{
+            (
+              redpanda_controller.content
+              if (redpanda_controller is defined)
+                 and ((redpanda_controller.status|default(0))==200)
+                 and (redpanda_controller.content is defined)
+              else
+                 (redpanda_vm.stdout | default('') | trim)
+            )
+          }}
+      when:
+        - (redpanda_controller is defined and (redpanda_controller.status|default(0))==200 and (redpanda_controller.content is defined))
+          or ((redpanda_vm.stdout | default('') | trim | length) > 0)
+
+    - name: Redpanda Console | Print concise summary
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: >-
+          Redpanda Console overview {{ 'reachable' if (redpanda_overview_html is defined) else 'NOT reachable' }}.
+          Source={{ 'controller' if ((redpanda_controller is defined) and (redpanda_controller.status|default(0))==200 and (redpanda_controller.content is defined)) else 'vm' if (redpanda_vm.stdout|default('')|trim|length>0) else 'n/a' }};
+          length={{ (redpanda_overview_html | default('')) | length }};
+          contains('Redpanda')={{ (redpanda_overview_html is defined) and ('Redpanda' in redpanda_overview_html) }}
+      when: DEBUG == 1
+
+    - name: Redpanda Console | Web UI unavailable (after retries)
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Redpanda Console web UI není dostupná ani po pokusech."
+      when: redpanda_overview_html is not defined and DEBUG == 1
+
+    # Optional detailed dump (short excerpt only)
+    - name: Redpanda Console | HTML excerpt (debug)
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "{{ (redpanda_overview_html | default(''))[:500] }}"
+      when: redpanda_overview_html is defined and DEBUG == 1