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update_homarr.yml

@@ -54,12 +54,11 @@
         state: present
         update_cache: yes
 
-    - name: Run Homarr update commands on VM (via SSH)
+    - name: Run Homarr update commands on VM (via SSH)  # use SSHPASS env, hide item label
       ansible.builtin.command:
         argv:
           - sshpass
-          - -p
-          - "{{ vm_pass }}"
+          - -e                     # read password from SSHPASS environment
           - ssh
           - -o
           - StrictHostKeyChecking=no
@@ -69,10 +68,15 @@
           - bash
           - -lc
           - "{{ ('sudo ' if use_sudo else '') + item }}"
+      environment:
+        SSHPASS: "{{ vm_pass }}"    # supply password via environment
       loop: "{{ homarr_commands }}"
+      loop_control:
+        index_var: idx              # capture loop index
+        label: "cmd-{{ idx }}"      # avoid printing full command in (item=...) line
       register: homarr_cmds
       changed_when: false
-      no_log: "{{ DEBUG == 0 }}"
+      no_log: "{{ DEBUG == 0 }}"    # hide outputs and env when not debugging
 
     - name: Show outputs for each Homarr command
       ansible.builtin.debug:
@@ -86,12 +90,15 @@
       loop: "{{ homarr_cmds.results }}"
       when: DEBUG == 1
 
-    - name: Fail play if any Homarr command failed
+    - name: Fail play if any Homarr command failed  # also hide item label
       ansible.builtin.assert:
         that: "item.rc == 0"
         fail_msg: "Homarr update failed on VM: {{ item.item }} (rc={{ item.rc }})"
         success_msg: "All Homarr update commands succeeded."
       loop: "{{ homarr_cmds.results }}"
+      loop_control:
+        index_var: idx
+        label: "cmd-{{ idx }}"
 
     # -------------------------
     # Readiness checks (controller first, then VM fallback)
@@ -115,12 +122,11 @@
       failed_when: false
       changed_when: false
 
-    - name: Homarr | VM-side fetch (HTML via Python, with retries)
+    - name: Homarr | VM-side fetch (HTML via Python, with retries)  # use SSHPASS env here too
       ansible.builtin.command:
         argv:
           - sshpass
-          - -p
-          - "{{ vm_pass }}"
+          - -e
           - ssh
           - -o
           - StrictHostKeyChecking=no
@@ -139,13 +145,14 @@
             except Exception:
                 pass
             PY
+      environment:
+        SSHPASS: "{{ vm_pass }}"
       register: homarr_vm
       changed_when: false
       failed_when: false
       when: homarr_controller.status | default(0) != 200 or homarr_controller.content is not defined
       retries: "{{ homarr_retries }}"
       delay: "{{ homarr_delay }}"
-      # Wait until we actually got some HTML that likely belongs to Homarr
       until: (homarr_vm.stdout | default('') | trim | length) > 0 and ('Homarr' in (homarr_vm.stdout | default('')))
       no_log: "{{ DEBUG == 0 }}"