Automagic ansible updates using the reports.

tools/collector

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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+#
+# collect messages from reporter and drop them into log files
+#
+set -eu
+
+port=1234
+#logdir="/var/log/collector"
+logdir="/tmp/collector"
+
+mkdir -vp "$logdir"
+
+nc -k -l -u -p "$port" | while read line ; do
+    sndr="${line%%:*}"
+    msg="${line#*: }"
+    if [[ "$sndr" =~ [a-z0-9]+ ]] ; then
+        if [[ "$msg" =~ ^-------\ .+\ -------$ ]] ; then
+            echo "$(date --rfc-3339=seconds) → Message from '$sndr' received."
+            echo "$msg" >  "$logdir/$sndr"
+        else
+            echo "$msg" >> "$logdir/$sndr"
+        fi
+    fi
+done