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+---
+# by default this playbook runs in the staging environment
+# to run in production, pass '-e runtime_env=production'
+- name: change the Allsearch banner
+  # hosts: allsearch_api_{{ runtime_env | default('staging') }}
+  hosts: localhost
+  remote_user: deploy
+  vars:
+    - passenger_root: "/opt/allsearch_api/current"
+    - text_no_comma: "dog cat"
+    # - text_escaped_comma: "dog\, cat"
+    - text_unescaped_comma: "dog, cat"
+  vars_files:
+    - ../group_vars/allsearch_api/vault.yml
+    - ../group_vars/allsearch_api/common.yml
+    - ../group_vars/allsearch_api/{{ runtime_env | default('staging') }}.yml
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Check the text for commas
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        first_fact: "{{ text_unescaped_comma | regex_replace('?<!\\,', 'commanext,') }}"
+      # the regex (?<!\\), matches any unescaped comma (,)
+      # example filter {{ 'ansible' | regex_replace('^a.*i(.*)$', 'a\\1') }} returns able
+
+    - name: Show me first_fact
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: first_fact
+
+    # - name: Escape unescaped commas
+    #   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    #     first_fact: "{{ text_unescaped_comma | regex_replace(?<!\\) }}"
+
+    # - name: Run the Rake task
+    #   ansible.builtin.shell: "cd {{ passenger_root }} && /usr/bin/bash --login -c 'RAILS_ENV={{ rails_env | default('staging') }} bundle exec rake banner:update['{{ banner_text }}',{{alert_status | default('info') }},{{dismissible | default('true')}},{{autoclear | default('false')}}]'"
+    #   run_once: true
+      #bundle exec rake banner:update\['new banner',info,true,true\]
+      #text,alert_status[info|success|warning|error],dismissible,autoclear
+
+  # post_tasks:
+  #   - name: tell everyone on slack you ran an ansible playbook
+  #     community.general.slack:
+  #       token: "{{ vault_pul_slack_token }}"
+  #       msg: "Ansible ran `{{ ansible_play_name }}` on {{ inventory_hostname }}"
+  #       channel: "{{ slack_alerts_channel }}"