first successful test

tasks/main.yaml

@@ -15,28 +15,28 @@
     set_fact:
       cpu_architecture: "{{ cpu_architecture_output.stdout_lines[0] }}"
 
-- name: Video Capture - Install Packages  
-  when: not refresh_special | bool
-  apt:
-    name:
-      - "{{ streamer_packages_items }}"
-    state: present
-  loop: "{{ streamer_packages }}"
-  loop_control:
-    loop_var: streamer_packages_items
+#- name: Video Capture - Install Packages  
+#  when: not refresh_special | bool
+#  apt:
+#    name:
+#      - "{{ streamer_packages_items }}"
+#    state: present
+#  loop: "{{ streamer_packages }}"
+#  loop_control:
+#    loop_var: streamer_packages_items
+#
+#- name: Video Capture - SD Card Handler
+#  when: mount_sd | bool
+#  include_tasks: sd_handler.yaml
+#
+#- name: Video Capture - Configure MediaMTX
+#  include_tasks: mediamtx.yaml
+#
+#- name: Video Capture - Configure Streaming
+#  include_tasks: streamer.yaml
 
-- name: Video Capture - SD Card Handler
-  when: mount_sd | bool
-  include_tasks: sd_handler.yaml
-
-- name: Video Capture - Configure MediaMTX
-  include_tasks: mediamtx.yaml
-
-- name: Video Capture - Configure Streaming
-  include_tasks: streamer.yaml
-
-#- name: Video Capture - Configure service control
-#  include_tasks: service_control.yaml
+- name: Video Capture - Configure service control
+  include_tasks: service_control.yaml
 
 
 ...

tasks/service_control.yaml

@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@
       dest: /etc/systemd/system/service_control.service
       mode: 0644
 
+  - name: video_capture - service timeout helper files
+    block:
+
+    - name: video_capture - create service_timeout.sh
+      template:
+        src: service_timeout.sh.j2
+        dest: "{{ service_control_folder }}/service_timeout.sh"
+        mode: 0755
+    
+    - name: video_capture - create service_timeout.service
+      template:
+        src: service_timeout.service.j2
+        dest: /etc/systemd/system/service_timeout.service
+        mode: 0644
+
   # daemon reload
   - name: video_capture - service_control api - daemon reload
     systemd:
@@ -72,6 +87,11 @@
       state: started
       enabled: yes
 
+  - name: video_capture - service_control api - enable and start service timeoue api
+    systemd:
+      name: service_timeout.service
+      state: started
+      enabled: yes
 
 
 ###############################################
@@ -102,24 +122,27 @@
         owner: root
         group: root
 
-#    - name: service_control_website - template index.php
-#      template:
-#        src: index-service_control.php.j2 
-#        dest: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/html/index.php"
-#        mode: 0644
+    #- name: service_control_website - template index.php
+    #  template:
+    #    src: index-service_control.php.j2 
+    #    dest: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/html/index.php"
+    #    mode: 0644
       
     ###############################################
     # Start service_control_website
     ###############################################
-# https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/265704/start-stop-a-systemd-service-at-specific-times
-# i can create several conflicting services with various timeouts
+    # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/265704/start-stop-a-systemd-service-at-specific-times
+    # i can create several conflicting services with various timeouts
 
     - name: start service_control_website
+      when: not refresh_special | bool
       block:
+
       - name: set container variables
         set_fact: 
           container_name: "service_control_website"
           container_http_port: "8081"
+          extra_volumes: ""
 
       - name: service_control_website - template config
         template:

tasks/streamer.yaml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 # same with video, the lsusb ID is 534d:0021 
 
 - name: video_capture - get video device
-  shell: "v4l2-ctl --list-devices -z {{ lsusb_device_ID }}| grep video | head -n 1"
+  shell: "v4l2-ctl --list-devices -z {{ lsusb_device_ID }} | grep video | head -n 1 | awk '{print $1}'"
   register: video_ID_0    
 
 - name: video_capture - set video_device