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Revision as of 13:49, 5 February 2024
Ansible gather_facts module, new in Ansible 2.8 (May 2019), allows to gather useful variables about remote hosts that can be used in playbooks
- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/gather_facts_module.html
- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_vars_facts.html#ansible-facts
- Collect facts:
gather_facts: [ no | yes ] - Show gathered facts:
ansible localhost -m setup
Example:
#!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook - hosts: localhost gather_facts: no
Using facts:
tasks: - name: Shut down Debian flavored systems ansible.builtin.command: /sbin/shutdown -t now when: ansible_facts['os_family'] == "Debian"
The following modules failed to execute: ansible.legacy.setup
TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************************************************* ok: [SERVER_NAME]
Related terms
gatheringin/etc/ansible/ansible.cfgios_pingbolt task run facts --targets- Chef:
inspec detect ansible.builtin.set_factmodule
See also
- Ansible
setupmodule: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/setup_module.html - Ansible modules:
gather_facts, set_fact,ansible.builtin.file,lineinfile,stat,group,mount,git:,package:,command:,shell:,raw:,template:,register:,user:, Ansible playbooks examples,tasks:,lineinfile, blockinfile:,shell:,command:,raw:,ansible.builtin.file, service:, aws.ecs_taskdefinition, aws.asg, docker_container, kubernetes.core.k8s,community.,include_tasks
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