Difference between revisions of "Gather facts"

Revision as of 12:23, 21 October 2021

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

gather_facts: [ no | yes ]

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"

TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************************************************************
ok: [SERVER_NAME]

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
   gather_facts: [ no | yes ]
+Example:
   #!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook
@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
-<pre>
-TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************************************************************
-ok: [SERVER_NAME]
-</pre>
+Using facts:
   tasks:
    - name: Shut down Debian flavored systems
@@ Line 24: / Line 21: @@
      [[when:]] [[ansible_facts]]['os_family'] == "Debian"
+ TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************************************************************
+ ok: [SERVER_NAME]