ansible-template – Tarik Billa

Rendering Ansible template into the fact variable

December 3, 2023 by Tarik

I think you might be just looking for the template lookup plugin: – set_fact: rendered_template: “{{ lookup(‘template’, ‘./template.j2’) }}” Usage example: template.j2 Hello {{ value_for_template }} playbook.yml — – hosts: localhost gather_facts: no connection: local vars: value_for_template: world tasks: – debug: var: rendered_template vars: rendered_template: “{{ lookup(‘template’, ‘./template.j2’) }}” The result: TASK [debug] ******************************************************************* ok: … Read more

how to append to a list in jinja2 for ansible

August 20, 2023 by Tarik

Try below code: {% set port=”1234″ %} {% set server_ip = [] %} {% for ip in host_ip %} {{ server_ip.append( ip+”:”+port ) }} {% endfor %} {{ server_ip|join(‘,’) }} You ll get: 192.168.56.14:1234,192.168.56.13:1234,192.168.56.10:1234

Passing variables to ansible roles

July 29, 2023 by Tarik

I got it working by using this playbook: — – hosts: testdroplets roles: – update – bootstrap_server – role: create_new_user username: username – role: vimserver username: username Docs: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_roles.html#roles Here is another option, with a directory structure like . ├── README.md ├── ansible.cfg ├── play.yml └── roles ├── bootstrap_server │ └── tasks │ └── main.yml … Read more

ansible – delete unmanaged files from directory?

April 28, 2023 by Tarik

I’d do it like this, assuming a variable defined as ‘managed_files’ up top that is a list. – shell: ls -1 /some/dir register: contents – file: path=/some/dir/{{ item }} state=absent with_items: contents.stdout_lines when: item not in managed_files

How to get the first element of a list from the output of setup module in Ansible?

April 1, 2023 by Tarik

To get first item of the list: – debug: msg: “First item: {{ ansible_processor[0] }}” Or: – debug: msg: “First item: {{ ansible_processor | first }}”

How can I test jinja2 templates in ansible?

February 17, 2023 by Tarik

At this time exists 4 different variants: 1_Online (using https://cryptic-cliffs-32040.herokuapp.com/)Based on jinja2-live-parser code. 2_Interactive (using python and library jinja2, PyYaml) import yaml from jinja2 import Template >>> template = Template(“”” … {% if users is defined and users %} … {% for user in users %}{{ user }} … {% endfor %} … {% endif … Read more

How to use template module with different set of variables?

December 29, 2022 by Tarik

With Ansible 2.x you can use vars: with tasks. Template test.j2: mkdir -p {{myTemplateVariable}} Playbook: – template: src=test.j2 dest=/tmp/File1 vars: myTemplateVariable: myDirName – template: src=test.j2 dest=/tmp/File2 vars: myTemplateVariable: myOtherDir This will pass different myTemplateVariable values into test.j2.

Ansible: get current target host’s IP address

November 28, 2022 by Tarik

A list of all addresses is stored in a fact ansible_all_ipv4_addresses, a default address in ansible_default_ipv4.address. — – hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: – debug: var=ansible_all_ipv4_addresses – debug: var=ansible_default_ipv4.address Then there are addresses assigned to each network interface… In such cases you can display all the facts and find the one that has the value … Read more