Difference between revisions of "Gather facts"

Latest revision as of 13:50, 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

- name: Show Gathered Facts
   debug:
     msg: "Template:Ansible facts"

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]

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 [[Ansible]] <code>gather_facts</code> [[Ansible module|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: <code>gather_facts: [ no | yes ]</code>
+* Show gathered facts: <code>[[ansible localhost -m setup]]</code>
-<code>gather_facts: [ no | yes ]</code>
+ - name: Show Gathered Facts
+    debug:
+      msg: "{{ ansible_facts }}"
 Example:
@@ Line 31: / Line 38: @@
 * <code>[[bolt task run facts --targets]]</code>
 * [[Chef]]: <code>[[inspec detect]]</code>
-* https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_vars_facts.html#ansible-facts
 * <code>[[ansible.builtin.set_fact]]</code> module