Gather facts

Ansible gather_facts module, new in Ansible 2.8, 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

gather_facts: no
gather_facts: yes

See also

• Playbooks
• Ansible setup module: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/setup_module.html
• Ansible: modules, plugins, Playbooks (examples) ansible-playbook, ansible-vault, ansible-inventory, ansible-config, Ansible Tower, Ansible Galaxy (Roles) (ansible-galaxy), ansible-cmdb, gather facts, ansible.cfg, Ansible Molecule, Ansible collections, register, template, --ask-pass, --ask-become-pass, remote_user:, /etc/ansible/hosts, ansible-doc, ansible-lint, .ansible/, --forks, --start-at-task, changelog, inventory, Notify:, ansible HOSTNAME -m ping, gathering, /usr/bin/ansible, ansible -m ping, ansible.builtin, hosts: (Ansible), set fact:, when:, blockinfile:, become method:, include:, git:, AWX, ansible --help, Tags, Ansible variables, versions