Thanks again for the reply Giovanni.
I tried that, it's still putting the IP address instead of the server name.
Not sure what I'm missing.
regards, Richard
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Giovanni Tirloni <g...@gtirloni.com> wrote:
> Try to put quotes around that ("{{ inventory_hostname }}") so it's
> probably interpreted by Jinja2.
>
> A working example:
>
> ---
> - hosts: localhost
> gather_facts: no
> tasks:
> - debug:
> msg: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
>
>
> $ ansible-playbook -i "localhost," play.yml
>
> PLAY [localhost]
> **************************************************************
>
> TASK: [debug ]
> ****************************************************************
> ok: [localhost] => {
> "msg": "localhost"
> }
>
> PLAY RECAP
> ********************************************************************
> localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0
> failed=0
>
>
> On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:48 -0700, richard kappler <richkapp...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Actually, I'm reading Ansible: Up and Running, and under
> > inventory_hostname
> > it says I did it right, yet when I ran the playbook, I got an error
> > saying
> > inventory_hostname wasn't defined. I think maybe I should start a new
> > thread.
> >
> > On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 2:42:53 PM UTC-4, richard kappler wrote:
> > >
> > > I see what you're saying. Tried to put it into play, but I'm obviously
> > > still missing some fundamental knowledge. How do I call the variable?
> > >
> > > I tried:
> > > - replace:
> > > dest=<filename>
> > > regexp='placeholder'
> > > replace={{ inventory_hostname }}
> > > backup =no
> > >
> > > and it wouldn't work. I can get the file to work, as an experiment in
> > > place of {{ inventory_hostname }} I put {{ ansible_eth0.ipv4.address
> }} and
> > > the replace worked, putting the IP address of the target system where
> > > 'placeholder' used to be, so I've got that part down, but calling
> variables
> > > I haven't got a handle on yet.
> > >
> > > Off to do more reading. Thanks for the help Giovanni!
> > >
> > > regards, Richard
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> I think you should try using the inventory_hostname variable for that.
> > >> It'll return those serverXX names you defined.
> > >>
> > >> If you need more vars per host, I would use host_vars.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> https://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_best_practices.html#group-and-host-variables
> > >>
> > >> Giovanni
> > >>
> > >
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