Thanks Alex! that helped a lot. On Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 4:14:16 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:
> ansible_os_family is for assigning tasks, variables etc. to a family of > operating systems (i.e Debian, RedHat etc) > Debian will match Debian, Ubuntu, any other derived Debian distribution > RedHat will match RedHat, CentOS, Fedora, any other derived RedHat > distribution > the assumption is that in the same family the things are the same (i.e. > apache is apache2 in Debian family, but httpd in RedHat family) > > if you need finer grain you could use ansible_distribution, which will > give you the exact linux distribution > > in most cases os_family will be enough, but when it comes to package > versions (like php-7.x) maybe you will need > also ansible_distribution_major_version > > Alex > > > Pe luni, 5 octombrie 2020, la 15:48:48 UTC+3, [email protected] a scris: > >> Hello All, >> >> I have a general question! >> >> When should I use ansible_facts.distribution vs ansible_os_family or are >> they interchangeable? Is one better than the other? >> >> Thanks, >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/2e8ba9e9-3b84-44ca-a318-fcf0fb0de32fn%40googlegroups.com.
