H ello, I did look at magic variables and i was not able to get what i wanted... i basically want to get hostname which is of type secondary from group1 ... so that i can store it in a var and use elsewhere...
On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 10:36:52 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > HI Saranya, > > If i didn't misunderstood, would you like to make use of inbuilt special > variables to get hostname as - inventory_hostname, inventory_hostname_short > which directly gives you hostname value and it can be stored in variable or > printed using debug module. > > PS :- You can also make use of facts to get hostname -> parse it -> store > value in variable. > > Cheers, > Parth > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 10:29 AM Saranya N <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I need to get the hostname as a variable in my playbook >> >> I have the inventory defined the inventory like below >> >> [group1] >> host1.vs.com type=secondary servertype=vm >> host2.vs.com type=primary servertype=vm >> >> [group2] >> host4.vs.com type=primary servertype=physical >> host3.vs.com type=secondary servertype=physical >> >> I run my playbook with --limit option always so using ansible_limit I'm >> able to get the variable name of the group. >> >> now depending on the group i need to get the hostname which is secondary >> as a variable. >> id if --limit is group1, I need host1.vs.com as a var...how can i do >> that? >> >> any help is appreciated, thank you >> >> -- >> 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/ea2efe68-3a9b-48bd-9925-d890ecc51fafn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/ea2efe68-3a9b-48bd-9925-d890ecc51fafn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/b9352377-4d2f-4529-98f7-761a636efc0fn%40googlegroups.com.
