Thank you, so from that reply, I'm assuming there isn't any viable alternative ?
On Monday, October 25, 2021 at 1:11:24 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > If you must do this before anything else you could provide the value as a > command line extra variable to ansible-playbook > > On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 at 07:00, Dhiwakar Ravikumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I'm trying to save the timestamp corresponding to when a playbook runs in >> a variable. >> I plan to use this variable across the playbook but I'm facing issues >> particularly since >> >> the lookup plugin runs and generates a new value each time. >> module_defaults: >> group/ns.col.session: >> session_id: "{{ lookup('pipe','date \"+%Y-%m-%d-%H%M\"') }}" >> >> The value is looked up at the time that it is needed >> >> I could use set_fact: but it only works inside of the tasks: block and >> I'd like to set it to some value before any task can run i.e. right after >> hosts. >> >> - hosts: >> - localhost >> >> module_defaults: >> group/ns.col.session: >> session_id: ............. >> >> How do I achieve this WITHOUT using set_fact OR without using the >> lookup() ? >> In other words, how to save or copy the value of a lookup to some >> variable ? >> >> Thanks >> Dhiwakar >> >> -- >> 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/2a0329e7-541b-4f68-aa3e-5185b42d04efn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/2a0329e7-541b-4f68-aa3e-5185b42d04efn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from a mobile device - please excuse the brevity, spelling and > punctuation. > -- 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/a1294e55-8e2b-4ac4-a628-e6331ac454d8n%40googlegroups.com.
