[ansible-project] Re: Loading variables with data from REST

2019-09-24 Thread Paul Hoffman
ure out how to query the returned array to match a particular value. > > I was also able to set a specific value to a variable with set_fact: > > - name: set variable for target_vm_id > set_fact: > target_vm_id: "{{ vminfo.json.data[0].id }}" > > > O

[ansible-project] Loading variables with data from REST

2019-09-24 Thread Paul Hoffman
I'd like to leverage systems with an API to provide variables to playbooks running on the controller. Something similar to a dynamic inventory script loading from an external system. For example with a curl command and can get the exact contents I need. IE: {"myVariable":"myValue"} or yaml