dubzland.openstack.openstack_get_fact module – Retrieves a fact from local OpenStack facts.

Note

This module is part of the dubzland.openstack collection (version 1.1.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install dubzland.openstack. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dubzland.openstack.openstack_get_fact.

Synopsis

  • Reads the fact from variables in hostvars['ansible_local'], so be sure facts are already gathered.

  • Uses the ansible.builtin.set_fact module to actually assign the fact.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 3.8

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

as

string / required

Variable to be set with the fact value.

option

string / required

Name of the fact being retrieved.

section

string / required

Section within the OpenStack facts file where fact is stored.

See Also

See also

ansible.builtin.set_fact

The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.set_fact module.

Examples

- name: Retrieve the OpenStack version
  dubzland.openstack.openstack_get_fact:
    section: repository
    option: codename
    as: _openstack_version

Authors

  • Josh Williams (@t3hpr1m3)