In Ansible 2.1, I have a role being called by a playbook that needs access to a host file variable. Any thoughts on how to access it?
I am trying to access the ansible_ssh_host
in the test1
section of the following inventory host
file:
[test1]
test-1 ansible_ssh_host=abc.def.ghi.jkl ansible_ssh_port=1212
[test2]
test2-1 ansible_ssh_host=abc.def.ghi.mno ansible_ssh_port=1212
[test3]
test3-1 ansible_ssh_host=abc.def.ghi.pqr ansible_ssh_port=1212
test3-2 ansible_ssh_host=abc.def.ghi.stu ansible_ssh_port=1212
[all:children]
test1
test2
test3
I have tried accessing the role in the following fashions:
{{ hostvars.ansible_ssh_host }}
and
{{ hostvars.test1.ansible_ssh_host }}
I get this error:
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "'ansible.vars.hostvars.HostVars object' has no attribute 'ansible'"}
Best Answer
You are on the right track about
hostvars
.This magic variable is used to access information about other hosts.
hostvars
is a hash with inventory hostnames as keys.To access fields of each host, use
hostvars['test-1']
,hostvars['test2-1']
, etc.ansible_ssh_host
is deprecated in favor ofansible_host
since 2.0.So you should first remove "_ssh" from inventory hosts arguments (i.e. to become "ansible_user", "ansible_host", and "ansible_port"), then in your role call it with: