Before 2.0 any facts gathered by a delegated task were assigned to the `inventory_hostname` (current host) instead of the host which actually produced the facts (delegated to host).
The new directive `delegate_facts` if set to `True` will assing the task's gathered facts to the delegated host instead of the current one.::
By default, any fact gathered by a delegated task are assigned to the `inventory_hostname` (the current host) instead of the host which actually produced the facts (the delegated to host).
In 2.0, the directive `delegate_facts` may be set to `True` to assign the task's gathered facts to the delegated host instead of the current one.::
- hosts: app_servers
@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ The new directive `delegate_facts` if set to `True` will assing the task's gathe
delegate_facts: True
with_items: "{{groups['dbservers'}}"
The above will gather facts for the machines in the dbservers group and assign the facts to those machines and not to app_servers,
that way you can lookup `hostvars['dbhost1']['default_ipv4_addresses'][0]` even though dbservers were not part of the play, or left out by using `--limit`.
The above will gather facts for the machines in the dbservers group and assign the facts to those machines and not to app_servers.
This way you can lookup `hostvars['dbhost1']['default_ipv4_addresses'][0]` even though dbservers were not part of the play, or left out by using `--limit`.
Toshio Kuratomi
9 years ago