3. Paste the content below into your new module file. It includes the :ref:`required Ansible format and documentation <developing_modules_documenting>` and some example code.
4. Modify and extend the code to do what you want your new module to do. See the :ref:`programming tips <developing_modules_best_practices>` and :ref:`Python 3 compatibility <developing_python_3>` pages for pointers on writing clean, concise module code.
The ``auto`` inventory plugin is enabled by default and works by using the ``plugin`` field to indicate the plugin that should attempt to parse it. You can configure the whitelist/precedence of inventory plugins used to parse source using the `ansible.cfg` ['inventory'] ``enable_plugins`` list. After enabling the plugin and providing any required options you can view the populated inventory with ``ansible-inventory -i demo.aws_ec2.yml --graph``::
The ``auto`` inventory plugin is enabled by default and works by using the ``plugin`` field to indicate the plugin that should attempt to parse it. You can configure the whitelist/precedence of inventory plugins used to parse source using the `ansible.cfg` ['inventory'] ``enable_plugins`` list. After enabling the plugin and providing any required options you can view the populated inventory with ``ansible-inventory -i demo.aws_ec2.yml --graph``:
..code-block:: text
@all:
|--@aws_ec2:
@ -88,7 +90,9 @@ You can create dynamic groups using host variables with the constructed ``keyed_
# set the ansible_host variable to connect with the private IP address without changing the hostname
ansible_host: private_ip_address
Now the output of ``ansible-inventory -i demo.aws_ec2.yml --graph``::
Now the output of ``ansible-inventory -i demo.aws_ec2.yml --graph``:
Lookup plugins can be used anywhere you can use templating in Ansible: in a play, in variables file, or in a Jinja2 template for the :ref:`template <template_module>` module.
Lookups are an integral part of loops. Wherever you see ``with_``, the part after the underscore is the name of a lookup.
This is also the reason most lookups output lists and take lists as input; for example, ``with_items`` uses the :ref:`items <items_lookup>` lookup:
..code-block:: yaml
This is also the reason most lookups output lists and take lists as input; for example, ``with_items`` uses the :ref:`items <items_lookup>` lookup::
tasks:
- name: count to 3
debug: msg={{item}}
with_items: [1, 2, 3]
You can combine lookups with :ref:`playbooks_filters`, :ref:`playbooks_tests` and even each other to do some complex data generation and manipulation. For example:
..code-block:: yaml
You can combine lookups with :ref:`playbooks_filters`, :ref:`playbooks_tests` and even each other to do some complex data generation and manipulation. For example::
tasks:
- name: valid but useless and over complicated chained lookups and filters
@ -77,6 +73,8 @@ To ignore errors::
- name: file doesnt exist, but i dont care .. file plugin itself warns anyways ...
[WARNING]: Unable to find '/idontexist' in expected paths (use -vvvvv to see paths)
[WARNING]: An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin 'file'. Error was a <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleError'>, original message: could not locate file in lookup: /idontexist
@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ Fatal error (the default)::
- name: file doesnt exist, FAIL (this is the default)
[WARNING]: Unable to find '/idontexist' in expected paths (use -vvvvv to see paths)
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin 'file'. Error was a <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleError'>, original message: could not locate file in lookup: /idontexist"}
@ -120,7 +122,9 @@ The default behavior of ``lookup`` is to return a string of comma separated valu
This was done primarily to provide an easier and more consistent interface for interacting with the new ``loop`` keyword, while maintaining backwards compatibility with other uses of ``lookup``.
The following examples are equivalent::
The following examples are equivalent:
..code-block:: jinja
lookup('dict', dict_variable, wantlist=True)
@ -128,7 +132,9 @@ The following examples are equivalent::
As demonstrated above the behavior of ``wantlist=True`` is implicit when using ``query``.
Additionally, ``q`` was introduced as a shortform of ``query``::
Additionally, ``q`` was introduced as a shortform of ``query``: