--- - hosts: localhost vars: foreman_stub_host: "{{ lookup('env', 'FOREMAN_HOST') }}" foreman_stub_port: "{{ lookup('env', 'FOREMAN_PORT') }}" foreman_stub_api_path: /api/v2 cached_hosts_key: "http://{{ foreman_stub_host }}:{{ foreman_stub_port }}{{ foreman_stub_api_path }}/hosts" tasks: - name: verify a cache file was created find: path: - ./foreman_cache register: matching_files - assert: that: - matching_files.matched == 1 - name: read the cached inventory set_fact: contents: "{{ lookup('file', matching_files.files.0.path) }}" - name: extract all the host names set_fact: cached_hosts: "{{ contents[cached_hosts_key] | json_query('[*].name') }}" - assert: that: "'{{ item }}' in cached_hosts" loop: - "v6.example-780.com" - "c4.j1.y5.example-487.com"