I'm trying to generate the following list:
list1:127.0.0.1,127.0.0.2
list2:192.168.1.1,192.168.1.254
From this dictionary:
ip_allowed:
list1:
- 127.0.0.1
- 127.0.0.2
list2:
- 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.254
Using the following jinja2 Ansible template:
#ZONE HOST(S) OPTIONS
{% for hosts_key, hosts_value in ip_allowed.iteritems() %}
{% set hosts_dict = hosts_value %}
{% for item in hosts_dict %}
{{ hosts_key }} {{ item }}
{%- if loop.first %},{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
{% endfor %}
But I'm getting the following result:
#ZONE HOST(S) OPTIONS
list1 127.0.0.1, list1 127.0.0.2 list2 192.168.1.1, list2 192.168.1.254
I'm not entirely sure I got the exact format you want out of the template but you'll adapt if needed once you get the idea. Just join each ip in the value.
#ZONE HOST(S) OPTIONS
{% for allowed_item in (ip_allowed | dict2items) %}
{{ allowed_item.key }} {{ allowed_item.value | join(',') }}
{% endfor %}
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I have a template named foo.yml.j2 used in an Ansible task to generate a foo.yml file:
{% for host in ansible_play_hosts_all %}
{{ host }},
{% endfor %}
Everything works fine except I need something like the following statement: For every host in ansible_play_hosts_all except for host==bar do this or that.
Is this achievable or the only way to do this is to categorize my hosts in different groups and use ansible_play_hosts_group?
You can use the reject filter to take your host out of the list so that it is not part of your loop:
{% for host in ansible_play_hosts_all | reject('==', 'bar') %}
{{ host }},
{% endfor %}
There are more options. The trivial one is using the condition in Jinja
{% for host in ansible_play_hosts_all %}
{% if host != 'bar' %}
{{ host }},
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
Fit the format to your needs.
Example of a complete playbook for testing
- hosts: host_1,host_2,host_3
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- debug:
msg: |
{% for host in ansible_play_hosts_all %}
{% if host != 'host_2' %}
{{ host }},
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
run_once: true
gives (abridged)
msg: |-
host_1,
host_3,
The next option is to remove blacklisted hosts from the loop, e.g.
blacklist: [host_2]
The template below gives the same result
{% for host in ansible_play_hosts_all|difference(blacklist) %}
{{ host }},
{% endfor %}
I have a yaml file with the following contents in it
interfaces:
'loopback:local':
-address: 0.0.0.0
prefix: 24
area: 192.168.1.2
grp: testint
intname: global
-address: 0.0.0.0
prefix: 24
area: 192.168.1.3
grp: prodint
intname: global2
My jinja template looks like this
{% for intf in interfaces %}
{{ intf }}
{% for key,value in intf.items() %}
{{ key }}
{{ value }}
{% endfor %}
{% endfor %}
When I try to access the elements from the object, I get an error saying no elements found
More likely you shoud try something like this:
vars:
interfaces:
- loopback_local:
- address: 0.0.0.0
prefix: 24
area: 192.168.1.2
grp: testint
intname: global
- address: 0.0.0.0
prefix: 24
area: 192.168.1.3
grp: prodint
intname: global2
jinjafile
{% for intf in interfaces %}
{% for i in intf.loopback_local %}
{% for key,value in i.items() %}
{{ key }}:{{ value }}
{% endfor %}
{% endfor %}
{% endfor %}
I'm trying to generate an Ansible template that increments on letters alphabetically rather than numbers. Is there a function similar to range(x) that could help me?
pseudo code example
{% for letter in range(a, d) %}
{{ letter }}
{% endfor %}
expected output
a
b
c
d
Alternatively is there a way to convert a number into it's alphabetical equivalent in Ansible?
{% for i in range(6) %}
{{ convert(i) }}
{% endfor %}
UPDATE
For those who are curious, here's how I ended up applying #zigam's solution. The goal was to create xml tags with every host from a hostgroup.
In my role defaults:
ids: "ABCDEFGHIGJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ"
In my template:
{% for host in groups['some_group'] %}
<host-id="{{ ids[loop.index] }}" hostName="{{ host }}" port="8888" />
{% endfor %}
You can iterate over a string:
{% for letter in 'abcd' %}
{{ letter }}
{% endfor %}
If you want to iterate over a range of the alphabet:
{% set letters='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' %}
{% for letter in letters[:6] %} {# first 6 chars #}
{{ letter }}
{% endfor %}
you can use a custom filter plugin to do what you want
in filter_plugins/scratch_filter.py:
def scratch_filter(n):
return chr(n)
class FilterModule(object):
''' Number to Character filter '''
def filters(self):
return {
'scratch_filter': scratch_filter
}
in scratch-template.j2:
{% for x in range(101, 113) %}
{{ x|scratch_filter }}
{% endfor %}
in scratch_playbook.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: test loop
template:
src: "{{ playbook_dir }}/scratch-template.j2"
dest: "{{ playbook_dir }}/scratch-template-output.txt"
I have 3 servers A, B, C. When I run the below in j2 template, it pulls all 3 servers.
How can I ignore the server that runs the template?
For ex, if server A runs, it should fetch only server B & C.
"retry_join": ["
{% for host in groups['servers']%}
{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_ssh_host'] }}
{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}
{% endfor %}
"]
Exclude inventory_hostname from your servers list:
{% for host in groups['servers'] | difference([inventory_hostname]) %}
You can try a check like this one to verify that your loop variable is not the current host:
{% if host != inventory_hostname %}
{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_ssh_host'] }}
{% endif %}
I need to iterate over all hosts and generate config file for hosts that are not contained in group somegroup:
{% for host in groups.all if host not in groups['somegroup'] %}
But if somegroup does not exist, it fails (argument of type 'StrictUndefined' is not iterable).
How do I write this correctly to avoid two different for cycles:
{% if groups['somegroup'] is defined %}
{% for host in groups.all if host not in groups['somegroup'] %}
...
{% endfor %}
{% else %}
{% for host in groups.all %}
...
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
I think you're looking for the default filter:
{% for host in groups.all if host not in groups['somegroup'] | default([]) %}