Filter debug msg - ansible

Question

I am using Ansible 2.9.13 and I have this playbook:
---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
vars:
ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/env python3
vars_files:
- vars.yml
tasks:
- name: Get Tags from given VM Name
vmware_vm_info:
validate_certs: no
hostname: '{{ vcenter_server }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_user }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_pass }}'
folder: '{{ provision_folder }}'
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_info
- debug:
msg: "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name=='C97A1612171478']"
When I run it I am getting this output:
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": [
{
"attributes": {},
"cluster": "xxx01",
"esxi_hostname": "xxxx",
"guest_fullname": "Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)",
"guest_name": "C97A1612171478",
"ip_address": "10.x.x.x",
"mac_address": [
"0x:x:x:x:xd:x"
],
"power_state": "poweredOn",
"tags": [],
"uuid": "420xxaf-xxx-xe2-9xe-a5xxxxxa3c",
"vm_network": {
"0x:x:x:xa:x:x": {
"ipv4": [
"169.x.x.x"
],
"ipv6": [
"x::x:x:x:xc"
]
},
"x:x:x:x:x0:x1": {
"ipv4": [
"169.x.x.x"
],
"ipv6": [
"x::x7:xf:x:x"
]
},
"0x:5x:x:x:ax:x": {
"ipv4": [
"10.x.x.x"
],
"ipv6": [
"x::1xx:x:8xx:x"
]
}
}
}
]
}
How can I filter the output to make it show only the "ip_address": "10.x.x.x".
In the end only the 10.x.x.x.
I have tried some ways adding the key ip_address in the message code but all of them gave me an error.
I can filter the msg using Python but if there's a way to get it using Ansible I would like to know how.

Answer 1

If you want to get this information without a loop:
If you need an object as a result:
- debug:
msg: "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name=='C97A1612171478'] | [0].{ip_address: ip_address}"
will yield
{
"ip_address": "10.x.x.x"
}
If you need a string as a result:
- debug:
msg: "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name=='C97A1612171478'] | [0].ip_address"
will yield
"10.x.x.x"

Answer 2

I can't test this properly, but try to fiddle around with the following code:
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.ip_address | json_query(query) }}"
loop: "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name=='C97A1612171478']"