Get a list of all Mac addresses using ansible - ansible

I know that module setup provides Mac addresses per interface, for example:
"ansible_eth0": {
"active": true,
"device": "eth0",
"ipv4": {
"address": "192.168.35.174",
"broadcast": "192.168.35.255",
"netmask": "255.255.255.0",
"network": "192.168.35.0"
},
"ipv6": [
{
"address": "fe80::250:56ff:fe91:a6c2",
"prefix": "64",
"scope": "link"
}
],
"macaddress": "00:50:56:91:a6:c2",
"module": "vmxnet3",
"mtu": 1500,
"pciid": "0000:0b:00.0",
"promisc": false,
"speed": 10000,
"type": "ether"
Suppose the server has 10 interfaces and I want to gather all their mac's, separated with semicolon. How would I do that if I don't know how many interfaces server has and I don't know their names?

Take a look at this answer for complete description.
You may try this:
ansible_interfaces |
map('regex_replace','^','ansible_') |
map('extract',hostvars[inventory_hostname]) |
selectattr('macaddress','defined') |
map(attribute='macaddress') |
list
This expression is not tested, but the idea should be clear.

Related

passing more information to consul watch handler

I am wondering whether consul watch handler can be passed some dynamic information while it's called.
That means watch mechanism can pass the script more arguments instead of my given arguments like the below example.
{
"watches": [
{
"type": "service",
"args": ["/tmp/dosomething.sh", "how can i get responses from /v1/health/service here"]
}
]
}
By the way, when I want to 'watch' a service, the most important info to me is the service's state(passing or critial), but I don't understand:
when watch type is 'service', why I cannot appoint the 'service'.
when watch type is 'checks', why I cannot appoint state and service concurrently.
consul watch passes the entire API response payload as an argument to the watch handler script. Your script needs to be able to consume and parse the JSON, and then act on the data provided.
When you watch a service, the data returned is from the /v1/health/service/:service endpoint. (See consul/api/watch/funcs.go.)
when watch type is 'service', why I cannot appoint the 'service'.
I assume you mean that you would like to watch a specific service. If so, this is supported. You can specify a specific service to watch using the -service flag. For example, consul watch -type=service -service=assets.
when watch type is 'checks', why I cannot appoint state and service concurrently.
If you're interested in monitoring checks for a particular service, you should just use the aforementioned watch command for a specific service. The service check information is included in the API response.
$ consul watch -type=service -service=assets
[
{
"Node": {
"ID": "f013522f-aaa2-8fc6-c8ac-c84cb8a56405",
"Node": "hashicorp-consul-server-2",
"Address": "10.0.0.82",
"Datacenter": "dc2",
"TaggedAddresses": null,
"Meta": null,
"CreateIndex": 22898191,
"ModifyIndex": 22898191
},
"Service": {
"ID": "assets-v1",
"Service": "assets",
"Tags": [],
"Meta": null,
"Port": 9090,
"Address": "",
"Weights": {
"Passing": 1,
"Warning": 1
},
"EnableTagOverride": false,
"CreateIndex": 22898195,
"ModifyIndex": 22898195,
"Proxy": {
"MeshGateway": {},
"Expose": {}
},
"Connect": {}
},
"Checks": [
{
"Node": "hashicorp-consul-server-2",
"CheckID": "serfHealth",
"Name": "Serf Health Status",
"Status": "passing",
"Notes": "",
"Output": "Agent alive and reachable",
"ServiceID": "",
"ServiceName": "",
"ServiceTags": [],
"Type": "",
"Definition": {
"Interval": "0s",
"Timeout": "0s",
"DeregisterCriticalServiceAfter": "0s",
"HTTP": "",
"Header": null,
"Method": "",
"Body": "",
"TLSServerName": "",
"TLSSkipVerify": false,
"TCP": ""
},
"CreateIndex": 22898191,
"ModifyIndex": 22898191
}
]
}
]

Download .mp4 from Google Photo using Google Drive API will get wrong md5Checksum

When we try to download a file with an extension of .mp4 from Google Photo using Google Drive API, the downloaded file always has different md5 hash value with the md5Checksum field provided by remote metadata.
For example, assume there exists a file name video.mp4 on Google Photo. After we download the file using either one of the following URL:
(v2) https://doc-14-6c-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/[SOME_VALUES]?h=[SOME_VALUES]&e=download&gd=true
(v3) https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/[FILEID]?alt=media
Both methods will download the file correctly on a local machine. The file size is also the same as the fileSize field of remote metadata.
However, the md5 hash value is inconsistent with the md5Checksum field of remote metadata. For example, if we enter $md5sum video.mp4 command, we may got 5cf9fb1bb88dc9bf38d1de5c9180dc4e video.mp4. This is not the hash recorded at remote metadata.
All other files work fine (size and hash are consistent), except for the files with an extension of .mp4. By the way, we use CURL to send a request to Google Drive API to download these files, instead of using any of Google Drive SDK.
Hope someone can help us, thanks!
[Update] more explanation
These files are from our customer's Google Photo. We don't know the exact way to reproduce such situaion. We provide the metadata of one of problematic file for your reference. (we remove some private information.)
{
"kind": "drive#file",
"id": "(REMOVED)",
"etag": "(REMOVED)",
"selfLink": "(REMOVED)",
"webContentLink": "(REMOVED)",
"alternateLink": "(REMOVED)",
"embedLink": "(REMOVED)",
"iconLink": "(REMOVED)",
"thumbnailLink": "(REMOVED)",
"title": "(REMOVED)",
"mimeType": "video/mp4",
"description": "",
"labels": {
"starred": false,
"hidden": false,
"trashed": false,
"restricted": false,
"viewed": false
},
"createdDate": "2016-10-10T11:42:25.000Z",
"modifiedDate": "2016-10-18T23:01:19.000Z",
"modifiedByMeDate": "2016-10-18T23:01:19.000Z",
"markedViewedByMeDate": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"version": "133589",
"parents": [
{
"kind": "drive#parentReference",
"id": "(REMOVED)",
"selfLink": "(REMOVED)",
"parentLink": "(REMOVED)",
"isRoot": false
}
],
"downloadUrl": "(REMOVED)",
"userPermission": {
"kind": "drive#permission",
"etag": "(REMOVED)",
"id": "me",
"selfLink": "(REMOVED)",
"role": "owner",
"type": "user"
},
"originalFilename": "(REMOVED)",
"fileExtension": "mp4",
"md5Checksum": "c5a208198614c34b6fc61186d025df77",
"fileSize": "15284923",
"quotaBytesUsed": "0",
"ownerNames": [
"(REMOVED)"
],
"owners": [
{
"kind": "drive#user",
"displayName": "(REMOVED)",
"picture": {
"url": "(REMOVED)"
},
"isAuthenticatedUser": true,
"permissionId": "(REMOVED)",
"emailAddress": "(REMOVED)"
}
],
"lastModifyingUserName": "(REMOVED)",
"lastModifyingUser": {
"kind": "drive#user",
"displayName": "(REMOVED)",
"picture": {
"url": "(REMOVED)"
},
"isAuthenticatedUser": true,
"permissionId": "(REMOVED)",
"emailAddress": "(REMOVED)"
},
"capabilities": {
"canCopy": true,
"canEdit": true
},
"editable": true,
"copyable": true,
"writersCanShare": true,
"shared": false,
"explicitlyTrashed": false,
"appDataContents": false,
"headRevisionId": "(REMOVED)",
"videoMediaMetadata": {
"width": 720,
"height": 1280,
"durationMillis": "43697"
},
"spaces": [
"photos",
"drive"
]}
As you can see, the md5Checksum field shows c5a208198614c34b6fc61186d025df77 in the metadata. However, the actual md5 hash value equals to 95be52d721e2f5d8d02650b27095d466 instead.

Registering Multiple Same-Host Services

I am using the Consul API to register a local web-service running on various ports on my local machine. My end-goal is to be able to run multiple backends and load balance against them on different ports.
I am running a local Consul server of one node for development in a Vagrant VM. I have registered the first instance of my service:
{
"Node": {
"ID": "49d3be4b-5ee5-5f0f-e145-dcb1782e5b4b",
"Node": "localhost",
"Address": "127.0.0.1",
"Datacenter": "dc1",
"TaggedAddresses": {
"lan": "127.0.0.1",
"wan": "127.0.0.1"
},
"Meta": {
"consul-network-segment": ""
},
"CreateIndex": 5,
"ModifyIndex": 6
},
"Services": {
"consul": {
"ID": "consul",
"Service": "consul",
"Tags": [],
"Address": "",
"Port": 8300,
"EnableTagOverride": false,
"CreateIndex": 5,
"ModifyIndex": 5
},
"rusty": {
"ID": "rusty",
"Service": "rusty",
"Tags": [
"rusty",
"rust"
],
"Address": "127.0.0.1",
"Port": 8001,
"EnableTagOverride": false,
"CreateIndex": 247,
"ModifyIndex": 491
}
}
}
You can see my service, rusty, registered on port 8001. The strange thing is that when I register the same service on a different port, Consul supersedes port 8001 with the new service port.
Is there not a way to run multiple backends for a service on different ports on the same host?
Try to check that you are registering services with different IDs. For complete info see the parameters for /agent/service/register endpoint.
Here is an example with two rusty service instances with different IDs rusty1 and rusty2
{
"Node": {
"ID": "eff2fae3-6ee5-5de7-bf1a-c041992a1d6a",
"Node": "FB20160707",
"Address": "192.168.1.66",
"Datacenter": "dc1",
"TaggedAddresses": {
"lan": "192.168.1.66",
"wan": "192.168.1.66"
},
"Meta": {},
"CreateIndex": 5,
"ModifyIndex": 6
},
"Services": {
"consul": {
"ID": "consul",
"Service": "consul",
"Tags": [],
"Address": "",
"Port": 8300,
"EnableTagOverride": false,
"CreateIndex": 5,
"ModifyIndex": 5
},
"rusty1": {
"ID": "rusty1",
"Service": "rusty",
"Tags": [],
"Address": "10.10.10.10",
"Port": 8001,
"EnableTagOverride": false,
"CreateIndex": 16,
"ModifyIndex": 28
},
"rusty2": {
"ID": "rusty2",
"Service": "rusty",
"Tags": [],
"Address": "10.10.10.10",
"Port": 8002,
"EnableTagOverride": false,
"CreateIndex": 19,
"ModifyIndex": 29
}
}
}
As per my comment to #ruslan-sennov, if the services section looked like this (the ID for each instance of the rusty service is made unique by adding the port, but the name is kept as rusty):
"Services": {
"consul": {
"ID": "consul",
"Service": "consul",
"Tags": [],
"Address": "",
"Port": 8300,
"EnableTagOverride": false,
"CreateIndex": 5,
"ModifyIndex": 5
},
"rusty": {
"ID": "rusty:8001",
"Service": "rusty",
"Tags": [
"rusty",
"rust"
],
"Address": "127.0.0.1",
"Port": 8001,
"EnableTagOverride": false,
"CreateIndex": 247,
"ModifyIndex": 491
},
"rusty": {
"ID": "rusty:8002",
"Service": "rusty",
"Tags": [
"rusty",
"rust"
],
"Address": "127.0.0.1",
"Port": 8002,
"EnableTagOverride": false,
"CreateIndex": 247,
"ModifyIndex": 491
}
}
This then means you can query the rusty service with a SRV query and get detail on which ports are available:
dig #127.0.0.1 rusty.service.consul SRV
; <<>> DiG 9.11.3 <<>> rusty.service.consul SRV
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56091
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 52, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 5
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;rusty.service.consul. IN SRV
;; ANSWER SECTION:
rusty.service.consul. 0 IN SRV 1 1 8001 FB20160707.node.dc1.consul.
rusty.service.consul. 0 IN SRV 1 1 8002 FB20160707.node.dc1.consul.
If you also change the names to be unique (rusty1 and rusty2 as suggested by Ruslan) you lose this querying ability.
I know this is late to answer this, but hope this would help someone.
As per Spring Cloud Consul docs, Add this to bootstrap.yml.
spring:
cloud:
consul:
discovery:
instanceId: ${spring.application.name}:${vcap.application.instance_id:${spring.application.instance_id:${random.value}}}

DC/OS marathon Virtual network not working

I installed DC/OS with 3 masters and 3 agents and face a problem with virtual networking. Here is my Marathon app spec:
{
"id": "/nginx",
"cmd": null,
"cpus": 1,
"mem": 128,
"disk": 0,
"instances": 1,
"container": {
"type": "DOCKER",
"volumes": [],
"docker": {
"image": "nginx",
"network": "BRIDGE",
"portMappings": [
{
"containerPort": 80,
"hostPort": 0,
"servicePort": 10002,
"protocol": "tcp",
"name": "main1",
"labels": {
"VIP_0": "9.0.0.0:34562"
}
}
],
"privileged": false,
"parameters": [],
"forcePullImage": false
}
},
"portDefinitions": [
{
"port": 10002,
"protocol": "tcp",
"labels": {}
}
]
}
I see the following in the DC/OS virtual network section:
VIRTUAL NETWORK NAME | SUBNET | AGENT PREFIX LENGTH
dcos 9.0.0.0/8 24
The containers stays in waiting for a long time. If I remove the port mapping section it runs successfully.
Basically I need to know how to work with this new virtual network, and fix the service discovery and load balancing without using any extra stuff.
Took me some time to figure it out as well...
You need to:
Remove all ports assignment in the task definition
Describe the name of the network to attach to (default network created is named "dcos")
{
"id": "yourtask",
"container": {
"type": "DOCKER",
"docker": {
"image": "your/image",
"network": "USER"
}
},
"acceptedResourceRoles" : [
"slave_public"
],
"ipAddress": {
"networkName": "dcos"
},
"instances": 2,
"cpus": 0.2,
"mem": 128
}

Where can I get a list of Ansible pre-defined variables?

I see that Ansible provide some pre-defined variables that we can use in playbooks and template files. For example, the host IP address is ansible_eth0.ipv4.address. Googleing and searching the docs I couldn't find a list of all available variables.
Would someone list them for me?
From the FAQ:
How do I see a list of all of the ansible_ variables?
Ansible by default gathers “facts” about the machines under management, and these facts can be accessed in playbooks and in templates. To see a list of all of the facts that are available about a machine, you can run the setup module as an ad hoc action:
ansible -m setup hostname
This will print out a dictionary of all of the facts that are available for that particular host. You might want to pipe the output to a pager.This does NOT include inventory variables or internal ‘magic’ variables. See the next question if you need more than just ‘facts’.
Here is the output for my vagrant virtual machine called scdev:
scdev | success >> {
"ansible_facts": {
"ansible_all_ipv4_addresses": [
"10.0.2.15",
"192.168.10.10"
],
"ansible_all_ipv6_addresses": [
"fe80::a00:27ff:fe12:9698",
"fe80::a00:27ff:fe74:1330"
],
"ansible_architecture": "i386",
"ansible_bios_date": "12/01/2006",
"ansible_bios_version": "VirtualBox",
"ansible_cmdline": {
"BOOT_IMAGE": "/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae",
"quiet": true,
"ro": true,
"root": "/dev/mapper/precise32-root"
},
"ansible_date_time": {
"date": "2013-09-17",
"day": "17",
"epoch": "1379378304",
"hour": "00",
"iso8601": "2013-09-17T00:38:24Z",
"iso8601_micro": "2013-09-17T00:38:24.425092Z",
"minute": "38",
"month": "09",
"second": "24",
"time": "00:38:24",
"tz": "UTC",
"year": "2013"
},
"ansible_default_ipv4": {
"address": "10.0.2.15",
"alias": "eth0",
"gateway": "10.0.2.2",
"interface": "eth0",
"macaddress": "08:00:27:12:96:98",
"mtu": 1500,
"netmask": "255.255.255.0",
"network": "10.0.2.0",
"type": "ether"
},
"ansible_default_ipv6": {},
"ansible_devices": {
"sda": {
"holders": [],
"host": "SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)",
"model": "VBOX HARDDISK",
"partitions": {
"sda1": {
"sectors": "497664",
"sectorsize": 512,
"size": "243.00 MB",
"start": "2048"
},
"sda2": {
"sectors": "2",
"sectorsize": 512,
"size": "1.00 KB",
"start": "501758"
},
},
"removable": "0",
"rotational": "1",
"scheduler_mode": "cfq",
"sectors": "167772160",
"sectorsize": "512",
"size": "80.00 GB",
"support_discard": "0",
"vendor": "ATA"
},
"sr0": {
"holders": [],
"host": "IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)",
"model": "CD-ROM",
"partitions": {},
"removable": "1",
"rotational": "1",
"scheduler_mode": "cfq",
"sectors": "2097151",
"sectorsize": "512",
"size": "1024.00 MB",
"support_discard": "0",
"vendor": "VBOX"
},
"sr1": {
"holders": [],
"host": "IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)",
"model": "CD-ROM",
"partitions": {},
"removable": "1",
"rotational": "1",
"scheduler_mode": "cfq",
"sectors": "2097151",
"sectorsize": "512",
"size": "1024.00 MB",
"support_discard": "0",
"vendor": "VBOX"
}
},
"ansible_distribution": "Ubuntu",
"ansible_distribution_release": "precise",
"ansible_distribution_version": "12.04",
"ansible_domain": "",
"ansible_eth0": {
"active": true,
"device": "eth0",
"ipv4": {
"address": "10.0.2.15",
"netmask": "255.255.255.0",
"network": "10.0.2.0"
},
"ipv6": [
{
"address": "fe80::a00:27ff:fe12:9698",
"prefix": "64",
"scope": "link"
}
],
"macaddress": "08:00:27:12:96:98",
"module": "e1000",
"mtu": 1500,
"type": "ether"
},
"ansible_eth1": {
"active": true,
"device": "eth1",
"ipv4": {
"address": "192.168.10.10",
"netmask": "255.255.255.0",
"network": "192.168.10.0"
},
"ipv6": [
{
"address": "fe80::a00:27ff:fe74:1330",
"prefix": "64",
"scope": "link"
}
],
"macaddress": "08:00:27:74:13:30",
"module": "e1000",
"mtu": 1500,
"type": "ether"
},
"ansible_form_factor": "Other",
"ansible_fqdn": "scdev",
"ansible_hostname": "scdev",
"ansible_interfaces": [
"lo",
"eth1",
"eth0"
],
"ansible_kernel": "3.2.0-23-generic-pae",
"ansible_lo": {
"active": true,
"device": "lo",
"ipv4": {
"address": "127.0.0.1",
"netmask": "255.0.0.0",
"network": "127.0.0.0"
},
"ipv6": [
{
"address": "::1",
"prefix": "128",
"scope": "host"
}
],
"mtu": 16436,
"type": "loopback"
},
"ansible_lsb": {
"codename": "precise",
"description": "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",
"id": "Ubuntu",
"major_release": "12",
"release": "12.04"
},
"ansible_machine": "i686",
"ansible_memfree_mb": 23,
"ansible_memtotal_mb": 369,
"ansible_mounts": [
{
"device": "/dev/mapper/precise32-root",
"fstype": "ext4",
"mount": "/",
"options": "rw,errors=remount-ro",
"size_available": 77685088256,
"size_total": 84696281088
},
{
"device": "/dev/sda1",
"fstype": "ext2",
"mount": "/boot",
"options": "rw",
"size_available": 201044992,
"size_total": 238787584
},
{
"device": "/vagrant",
"fstype": "vboxsf",
"mount": "/vagrant",
"options": "uid=1000,gid=1000,rw",
"size_available": 42013151232,
"size_total": 484145360896
}
],
"ansible_os_family": "Debian",
"ansible_pkg_mgr": "apt",
"ansible_processor": [
"Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 # 2.60GHz"
],
"ansible_processor_cores": "NA",
"ansible_processor_count": 1,
"ansible_product_name": "VirtualBox",
"ansible_product_serial": "NA",
"ansible_product_uuid": "NA",
"ansible_product_version": "1.2",
"ansible_python_version": "2.7.3",
"ansible_selinux": false,
"ansible_swapfree_mb": 766,
"ansible_swaptotal_mb": 767,
"ansible_system": "Linux",
"ansible_system_vendor": "innotek GmbH",
"ansible_user_id": "neves",
"ansible_userspace_architecture": "i386",
"ansible_userspace_bits": "32",
"ansible_virtualization_role": "guest",
"ansible_virtualization_type": "virtualbox"
},
"changed": false
}
The current documentation now has a complete chapter about Discovering variables: facts and magic variables.
ansible -m setup hostname
Only gets the facts gathered by the setup module.
Gilles Cornu posted a template trick to list all variables for a specific host.
Template (later called dump_variables):
HOSTVARS (ANSIBLE GATHERED, group_vars, host_vars) :
{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname] | to_yaml }}
PLAYBOOK VARS:
{{ vars | to_yaml }}
Playbook to use it:
- hosts: all
tasks:
- template:
src: templates/dump_variables
dest: /tmp/ansible_variables
- fetch:
src: /tmp/ansible_variables
dest: "{{inventory_hostname}}_ansible_variables"
After that you have a dump of all variables on every host, and a copy of each text dump file on your local workstation in your tmp folder. If you don't want local copies, you can remove the fetch statement.
This includes gathered facts, host variables and group variables.
Therefore you see ansible default variables like group_names, inventory_hostname, ansible_ssh_host and so on.
There are 3 sources of variables in Ansible:
Variables gathered from facts. You can get them by running command: ansible -m setup hostname
Built-in (pre-defined) Ansible variables (AKA 'magic' variables). They are documented in Ansible documentation: http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_variables.html#magic-variables-and-how-to-access-information-about-other-hosts
Here is the list extracted from Ansible 1.9 documentation:
group_names
groups
inventory_hostname
ansible_hostname
inventory_hostname_short
play_hosts
delegate_to
inventory_dir
inventory_file
Variables passed to ansible via command line. But obviously you know what they are
I use this simple playbook:
---
# vars.yml
#
# Shows the value of all variables/facts.
#
# Example:
#
# ansible-playbook vars.yml -e 'hosts=localhost'
#
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- fail: "You must specify a value for `hosts` variable - e.g.: ansible-playbook vars.yml -e 'hosts=localhost'"
when: hosts is not defined
- hosts: "{{ hosts }}"
tasks:
- debug: var=vars
- debug: var=hostvars[inventory_hostname]
There is lot of variables defined as Facts -- http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html#information-discovered-from-systems-facts
"ansible_all_ipv4_addresses": [
"REDACTED IP ADDRESS"
],
"ansible_all_ipv6_addresses": [
"REDACTED IPV6 ADDRESS"
],
"ansible_architecture": "x86_64",
"ansible_bios_date": "09/20/2012",
"ansible_bios_version": "6.00",
"ansible_cmdline": {
"BOOT_IMAGE": "/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic",
"quiet": true,
"ro": true,
"root": "UUID=4195bff4-e157-4e41-8701-e93f0aec9e22",
"splash": true
},
"ansible_date_time": {
"date": "2013-10-02",
"day": "02",
"epoch": "1380756810",
"hour": "19",
"iso8601": "2013-10-02T23:33:30Z",
"iso8601_micro": "2013-10-02T23:33:30.036070Z",
"minute": "33",
"month": "10",
"second": "30",
"time": "19:33:30",
"tz": "EDT",
"year": "2013"
},
"ansible_default_ipv4": {
"address": "REDACTED",
"alias": "eth0",
"gateway": "REDACTED",
"interface": "eth0",
"macaddress": "REDACTED",
"mtu": 1500,
"netmask": "255.255.255.0",
"network": "REDACTED",
"type": "ether"
},
"ansible_default_ipv6": {},
"ansible_devices": {
"fd0": {
"holders": [],
"host": "",
"model": null,
"partitions": {},
"removable": "1",
"rotational": "1",
"scheduler_mode": "deadline",
"sectors": "0",
"sectorsize": "512",
"size": "0.00 Bytes",
"support_discard": "0",
"vendor": null
},
"sda": {
"holders": [],
"host": "SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 01)",
"model": "VMware Virtual S",
"partitions": {
"sda1": {
"sectors": "39843840",
"sectorsize": 512,
"size": "19.00 GB",
"start": "2048"
},
"sda2": {
"sectors": "2",
"sectorsize": 512,
"size": "1.00 KB",
"start": "39847934"
},
"sda5": {
"sectors": "2093056",
"sectorsize": 512,
"size": "1022.00 MB",
"start": "39847936"
}
},
"removable": "0",
"rotational": "1",
"scheduler_mode": "deadline",
"sectors": "41943040",
"sectorsize": "512",
"size": "20.00 GB",
"support_discard": "0",
"vendor": "VMware,"
},
"sr0": {
"holders": [],
"host": "IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)",
"model": "VMware IDE CDR10",
"partitions": {},
"removable": "1",
"rotational": "1",
"scheduler_mode": "deadline",
"sectors": "2097151",
"sectorsize": "512",
"size": "1024.00 MB",
"support_discard": "0",
"vendor": "NECVMWar"
}
},
"ansible_distribution": "Ubuntu",
"ansible_distribution_release": "precise",
"ansible_distribution_version": "12.04",
"ansible_domain": "",
"ansible_env": {
"COLORTERM": "gnome-terminal",
"DISPLAY": ":0",
"HOME": "/home/mdehaan",
"LANG": "C",
"LESSCLOSE": "/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s",
"LESSOPEN": "| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s",
"LOGNAME": "root",
"LS_COLORS": "rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.axa=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:",
"MAIL": "/var/mail/root",
"OLDPWD": "/root/ansible/docsite",
"PATH": "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
"PWD": "/root/ansible",
"SHELL": "/bin/bash",
"SHLVL": "1",
"SUDO_COMMAND": "/bin/bash",
"SUDO_GID": "1000",
"SUDO_UID": "1000",
"SUDO_USER": "mdehaan",
"TERM": "xterm",
"USER": "root",
"USERNAME": "root",
"XAUTHORITY": "/home/mdehaan/.Xauthority",
"_": "/usr/local/bin/ansible"
},
"ansible_eth0": {
"active": true,
"device": "eth0",
"ipv4": {
"address": "REDACTED",
"netmask": "255.255.255.0",
"network": "REDACTED"
},
"ipv6": [
{
"address": "REDACTED",
"prefix": "64",
"scope": "link"
}
],
"macaddress": "REDACTED",
"module": "e1000",
"mtu": 1500,
"type": "ether"
},
"ansible_form_factor": "Other",
"ansible_fqdn": "ubuntu2.example.com",
"ansible_hostname": "ubuntu2",
"ansible_interfaces": [
"lo",
"eth0"
],
"ansible_kernel": "3.5.0-23-generic",
"ansible_lo": {
"active": true,
"device": "lo",
"ipv4": {
"address": "127.0.0.1",
"netmask": "255.0.0.0",
"network": "127.0.0.0"
},
"ipv6": [
{
"address": "::1",
"prefix": "128",
"scope": "host"
}
],
"mtu": 16436,
"type": "loopback"
},
"ansible_lsb": {
"codename": "precise",
"description": "Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS",
"id": "Ubuntu",
"major_release": "12",
"release": "12.04"
},
"ansible_machine": "x86_64",
"ansible_memfree_mb": 74,
"ansible_memtotal_mb": 991,
"ansible_mounts": [
{
"device": "/dev/sda1",
"fstype": "ext4",
"mount": "/",
"options": "rw,errors=remount-ro",
"size_available": 15032406016,
"size_total": 20079898624
}
],
"ansible_nodename": "ubuntu2.example.com",
"ansible_os_family": "Debian",
"ansible_pkg_mgr": "apt",
"ansible_processor": [
"Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 # 2.80GHz"
],
"ansible_processor_cores": 1,
"ansible_processor_count": 1,
"ansible_processor_threads_per_core": 1,
"ansible_processor_vcpus": 1,
"ansible_product_name": "VMware Virtual Platform",
"ansible_product_serial": "REDACTED",
"ansible_product_uuid": "REDACTED",
"ansible_product_version": "None",
"ansible_python_version": "2.7.3",
"ansible_selinux": false,
"ansible_ssh_host_key_dsa_public": "REDACTED KEY VALUE"
"ansible_ssh_host_key_ecdsa_public": "REDACTED KEY VALUE"
"ansible_ssh_host_key_rsa_public": "REDACTED KEY VALUE"
"ansible_swapfree_mb": 665,
"ansible_swaptotal_mb": 1021,
"ansible_system": "Linux",
"ansible_system_vendor": "VMware, Inc.",
"ansible_user_id": "root",
"ansible_userspace_architecture": "x86_64",
"ansible_userspace_bits": "64",
"ansible_virtualization_role": "guest",
"ansible_virtualization_type": "VMware"
The debug module can be used to analyze variables. Be careful running the following command. In our setup it generates 444709 lines with 16MB:
ansible -m debug -a 'var=hostvars' localhost
I am not sure but it might be necessary to enable facts caching.
If you need just one host use the host name as a key for the hostvars hash:
ansible -m debug -a 'var=hostvars.localhost' localhost
This command will display also group and host variables.
Note the official docs on connection configuration variables or "behavioral" variables - which aren't listed in host vars, appears to be List of Behavioral Inventory Parameters in the Inventory documentation.
P.S. The sudo option is undocumented there (yes its sudo not ansible_sudo as you'd expect ...) and probably a couple more aren't, but thats best doc I've found on em.
Some variables are not available on every host, e.g. ansible_domain and domain. If the situation needs to be debugged, I login to the server and issue:
user#server:~$ ansible -m setup localhost | grep domain
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available
"ansible_domain": "prd.example.com",
I know this question has been answered already, but I feel like there are a whole other set of pre-defined variables not covered by the ansible_* facts. This documentation page covers the directives (variables that modify Ansible's behavior), which I was looking for when I came across this page.
This includes some common and some specific use-case directives:
become: Controls privilege escalation (sudo)
delegate_to: run task on another host (like running on localhost)
serial: allows you to run a play across a specific number/percentage of hosts before moving onto next set
https://github.com/f500/ansible-dumpall
FYI: this github project shows you how to list 90% of variables across all hosts. I find it more globally useful than single host commands. The README includes instructions for building a simple inventory report. It's even more valuable to run this at the end of a playbook to see all the Facts. To also debug Task behaviour use register:
The result is missing a few items:
- included YAML file variables
- extra-vars
- a number of the Ansible internal vars described here: Ansible Behavioural Params

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