Ansible examples

Various examples of Ansible code.

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Contents

• Ansible contribution
• Ansible filter
• Ansible keyword
• Ansible plugins
• Ansible test
• Basics
• Boolean
• Cache
• Callback
• Collection
• Conditions
• Config
• Custom filter
• Custom module
• Custom test
• Data structure
• Delegation
• Deprecated
• Devel
• Dictionary
• Handlers
• Import
• Include
• Indentation
• Inventory
• Inventory plugin
• Jinja
• Jinja filter
• Jinja function
• Jinja template
• Lint
• List
• Lookup
• Loop
• Math
• Methods
• Module
• Parameter
• Playbook
• Python method
• Recursion
• Role
• Setup
• Special variables
• Strategy plugin
• String
• Syntax
• Tags
• Template
• Test
• Tools
• Utility
• Vars
• vbotka.ansible_lib

Index

Ansible contribution

• community.general 306,

Ansible filter

• ansible.netcommon.ipaddr 254,
• ansible.utils.hwaddr 197,
• ansible.utils.keep_keys 289,
• ansible.utils.remove_keys 289,
• ansible.utils.replace_keys 289,
• basename 319,
• cartesian 156,
• combine 111,
• community.general.dict_kv 281,
• community.general.groupby_as_dict 282,
• community.general.jc 284,
• community.general.keep_keys 310,
• community.general.lists_difference 301,
• community.general.lists_intersect 302,
• community.general.lists_mergeby 286,
• community.general.path_join 285,
• community.general.remove_keys 307,
• community.general.reveal_ansible_type 311,
• community.general.version_sort 283,
• d() 245,
• default 245, 257,
• default() 245,
• default(omit) 257,
• dict2items 103,
• difference 98,
• extract 174,
• flatten 119,
• from_yaml 26, 173,
• from_yaml_all 173,
• hwaddr 197,
• intersect 159,
• ipaddr 254,
• json_query 2, 20, 43, 69, 267, 314,
• json_query filter contains 43, 69,
• json_query function merge 290,
• json_query functions 140,
• json_query issue to_yaml|from_yaml 267,
• lists_difference 301,
• lists_intersect 302,
• password_hash 76,
• product 156,
• quote 183,
• regex_replace 135,
• shuffle 202,
• splitext 192,
• strftime 217,
• ternary 180,
• to_datetime 217,
• to_nice_json 26,
• to_yaml 173,
• union 112,
• zip 56,

Ansible keyword

• become 105,
• block 146,
• environment 230,
• post_tasks 229,
• pre_tasks 229,
• register 161,
• retries 109,
• serial 166,
• throttle 275,
• until 109,
• vars_files 97,
• when 146,

Ansible plugins

• Connection 218,

Ansible test

• community.general.ansible_type 311,
• defined 160,
• exists 214,
• in 206,
• is all 195,
• is any 195,
• mapping 201,
• version 147,

Basics

• always 52,
• async 87,
• Asynchronous actions and polling 87,
• block 52,
• Boolean 151,
• Callback 150,
• Compare dictionaries 253,
• dict 312,
• Expansion of expressions 149,
• Expansion of variables 139,
• falsy 272,
• Fibonacci 70,
• Filters 32,
• Handlers 93, 321,
• Inventory 80,
• Jinja2 204,
• Lazy evaluation 131, 313,
• lookup plugins 39,
• Loop 176,
• MySQL command 61,
• NFS 227,
• Passwords 34,
• Python 248,
• Quotation 101,
• requirements.yml 232,
• rescue 52,
• Role meta platforms 225,
• Roles 141, 178,
• run_once 46,
• Strings and Lists 38,
• Test include_role, import_role, and tags 124,
• Testing paths 185,
• truthy 272,
• vars 136, 178,
• Vault 53,
• Workflow 133,
• Xen 44,
• ZFS 42,

Boolean

• and, or, xor 67,

Cache

• cache plugin 181,
• fact_caching = jsonfile 57,
• jsonfile cache plugin 181,

Callback

• community.general.log_plays 250,
• log_plays 250,

Collection

• F5 modules 81,
• gcp 144,

Conditions

• when 96,

Config

• action_warnings 115,
• ANSIBLE_ACTION_WARNINGS 115,
• ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN 261,
• ANSIBLE_COLOR_* 208,
• ANSIBLE_HASH_BEHAVIOUR 143,
• ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES 222,
• ansible_python_interpreter 155, 155,
• ansible_remote_tmp 223,
• ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP, ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP 223,
• ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER 205,
• colors section 208,
• conditional_bare_variables 182,
• CONDITIONAL_BARE_VARS 182,
• DEFAULT_JINJA2_NATIVE 260,
• filter_plugins 85,
• hash_behaviour 143,
• remote_tmp 223,
• remote_user 205,

Custom filter

• ansible.utils.keep_keys 303,
• ansible.utils.remove_keys 304,
• ansible.utils.replace_keys 305,
• combine_lossless 262,
• dict_flatten 138,
• dict_utils 138,
• keep_keys 303,
• mac-vendor-lookup 292,
• netaddr_iter_iprange 254,
• remove_keys 304,
• replace_keys 305,

Custom module

• Python subprocess.run 163,

Custom test

• fqdn_valid 299,

Data structure

• Block Scalar Styles 196,
• JSON 179,
• YAML 179, 196,

Delegation

• delegate_facts 186,
• local_action 83,

Deprecated

• warning 29,

Devel

• Custom modules 256,
• Debugging modules 315,
• Development of a module 279,
• Docsite helpers 316,
• filter_core 291,
• Job management (async, async_status, kill, logger, cache) 287,
• Role UBUNTU20-CIS 293,
• Supports_check_mode and changed 279,
• vbotka.ansible.community.general filter any2items 237,

Dictionary

• Create, update, combine 207,
• Iterate dictionary in play 3,
• Iterate dictionary in template 1,
• Select items from dictionary 12,

Handlers

• notify 187,

Import

• import_playbook 15,

Include

• Galaxy role vbotka.ansible_lib 65, 66,
• include_role 18, 24, 65,
• include_vars 24, 66,

Indentation

• Test indentation of a block 13,

Inventory

• Dynamic inventory 125,
• hosts 86,

Inventory plugin

• ansible.builtin.constructed 309,

Jinja

• Jinja template formatting 236,
• Jinja tests 265,
• loop.index 295,
• lstrip_blocks 100,
• trim_blocks 100,
• White space control 320,
• white-space control 100,

Jinja filter

• batch 268,
• escape 74,
• format 244,
• groupby 88,
• join 162,
• length 259,
• map 16, 41,
• max 215,
• min 215,
• random 59,
• reject 68, 104,
• rejectattr 104,
• reverse 219,
• select 62, 68,
• selectattr 122,
• sort 82,
• trim 4,
• unique 211,

Jinja function

• dict 240,
• range 118,

Jinja template

• ansible_managed 278,
• extends 194,
• if then else 191,
• set 73,
• template 75,

Lint

• ansible-lint 317,

List

• Add item to list 99,
• Managing lists 247,

Lookup

• ansible.builtin.indexed_items 170,
• ansible.utils.to_paths 280,
• community.general.dig 169,
• community.general.merge_variables 300,
• dig 169,
• env 116,
• file 210,
• fileglob 106,
• first_found 120,
• inventory_hostnames 271,
• merge_variables 300,
• password 145,
• pipe 184, 318,
• subelements 40,
• to_paths 280,
• with_indexed_items 170,

Loop

• extended 220,
• Extended loop variables 220,
• include_tasks 241,
• index_var 6,
• Iterate blockinfile from templates 45,
• loop include_tasks 8,
• loop include_tasks and delegate_to 14,
• loop_control 6, 220,
• Nested loops 54,
• run_once 241,
• with_items vs. loop 243,
• with_lines 95,
• with_sequence 6,
• with_together zip 63,

Math

• Arithmetic 55,
• compare integers 263,
• Jinja math 10,

Methods

• keys() 308,

Module

• add_host 134,
• ansible.builtin.add_host 134,
• ansible.builtin.assert 239,
• ansible.builtin.async_status 5,
• ansible.builtin.blockinfile 123,
• ansible.builtin.command 30, 35, 171,
• ansible.builtin.copy 94,
• ansible.builtin.cron 231,
• ansible.builtin.debug 168,
• ansible.builtin.expect 72,
• ansible.builtin.fail 90,
• ansible.builtin.fetch 203,
• ansible.builtin.file 130,
• ansible.builtin.find 37,
• ansible.builtin.getent 48,
• ansible.builtin.group_by 108,
• ansible.builtin.include_tasks 190,
• ansible.builtin.include_vars 142,
• ansible.builtin.lineinfile 84,
• ansible.builtin.meta 154,
• ansible.builtin.package 198,
• ansible.builtin.package_facts 121,
• ansible.builtin.ping 226,
• ansible.builtin.raw 137,
• ansible.builtin.replace 77,
• ansible.builtin.script 128,
• ansible.builtin.set_fact 22, 167,
• ansible.builtin.set_stats 58,
• ansible.builtin.setup 212,
• ansible.builtin.shell 128, 172,
• ansible.builtin.slurp 235,
• ansible.builtin.stat 127,
• ansible.builtin.tempfile 189,
• ansible.builtin.unarchive 78,
• ansible.builtin.uri 51,
• ansible.builtin.user 11,
• ansible.builtin.wait_for 110,
• ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection 209,
• ansible.builtin.yum 107,
• ansible.netcommon.net_ping 226,
• ansible.posix.synchronize 7,
• ansible.posix.sysctl 238,
• assert 239,
• async_status 5,
• blockinfile 123,
• cisco.ios.ios_ping 226,
• cli_parse 274,
• command 30, 35, 171, 172,
• community.crypto.openssl_* 228,
• community.crypto.x509_certificate 242,
• community.general.cronvar 231,
• community.general.dconf 92,
• community.general.ini_file 102,
• community.general.mail 193,
• community.general.parted 25,
• community.general.read_csv 153,
• community.general.snmp_facts 152,
• community.general.xml 199,
• copy 94,
• creates 35,
• cron 231,
• csv 153,
• dconf 92,
• debug 168,
• expect 72,
• fail 90,
• fetch 203,
• file 130,
• find 37,
• flush_handlers 288,
• get_url 273,
• getent 48,
• group_by 108,
• import_role 124,
• include_role 124,
• include_tasks 190,
• include_vars 142,
• ini_file 102,
• ios_ping 226,
• lineinfile 84, 277,
• mail 193,
• meta 154, 288,
• net_ping 226,
• openssl_* 228,
• package 198,
• package_facts 121,
• ping 226,
• raw 137,
• read_csv 153,
• replace 77,
• script 128,
• set_fact 22, 167,
• set_stats 58,
• setup 212,
• shell 128, 172,
• slurp 235,
• snmp_facts 152,
• stat 127,
• synchronize 7,
• sysctl 238,
• tempfile 189,
• unarchive 78,
• uri 51,
• user 11,
• wait_for 110,
• wait_for_connection 209,
• xml 199,
• yum 107,

Parameter

• check ansible-playbook parameter, ansible_check_mode 213,
• limit 132,
• validate 164,

Playbook

• Run the playbook only on one host per group 47,

Python method

• index 117,
• split 21, 251,
• splitlines 157,

Recursion

• Referencing other dict keys in the same parent dict is not supported 129,

Role

• al_bsd_service_facts 270,
• CIS role UBUNTU20-CIS 293,
• Galaxy role vbotka.ansible_lib 270,
• Galaxy role vbotka.config_light 148,
• Role defaults 266,

Setup

• ansible.builtin.setup 9,
• ansible_interfaces 252,
• ansible_mounts 249,
• gather_facts 9,
• service_facts 9,

Special variables

• ansible_play_batch 255,
• ansible_play_hosts 255,
• ansible_play_hosts_all 255,
• group_names 175,
• groups 113,

Strategy plugin

• host_pinned 221,

String

• Concatenate strings 246,
• match 79,
• regex 79,
• search 79,
• string manipulation 200,
• testing strings 79,

Syntax

• Python null 224,
• YAML None 224,

Tags

• block tags 264,
• import_playbook and tags 19,
• variable in tags 269,

Template

• INI 297, 298,

Test

• boolean 294,
• bulk-set task arguments 89,
• Galaxy role vbotka.linux_lib 91,
• is all 296,
• issubset 322,
• items2dict2 114,
• iterable 294,
• mapping 294,
• race conditions 258,
• sequence 294,
• string 294,
• subset 322,

Tools

• Debug tools 31,

Utility

• ansible-inventory 27,
• ansible-pull 233,
• ansible-runner 126,
• jq 60,
• passwordstore 234,

Vars

• ansible_facts 165,
• facts.d 177,
• group_vars 71,
• host_vars 28,
• hostvars 216,
• Precedence of the variables 33,
• Scope of variables 158,
• Special variables 17,
• Substitution 188,
• Test names in a block 23,
• vars_prompt, pause 36,

vbotka.ansible_lib

• al_bsd_service_facts 270,

Examples

• Example 1. "Dictionary; Iterate dictionary in template;"
• Example 2. "Ansible filter; json_query; Basics."
• Example 3. "Dictionary; Iterate dictionary in play;"
• Example 4. "Jinja filter; trim;"
• Example 5. "Module; async_status; ansible.builtin.async_status;"
• Example 6. "Loop; with_sequence; loop_control; index_var;"
• Example 7. "Module; synchronize; ansible.posix.synchronize;"
• Example 8. "Loop; loop include_tasks;"
• Example 9. "Setup; gather_facts; service_facts; ansible.builtin.setup;"
• Example 10. "Math; Jinja math;"
• Example 11. "Module; user; ansible.builtin.user; Test module with Ansible 2.6.1 and FreeBSD 11.2"
• Example 12. "Dictionary; Select items from dictionary;"
• Example 13. "Indentation; Test indentation of a block;"
• Example 14. "Loop; loop include_tasks and delegate_to;"
• Example 15. "Import; import_playbook;"
• Example 16. "Jinja filter; map;"
• Example 17. "Vars; Special variables; Print special(magic) variables".
• Example 18. "Include; include_role;"
• Example 19. "Tags; import_playbook and tags;"
• Example 20. "Ansible filter; json_query;"
• Example 21. "Python method; split;"
• Example 22. "Module; set_fact; ansible.builtin.set_fact; Dynamic vars with set_fact."
• Example 23. "Vars; Test names in a block;"
• Example 24. "Include; include_role; include_vars;"
• Example 25. "Module; community.general.parted; Linux only."
• Example 26. "Ansible filter; from_yaml; to_nice_json; netplan conf."
• Example 27. "Utility; ansible-inventory;"
• Example 28. "Vars; host_vars;"
• Example 29. "Deprecated; warning; Invalid deprecation warning message with certain types of syntax errors."
• Example 30. "Module; command; ansible.builtin.command; Test command argv form in 2.6."
• Example 31. "Tools; Debug tools;"
• Example 32. "Basics; Filters;"
• Example 33. "Vars; Precedence of the variables;"
• Example 34. "Basics; Passwords;"
• Example 35. "Module; command; ansible.builtin.command; creates;"
• Example 36. "Vars; vars_prompt, pause;"
• Example 37. "Module; find; ansible.builtin.find;"
• Example 38. "Basics; Strings and Lists;"
• Example 39. "Basics; lookup plugins;"
• Example 40. "Lookup; subelements;"
• Example 41. "Jinja filter; map;"
• Example 42. "Basics; ZFS;"
• Example 43. "Ansible filter; json_query; json_query filter contains;"
• Example 44. "Basics; Xen;"
• Example 45. "Loop; Iterate blockinfile from templates;"
• Example 46. "Basics; run_once;"
• Example 47. "Playbook; Run the playbook only on one host per group;"
• Example 48. "Module; getent; ansible.builtin.getent;"
• Example 49. "Vars; Variable precedence complex."
• Example 50. "Vars; Share variables between playbooks."
• Example 51. "Module; uri; ansible.builtin.uri; Ansible Galaxy API list platforms."
• Example 52. "Basics; block; rescue; always;"
• Example 53. "Basics; Vault;"
• Example 54. "Loop; Nested loops;"
• Example 55. "Math; Arithmetic;"
• Example 56. "Ansible filter; zip;"
• Example 57. "Cache; fact_caching = jsonfile;"
• Example 58. "Module; set_stats; ansible.builtin.set_stats;"
• Example 59. "Jinja filter; random;"
• Example 60. "Utility; jq; Test jq lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor."
• Example 61. "Basics; MySQL command;"
• Example 62. "Jinja filter; select; match dynamic vars."
• Example 63. "Loop; with_together zip;"
• Example 64. "Vars; group_vars"
• Example 65. "Include; include_role; Galaxy role vbotka.ansible_lib;"
• Example 66. "Include; include_vars; Galaxy role vbotka.ansible_lib;"
• Example 67. "Boolean; and, or, xor;"
• Example 68. "Jinja filter; select; reject;"
• Example 69. "Ansible filter; json_query; json_query filter contains;"
• Example 70. "Basics; Fibonacci;"
• Example 71. "Vars; group_vars;"
• Example 72. "Module; expect; ansible.builtin.expect;"
• Example 73. "Jinja template; set; Set variable in template."
• Example 74. "Jinja filter; escape; Test filter escape."
• Example 75. "Jinja template; template;"
• Example 76. "Ansible filter; password_hash;"
• Example 77. "Module; replace; ansible.builtin.replace;"
• Example 78. "Module; unarchive; ansible.builtin.unarchive;"
• Example 79. "String; testing strings; search; match; regex;"
• Example 80. "Basics; Inventory;"
• Example 81. "Collection; F5 modules;"
• Example 82. "Jinja filter; sort;"
• Example 83. "Delegation; local_action;"
• Example 84. "Module; lineinfile; ansible.builtin.lineinfile;"
• Example 85. "Config; filter_plugins;"
• Example 86. "Inventory; hosts;"
• Example 87. "Basics; async; Asynchronous actions and polling;"
• Example 88. "Jinja filter; groupby; Group a sequence of objects by a common attribute."
• Example 89. "Test; bulk-set task arguments;"
• Example 90. "Module; fail; ansible.builtin.fail;"
• Example 91. "Test; Galaxy role vbotka.linux_lib;"
• Example 92. "Module; dconf; community.general.dconf;"
• Example 93. "Basics; Handlers;"
• Example 94. "Module; copy; ansible.builtin.copy;"
• Example 95. "Loop; with_lines;"
• Example 96. "Conditions; when;"
• Example 97. "Ansible keyword; vars_files;"
• Example 98. "Ansible filter; difference;"
• Example 99. "List; Add item to list;"
• Example 100. "Jinja; white-space control; trim_blocks; lstrip_blocks;"
• Example 101. "Basics; Quotation;"
• Example 102. "Module; ini_file; community.general.ini_file; Workflow."
• Example 103. "Ansible filter; dict2items;"
• Example 104. "Jinja filter; reject; rejectattr;"
• Example 105. "Ansible keyword; become;"
• Example 106. "Lookup; fileglob;"
• Example 107. "Module; yum; ansible.builtin.yum;"
• Example 108. "Module; group_by; ansible.builtin.group_by;"
• Example 109. "Ansible keyword; retries; until;"
• Example 110. "Module; wait_for; ansible.builtin.wait_for;"
• Example 111. "Ansible filter; combine;"
• Example 112. "Ansible filter; union;"
• Example 113. "Special variables; groups;"
• Example 114. "Test; items2dict2; Fork vbotka.ansible.community.general filter items2dict2."
• Example 115. "Config; action_warnings; ANSIBLE_ACTION_WARNINGS;"
• Example 116. "Lookup; env; Read the values of environment variables."
• Example 117. "Python method; index;"
• Example 118. "Jinja function; range;"
• Example 119. "Ansible filter; flatten;"
• Example 120. "Lookup; first_found;"
• Example 121. "Module; package_facts; ansible.builtin.package_facts;"
• Example 122. "Jinja filter; selectattr;"
• Example 123. "Module; blockinfile; ansible.builtin.blockinfile;"
• Example 124. "Module; include_role; import_role; Test include_role, import_role, and tags."
• Example 124. "Basics; Test include_role, import_role, and tags;"
• Example 125. "Inventory; Dynamic inventory;"
• Example 126. "Utility; ansible-runner;"
• Example 127. "Module; stat; ansible.builtin.stat;"
• Example 128. "Module; shell; ansible.builtin.shell; script; ansible.builtin.script;"
• Example 129. "Recursion; Referencing other dict keys in the same parent dict is not supported;"
• Example 130. "Module; file; ansible.builtin.file;"
• Example 131. "Basics; Lazy evaluation;"
• Example 132. "Parameter; limit; Command line option."
• Example 133. "Basics; Workflow;"
• Example 134. "Module; add_host; ansible.builtin.add_host;"
• Example 135. "Ansible filter; regex_replace;"
• Example 136. "Basics; vars;"
• Example 137. "Module; raw; ansible.builtin.raw;"
• Example 138. "Custom filter; dict_flatten; dict_utils;"
• Example 139. "Basics; Expansion of variables;"
• Example 140. "Ansible filter; json_query functions;"
• Example 141. "Basics; Roles;"
• Example 142. "Module; include_vars; ansible.builtin.include_vars;"
• Example 143. "Config; hash_behaviour; ANSIBLE_HASH_BEHAVIOUR;"
• Example 144. "Collection; gcp;"
• Example 145. "Lookup; password;"
• Example 146. "Ansible keyword; block; when;"
• Example 147. "Ansible test; version;"
• Example 148. "Role; Galaxy role vbotka.config_light;"
• Example 149. "Basics; Expansion of expressions;"
• Example 150. "Basics; Callback; Ansible plugins."
• Example 151. "Basics; Boolean;"
• Example 152. "Module; snmp_facts; community.general.snmp_facts;"
• Example 153. "Module; csv; read_csv; community.general.read_csv;"
• Example 154. "Module; meta; ansible.builtin.meta;"
• Example 155. "Config; ansible_python_interpreter; ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER;"
• Example 156. "Ansible filter; product; cartesian;"
• Example 157. "Python method; splitlines;"
• Example 158. "Vars; Scope of variables;"
• Example 159. "Ansible filter; intersect;"
• Example 160. "Ansible test; defined;"
• Example 161. "Ansible keyword; register; Test registered result."
• Example 162. "Jinja filter; join;"
• Example 163. "Custom module; Python subprocess.run; Execute ansible-playbook via Python subprocess.run."
• Example 164. "Parameter; validate;"
• Example 165. "Vars; ansible_facts;"
• Example 166. "Ansible keyword; serial;"
• Example 167. "Module; set_fact; ansible.builtin.set_fact;"
• Example 168. "Module; debug; ansible.builtin.debug;"
• Example 169. "Lookup; dig; community.general.dig;"
• Example 170. "Lookup; with_indexed_items; ansible.builtin.indexed_items;"
• Example 171. "Module; command; ansible.builtin.command;"
• Example 172. "Module; command; shell; ansible.builtin.shell; Test parameters."
• Example 173. "Ansible filter; from_yaml; from_yaml_all; to_yaml;"
• Example 174. "Ansible filter;extract;"
• Example 175. "Special variables; group_names; List of groups the current host is part of."
• Example 176. "Basics; Loop;"
• Example 177. "Vars; facts.d; Add static custom facts by adding static files to facts.d."
• Example 178. "Basics; Roles; vars;"
• Example 179. "Data structure; JSON; YAML;"
• Example 180. "Ansible filter; ternary;"
• Example 181. "Cache; cache plugin; jsonfile cache plugin;"
• Example 182. "Config; CONDITIONAL_BARE_VARS; conditional_bare_variables;"
• Example 183. "Ansible filter; quote;"
• Example 184. "Lookup; pipe;"
• Example 185. "Basics; Testing paths;"
• Example 186. "Delegation; delegate_facts;"
• Example 187. "Handlers; notify;"
• Example 188. "Vars; Substitution;"
• Example 189. "Module; tempfile; ansible.builtin.tempfile;"
• Example 190. "Module; include_tasks; ansible.builtin.include_tasks;"
• Example 191. "Jinja template; if then else;"
• Example 192. "Ansible filter; splitext;"
• Example 193. "Module; mail; community.general.mail;"
• Example 194. "Jinja template; extends;"
• Example 195. "Ansible test; is any; is all;"
• Example 196. "Data structure; YAML; Block Scalar Styles; Chapter 8. Block Styles."
• Example 197. "Ansible filter; hwaddr; ansible.utils.hwaddr; MAC address filter."
• Example 198. "Module; package; ansible.builtin.package;"
• Example 199. "Module; xml; community.general.xml;"
• Example 200. "String; string manipulation;"
• Example 201. "Ansible test; mapping; Test a variable is dictionary."
• Example 202. "Ansible filter; shuffle;"
• Example 203. "Module; fetch; ansible.builtin.fetch; Fetch a file from a remote node."
• Example 204. "Basics; Jinja2;"
• Example 205. "Config; remote_user; ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER;"
• Example 206. "Ansible test; in;"
• Example 207. "Dictionary; Create, update, combine;"
• Example 208. "Config; colors section; ANSIBLE_COLOR_*;"
• Example 209. "Module; wait_for_connection; ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection;"
• Example 210. "Lookup; file;"
• Example 211. "Jinja filter; unique;"
• Example 212. "Module; setup; ansible.builtin.setup;"
• Example 213. "Parameter; check ansible-playbook parameter, ansible_check_mode;"
• Example 214. "Ansible test; exists; Testing paths. Directory, file, link exists or not."
• Example 215. "Jinja filter; max; min;"
• Example 216. "Vars; hostvars;"
• Example 217. "Ansible filter; strftime; to_datetime; Date, time, datetime."
• Example 218. "Ansible plugins; Connection;"
• Example 219. "Jinja filter; reverse;"
• Example 220. "Loop; loop_control; extended; Extended loop variables;"
• Example 221. "Strategy plugin; host_pinned;"
• Example 222. "Config; ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES;"
• Example 223. "Config; ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP, ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP; remote_tmp; ansible_remote_tmp;"
• Example 224. "Syntax; YAML None; Python null;"
• Example 225. "Basics; Role meta platforms;"
• Example 226. "Module; ping; ansible.builtin.ping; net_ping; ansible.netcommon.net_ping; ios_ping; cisco.ios.ios_ping;"
• Example 227. "Basics; NFS;"
• Example 228. "Module; openssl_; community.crypto.openssl_;"
• Example 229. "Ansible keyword; pre_tasks; post_tasks;"
• Example 230. "Ansible keyword; environment;"
• Example 231. "Module; cron; ansible.builtin.cron; community.general.cronvar;"
• Example 232. "Basics; requirements.yml; Install both roles and collections at the same time with one command."
• Example 233. "Utility; ansible-pull;"
• Example 234. "Utility; passwordstore;"
• Example 235. "Module; slurp; ansible.builtin.slurp;"
• Example 236. "Jinja; Jinja template formatting;"
• Example 237. "Devel; vbotka.ansible.community.general filter any2items;"
• Example 238. "Module; sysctl; ansible.posix.sysctl;"
• Example 239. "Module; assert; ansible.builtin.assert;"
• Example 240. "Jinja function; dict; Create dictionary. Data from hpilo_info."
• Example 241. "Loop; include_tasks; run_once;"
• Example 242. "Module; community.crypto.x509_certificate;"
• Example 243. "Loop; with_items vs. loop;"
• Example 244. "Jinja filter; format;"
• Example 245. "Ansible filter; default; default(); d();"
• Example 246. "String; Concatenate strings;"
• Example 247. "List; Managing lists;"
• Example 248. "Basics; Python;"
• Example 249. "Setup; ansible_mounts; Mount-points returned by setup."
• Example 250. "Callback; log_plays; community.general.log_plays;"
• Example 251. "Python method; split; Parse output."
• Example 252. "Setup; ansible_interfaces; Interfaces returned by setup."
• Example 253. "Basics; Compare dictionaries;"
• Example 254. "Ansible filter; ipaddr; ansible.netcommon.ipaddr;"
• Example 254. "Custom filter; netaddr_iter_iprange;"
• Example 255. "Special variables; ansible_play_hosts_all; ansible_play_hosts; ansible_play_batch;"
• Example 256. "Devel; Custom modules;"
• Example 257. "Ansible filter; default; default(omit);"
• Example 258. "Test; race conditions;"
• Example 259. "Jinja filter; length;"
• Example 260. "Config; DEFAULT_JINJA2_NATIVE;"
• Example 261. "Config; ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN;"
• Example 262. "Custom filter; combine_lossless;"
• Example 263. "Math; compare integers;"
• Example 264. "Tags; block tags;"
• Example 265. "Jinja; Jinja tests;"
• Example 266. "Role; Role defaults;"
• Example 267. "Ansible filter; json_query; json_query issue to_yaml|from_yaml;"
• Example 268. "Jinja filter; batch;"
• Example 269. "Tags; variable in tags;"
• Example 270. "vbotka.ansible_lib; al_bsd_service_facts; Collect BSD service facts."
• Example 270. "Role; al_bsd_service_facts; Galaxy role vbotka.ansible_lib;"
• Example 271. "Lookup; inventory_hostnames;"
• Example 272. "Basics; truthy; falsy;"
• Example 273. "Module; get_url;"
• Example 274. "Module; cli_parse;"
• Example 275. "Ansible keyword; throttle;"
• Example 276. "Module; Development of a module community.general.ucl"
• Example 277. "Module; lineinfile; Can't modify a line using backrefs or add the line if missing."
• Example 278. "Jinja template; ansible_managed;"
• Example 279. "Devel; Development of a module; Supports_check_mode and changed;"
• Example 280. "Lookup; to_paths; ansible.utils.to_paths; Flatten object into a dictionary of paths and values"
• Example 281. "Ansible filter; community.general.dict_kv;"
• Example 282. "Ansible filter; community.general.groupby_as_dict;"
• Example 283. "Ansible filter; community.general.version_sort;"
• Example 284. "Ansible filter; community.general.jc;"
• Example 285. "Ansible filter; community.general.path_join;"
• Example 286. "Ansible filter; community.general.lists_mergeby;"
• Example 287. "Devel; Job management (async, async_status, kill, logger, cache);"
• Example 288. "Module; meta; flush_handlers;"
• Example 289. "Ansible filter; ansible.utils.keep_keys; ansible.utils.remove_keys; ansible.utils.replace_keys;"
• Example 290. "Ansible filter; json_query function merge; JmesPath support of 'spread' operator."
• Example 291. "Devel; filter_core; Test integration target of forked github.com/ansible/ansible."
• Example 292. "Custom filter; mac-vendor-lookup;"
• Example 293. "Role; CIS role UBUNTU20-CIS; Configure Ubuntu 20 machine to be CIS v2.1.0 compliant."
• Example 293. "Devel; Role UBUNTU20-CIS; Execute development branches and integrations tests of a forked role."
• Example 294. "Test; string; iterable; sequence; mapping; boolean; Test type of variable."
• Example 295. "Jinja; loop.index; Test index in nested Jinja loops."
• Example 296. "Test; is all; Testing if all list values are True."
• Example 297. "Template; INI; General INI template. Data in list. Optional case-sensitive sections (default=False)."
• Example 298. "Template; INI; General INI template. Data in dictionary. No value allowed. Optional extra space (default=False)."
• Example 299. "Custom test; fqdn_valid; Validates fully-qualified domain names against RFC 1123."
• Example 300. "Lookup; merge_variables; community.general.merge_variables; Merge variables with a certain pattern."
• Example 301. "Ansible filter; lists_difference; community.general.lists_difference; Difference of lists with a predictive order."
• Example 302. "Ansible filter; lists_intersect; community.general.lists_intersect; Intersection of lists with a predictive order."
• Example 303. "Custom filter; keep_keys; ansible.utils.keep_keys; Keep specific keys from dictionaries in a list."
• Example 304. "Custom filter; remove_keys; ansible.utils.remove_keys; Remove specific keys from dictionaries in a list."
• Example 305. "Custom filter; replace_keys; ansible.utils.replace_keys; Replace specific keys in a list of dictionaries."
• Example 306. "Ansible contribution; community.general; Update chapter merging_lists_of_dictionaries."
• Example 307. "Ansible filter; community.general.remove_keys; Remove specific keys from dictionaries in a list."
• Example 308. "Methods; keys(); Get list of the dictionarys' keys."
• Example 309. "Inventory plugin; ansible.builtin.constructed; Create allowed hosts group."
• Example 310. "Ansible filter; community.general.keep_keys; Keep specific keys from dictionaries in a list."
• Example 311. "Ansible test; community.general.ansible_type; Validate Ansible type."
• Example 311. "Ansible filter; community.general.reveal_ansible_type; Return Ansible type."
• Example 312. "Basics; dict;"
• Example 313. "Basics; lazy evaluation; Reevaluate a variable on each access."
• Example 314. "Ansible filter; json_query; Nested JSON objects."
• Example 315. "Devel; Debugging modules;"
• Example 316. "Devel; Docsite helpers;"
• Example 317. "Lint; ansible-lint; key-order[task]."
• Example 318. "Lookup; pipe; read local file."
• Example 319. "Ansible filter; basename; Returns the last name component of a path."
• Example 320. "Jinja; White space control; Add dash to remove blank lines."
• Example 321. "Basics; Handlers; Notify handler on the block."
• Example 322. "Test; subset; issubset; First list is a subset of the second list."

Update README.md

To update README.md file go to the directory doc.

• Update the file list_of_examples.yml if you want to update the list of examples in the contents and tags in the index. The structure of a line in this file is follows. If the example belongs to more categories add more lines wiht he same number of the example. The comment is optional.

     - Number_of_the_example. "Category; tag; tag; ... tag; Comment."

• Update the template templates/README.md.j2 if you want to update the text.

• Just type make to update README.md

     shell> ./make

License

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Vladimir Botka