I want to append all the hostnames into a list and pass it to another play with different host-group (remote server) where it searches for a file with a pattern. I am trying an Ansible playbook -
- name: Begin
hosts: cisco
tasks:
- name: Initializing an empty list where I will try to append the hostnames
set_fact:
my_string: []
- name: Append info
hosts: cisco
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: Append hostname to list (appending is not working, not sure how to pass inventory_hostnames recursively)
set_fact:
my_string: "{{ my_strings + [inventory_hostname] }}"
- hosts: remoteserver
tasks:
- name: Find stored configuration file on remote server by passing value item from loop (Ansible can not find this variable my_string)
find:
paths: /Config/ansible-backups/
patterns: "{{ item }}-config-*.txt"
register: stored_configs
loop: "{{ hostvars['cisco']['my_string'] }}"
As can be seen, the list my_string is not working as intended and I am not able to pass the list to second part. I am using version 2.10.17. Any suggestions how to proceed?
For an inventory file example.ini with content of
[inventory:children]
switches
servers
[switches]
one.example.com
two.example.com
[servers]
three.example.com
four.example.com
a minimal example playbook
---
- hosts: servers
become: false
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: On Remote Servers, passing value item from loop
debug:
msg: "{{ item }}-config-*.txt"
loop: "{{ groups['switches'] }}"
called via
ansible-playbook --inventory example.ini inventory.yml
will result into an output of
TASK [On Remote Servers, pass value item from loop] *******
ok: [three.example.com] => (item=one.example.com) =>
msg: one.example.com-config-*.txt
ok: [three.example.com] => (item=two.example.com) =>
msg: two.example.com-config-*.txt
ok: [four.example.com] => (item=one.example.com) =>
msg: one.example.com-config-*.txt
ok: [four.example.com] => (item=two.example.com) =>
msg: two.example.com-config-*.txt