Scenarios

Add text in multiple line

name: Save Result
  copy:
    dest: "output/playbookresult"
    content: |-
      <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="for">

      

<div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="if" data-0='playbookresult'>

      {{ '###' }}{{ host }}{{ '###' }}
      {{ hostvars[host]['playbookresult'] }}
      {{ '' }}
      

</div>

      

</div>

  delegate_to: localhost

Matching text in variable

- name: Remove Old TACACS Server - Router
  cisco.ios.ios_config:
    lines:
      - no tacacs-server host 10.10.10.10
  when: ansible_net_model is match("CISCO.*")

when: ansible_facts['net_model'].startswith('WS-C') and ansible_facts['net_system'] == 'ios'

Get length of variable

• testresult.stdout_lines | length

when: ("'level is 15' not in testresult.stdout_lines[-1]") or (testresult.stdout_lines | length)==0

Checking text in variable and using multiple conditions

# literal text
when: ("ip scp server enable" in scpenabled.stdout[0]) or (enablescp==True)
# text in variable
when: 'ios_filename not in filecopied.stdout[0]'

Accessing data from outside source using lookup plugin

# Variables in vars/ios.yaml
ios_folder: ../../images
size_buffer: 200000000
report_email: [email protected]
upgrade_version: 16.12.10a
ios16.12.10a:
  md5: 5fb8c72dffb04628549b665ed51ab448
  filename: cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.12.10a.SPA.bin
  size: 482716242
ios16.12.09:
  md5: d15c50b1e11face0e69b4dc0fba474f8
  filename: cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.12.09.SPA.bin
  size: 482619172
# block in playbook
name: Set Version Variables
block:
  - set_fact:
      ios_filename: "{{ lookup ('vars', 'ios' ~ upgrade_version).filename }}"
      ios_md5: "{{ lookup ('vars', 'ios' ~ upgrade_version).md5 }}"
      ios_size: "{{ lookup ('vars', 'ios' ~ upgrade_version).size }}"

Using vault as vairable

- import_role:
    name: testlogin
  vars:
    test_username: "bb94671" 
    test_password: !vault |
      $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
      356434616564353134383031373336

Creating list of items

- name: Collecting vPC Port-Channels States
  set_fact:
    vpcstate: "{{ vpcstate|default([]) + [item]}}"
          # vpcstate: "{{ vpcstate|default([]) + [{'vpc-id': item.vpc-id,'status': item.vpc-port-state, 'consistency': item.vpc-consistency, 'consistency-status': item.vpc-consistency-status, 'vlan': item.up-vlan-bitset }]}}"
  with_items: "{{ output['stdout'][0]['TABLE_vpc']['ROW_vpc'] }}"

Setting default value

• "{{ ansible_ssh_host|default(ansible_host)|default(inventory_hostname) }}"

Trimming space in each item of a list

• "{{output.stdlines_out[0] | map('trim') | list }}"

Read Data from file

- set_fact:
    ospfstatus: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file','Data/OSPF{{inventory_hostname}}') }}"

Set fact based on data type:

- name: Set OSPF Facts - Dict single
  set_fact:
    ospfnumberofneighbors: "{{ ospfstatus['stdout'][0]['TABLE_ctx']['ROW_ctx']['nbrcount'] }}"
    ospfneighborsstring: "

<div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="for" data-0='stdout' data-1='stdout' data-2='stdout' data-3='0' data-4='0' data-5='0' data-6='TABLE_ctx' data-7='][' data-8='ROW_ctx' data-9='TABLE_nbr' data-10='][' data-11='ROW_nbr'>{{i['addr']}}:{{i['state']}}<div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="if">,</div></div>"
  when: (ospfstatus['stdout'][0]['TABLE_ctx']['ROW_ctx'] | type_debug) == 'dict'

- name: Set OSPF Facts - List
  set_fact:
    ospfnumberofneighbors: "<div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="for" data-0='stdout' data-1='stdout' data-2='stdout' data-3='0' data-4='0' data-5='0' data-6='TABLE_ctx' data-7='][' data-8='ROW_ctx'>{{ i[] }}</div>"
    ospfneighborsstring: "<div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="for" data-0='stdout' data-1='stdout' data-2='stdout' data-3='0' data-4='0' data-5='0' data-6='TABLE_ctx' data-7='][' data-8='ROW_ctx' data-9='TABLE_nbr' data-10='][' data-11='ROW_nbr'>{{i['addr']}}:{{i['state']}}<div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="if">,</div></div>"
  when: (ospfstatus['stdout'][0]['TABLE_ctx']['ROW_ctx'] | type_debug) == 'dict'