Question:
Having an inventory file like:
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[my_hosts] my_host ansible_ssh_host=123.123.123.123 my_host2 ansible_ssh_host=234.234.234.234 |
I want to gather some debug information in my templates.
- How do I acces the alias variable in a playbook/template?
I.e.:
1234debug: msg=Myhost is {{ ansible_host_alias }}# Myhost is my_host# Myhost is myhost2
I tried to gather facts using ansible -m setup my_host . The variables ansible_hostname , HOSTNAME and HOST contain the machine’s hostname, i.e. echo $HOSTNAME which differs from my ansible alias.
Answer:
The variable I was searching for is a built in feature: inventory_hostname
Ansible documentation about inventory_hostname and inventory_hostname_short is found from chapter Magic Variables, and How To Access Information About Other Hosts.
Original question: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/Oa5YXjHecIw