Try SpotterLookup templated value of variables
| "added in version" 2.5 of ansible.builtin"
Authors: Ansible Core Team
pipInstall with pip install ansible-core==2.16.5
Retrieves the value of an Ansible variable. Note: Only returns top level variable names.
- name: Show value of 'variablename'
ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'variabl' + myvar) }}"
vars:
variablename: hello
myvar: ename
- name: Show default empty since i dont have 'variablnotename'
ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'variabl' + myvar, default='')}}"
vars:
variablename: hello
myvar: notename
- name: Produce an error since i dont have 'variablnotename'
ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'variabl' + myvar)}}"
ignore_errors: True
vars:
variablename: hello
myvar: notename
- name: find several related variables
ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'ansible_play_hosts', 'ansible_play_batch', 'ansible_play_hosts_all') }}"
- name: Access nested variables
ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'variabl' + myvar).sub_var }}"
ignore_errors: True
vars:
variablename:
sub_var: 12
myvar: ename
- name: alternate way to find some 'prefixed vars' in loop
ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'ansible_play_' + item) }}"
loop:
- hosts
- batch
- hosts_all
_terms:
description: The variable names to look up.
required: true
default:
description:
- What to return if a variable is undefined.
- If no default is set, it will result in an error if any of the variables is undefined.
_value: description: - value of the variables requested. elements: raw type: list