Try SpotterCreate Ansible groups based on facts
| "added in version" 0.9 of ansible.builtin"
Authors: Jeroen Hoekx (@jhoekx)
This plugin has a corresponding action plugin.
pipInstall with pip install ansible-core==2.16.5
Use facts to create ad-hoc groups that can be used later in a playbook.
This module is also supported for Windows targets.
- name: Create groups based on the machine architecture
ansible.builtin.group_by:
key: machine_{{ ansible_machine }}
- name: Create groups like 'virt_kvm_host'
ansible.builtin.group_by:
key: virt_{{ ansible_virtualization_type }}_{{ ansible_virtualization_role }}
- name: Create nested groups
ansible.builtin.group_by:
key: el{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}
parents:
- el{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}
- name: Add all active hosts to a static group
ansible.builtin.group_by:
key: done
key:
description:
- The variables whose values will be used as groups.
required: true
type: str
parents:
default: all
description:
- The list of the parent groups.
elements: str
type: list
version_added: '2.4'
version_added_collection: ansible.builtin