Try Spotterreturn first file found from list
| "added in version" historical of ansible.builtin"
Authors: Seth Vidal <skvidal@fedoraproject.org>
pipInstall with pip install ansible==2.7.7
this lookup checks a list of files and paths and returns the full path to the first combination found.
As all lookups, when fed relative paths it will try use the current task's location first and go up the chain to the containing role/play/include/etc's location.
The list of files has precedence over the paths searched. i.e, A task in a role has a 'file1' in the play's relative path, this will be used, 'file2' in role's relative path will not.
- name: show first existing file
debug: msg={{lookup('first_found', findme)}}
vars:
findme:
- "/path/to/foo.txt"
- "bar.txt" # will be looked in files/ dir relative to role and/or play
- "/path/to/biz.txt"
- name: |
copy first existing file found to /some/file,
looking in relative directories from where the task is defined and
including any play objects that contain it
copy: src={{lookup('first_found', findme)}} dest=/some/file
vars:
findme:
- foo
- "{{inventory_hostname}}"
- bar
- name: same copy but specific paths
copy: src={{lookup('first_found', params)}} dest=/some/file
vars:
params:
files:
- foo
- "{{inventory_hostname}}"
- bar
paths:
- /tmp/production
- /tmp/staging
- name: INTERFACES | Create Ansible header for /etc/network/interfaces
template:
src: "{{ lookup('first_found', findme)}}"
dest: "/etc/foo.conf"
vars:
findme:
- "{{ ansible_virtualization_type }}_foo.conf"
- "default_foo.conf"
- name: read vars from first file found, use 'vars/' relative subdir
include_vars: "{{lookup('first_found', params)}}"
vars:
params:
files:
- '{{ansible_os_distribution}}.yml'
- '{{ansible_os_family}}.yml'
- default.yml
paths:
- 'vars'
paths:
description: list of paths in which to look for the files
_terms:
description: list of file names
required: true
_raw: description: - path to file found