Thanks James, That's nice. One thing I'm not sure about is the 'server_address_here' which you wrote. Ideally, what I need there is the name/address of the first (and the only) host in the inventory group 'server'. Is there a way to do this?
Cheers, Jacek W dniu czwartek, 18 września 2014 01:41:55 UTC+1 użytkownik James Cammarata napisał: > > Hi Jacek, this should work for you: > > - set_fact: address_variable='localhost' > when: 'server' in group_names > - set_fact: address_variable='server_address_here' > when: 'server' not in group_names > - template: ... > > The "group_names" variable is a special variable that contains a list of > the groups the current host is in. > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Jacek <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Perhaps it's an easy question but I cannot find a way to answer it myself. >> >> More in details -- I have two groups in my inventory: clients (many >> hosts) and server (single host), and a template at the client which needs >> to use the server address. If it happens that a client host is also in the >> 'server' group, I wanted to set the address in the template to 'localhost'. >> Otherwise, the address should point to the server address as specified in >> the inventory. I guess it's quite easy to code it using jinja2 directly in >> the template but my template includes many places with such a reference, so >> I thought about first setting the server address variable, and then using >> this variable to evaluate the template. Is this correct way of thinking? >> How can I set a variable in a play before template evaluation? Otherwise, >> have you got any other ideas? >> >> Cheers, >> Jacek >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/b878ce70-0326-42a9-8f5a-25c3b9e3dd71%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/b878ce70-0326-42a9-8f5a-25c3b9e3dd71%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/910630e1-a242-4170-9d04-f200714ccec7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
