Just an FYI there may be a bug with fact_path that I've opened
https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/106. I'm not
sure if this bug can be easily fixed so stay tuned to that. Another option
if you have custom facts is to create your own fact module. They are quite
simple to do as well.
On Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 8:50:48 PM UTC+10 [email protected]
wrote:
> Just try it out and see for yourself. I have placed the following script
> at C:\Windows\TEMP\facts\my_facts.ps1 with the contents
>
> @{
> my_custom_fact = 'value'
> my_complex_custom_fact = @{
> hello = 'world'
> }
> } | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
>
> This script converts a PowerShell hashtable (like a dictionary) to a JSON
> and outputs it for the setup module to collect.
>
> Then run 'ansible windows -m setup -a fact_path=C:/Windows/TEMP/facts'
> and look at the output.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 4:35:37 PM UTC+10 [email protected]
> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone point me in the direction of how to setup custom/local facts
>> on Windows please? not just use fact_path...
>>
>> Reading the docs I've found so far, it looks like you can't just have a
>> file with key:value like Linux under the heading [local_facts] for example
>> (unless you can? but setup doesn't pick up the values when i run ansible
>> setup against the windows host). The docs/google suggest you need to add
>> .ps1 scripts to a directory (fact_path DIR) and then get JSON output of the
>> facts you want to know about.
>>
>> That sounds ok as it's similar to creating a dynamic inventory, but can
>> anyone share what the output looks like? Better yet, if anyone knows where
>> a document is that explains this process that would be great.
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>
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