Templating + now()
➜ cat defaults.yml
current: "{{ now('True','%F_%H%M%S') }}"
➜ cat datetime.yml
# make a variable with the current date
- hosts: localhost
vars_files:
- ./defaults.yml
tasks:
- name: echo
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: current
➜ ansible-adhoc ansible-playbook ./datetime.yml
....
TASK [echo]
*************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"current": "2023-03-23_110205"
}
On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 5:59 AM dulhaver via Ansible Project <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to define a variable in defaults.yml with some kind of
> dynamic. Conrete creating a directory with the current timestamp at the end
> of the name.
>
> data_dir: /file/to/dir_$(date +%F_%H%M%S)
>
> gives me exactly the directory name 'dir_$(date +%F_%H%M%S)' and not
> dir_2023_03_23_115122.
>
> How can I achieve such?
>
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