ansible.utils.in_network_test.rst

ansible.utils.in_network

Test if IP address falls in the network

Version added: 2.2.0

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• This plugin checks if the provided IP address belongs to the provided network

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
ip string / required			A string that represents an IP address For example: 10.1.1.1
network string / required			A string that represents the network address in CIDR form For example: 10.0.0.0/8

Examples

#### Simple examples

- name: Check if 10.1.1.1 is in 10.0.0.0/8
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '10.1.1.1' is ansible.utils.in_network '10.0.0.0/8' }}"

# TASK [Check if 10.1.1.1 is in 10.0.0.0/8] ***********************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 10.1.1.1 is not in 192.168.1.0/24
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '10.1.1.1' is not ansible.utils.in_network '192.168.1.0/24' }}"

# TASK [Check if 10.1.1.1 is not in 192.168.1.0/24] ****************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 2001:db8:a::123 is in 2001:db8:a::/64
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '2001:db8:a::123' is ansible.utils.in_network '2001:db8:a::/64' }}"

# TASK [Check if 2001:db8:a::123 is in 2001:db8:a::/64] ****************************
# task path: /home/prsahoo/playbooks/collections/localhost_test/utils_in_network.yml:16
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 2001:db8:a::123 is not in 10.0.0.0/8
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '2001:db8:a::123' is not ansible.utils.in_network '10.0.0.0/8' }}"

# TASK [Check if 2001:db8:a::123 is not in 10.0.0.0/8] *********************************
# task path: /home/prsahoo/playbooks/collections/localhost_test/utils_in_network.yml:20
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this test:

Key	Returned	Description
data -		If jinja test satisfies plugin expression true If jinja test does not satisfy plugin expression false

Status

Authors

• Priyam Sahoo (@priyamsahoo)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.