ansible.utils.ipv6_test.rst

ansible.utils.ipv6

Test if something is an IPv6 address or network

Version added: 2.2.0

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• This plugin checks if the provided value is a valid host or network IP address with IPv6 addressing scheme

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
ip string / required			A string that represents the value against which the test is going to be performed For example: 10.1.1.1, 10.0.0.0/8, or fe80::216:3eff:fee4:16f3

Examples

#### Simple examples

- name: Check if fe80::216:3eff:fee4:16f3 is a valid IPv6 address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ 'fe80::216:3eff:fee4:16f3' is ansible.utils.ipv6 }}"

# TASK [Check if fe80::216:3eff:fee4:16f3 is a valid IPv6 address] *************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 2001:db8:a::/64 is a valid IPv6 address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '2001:db8:a::/64' is ansible.utils.ipv6 }}"

# TASK [Check if 2001:db8:a::/64 is a valid IPv6 address] **********************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 192.169.1.250 is not a valid IPv6 address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '192.169.1.250' is not ansible.utils.ipv6 }}"

# TASK [Check if 192.169.1.250 is not a valid IPv6 address] ********************
# 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.