ansible.utils.unspecified_test.rst

ansible.utils.unspecified

Test for an unspecified IP address

Version added: 2.2.0

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• This plugin checks if the provided value is an unspecified IP address

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: 0.0.0.0, 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0, ::, or ::1

Examples

#### Simple examples

- name: Check if 0.0.0.0 is an unspecified IP address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '0.0.0.0' is ansible.utils.unspecified }}"

# TASK [Check if 0.0.0.0 is an unspecified IP address] ***************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 is an unspecified IP address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0' is ansible.utils.unspecified }}"

# TASK [Check if 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 is an unspecified IP address] *******************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if "::" is an unspecified IP address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '::' is ansible.utils.unspecified }}"

# TASK [Check if "::" is an unspecified IP address] ******************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if ::1 is not an unspecified IP address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '::1' is not ansible.utils.unspecified }}"

# TASK [Check if ::1 is not an unspecified IP 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.