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setup: Add note and example of delegated facts #74479

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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions lib/ansible/modules/setup.py
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- This module is also supported for Windows targets.
- This module should be run with elevated privileges on BSD systems to gather facts like ansible_product_version.
- Supports C(check_mode).
- For more information about delegated facts,
please check U(https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_delegation.html#delegating-facts).
author:
- "Ansible Core Team"
- "Michael DeHaan"
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# Display facts from Windows hosts with custom facts stored in C(C:\\custom_facts).
# ansible windows -m ansible.builtin.setup -a "fact_path='c:\\custom_facts'"

# Gathers facts for the machines in the dbservers group (a.k.a Delegating facts)
- hosts: app_servers
tasks:
- name: Gather facts from db servers
ansible.builtin.setup:
delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
delegate_facts: true
loop: "{{ groups['dbservers'] }}"
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this will add the facts of the 'last' db server to all app_servers as the loop will clobber itself in the end as facts are merged.

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@bcoca What do you suggest? Thanks.

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dont use loop

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also, what do you want the end result to be? each app_server have access to all dbserver facts? common fact? ..

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# import module snippets
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