ansible-role-custom-facts

The role configure the remote machines to return extra facts when Ansible performs the gather_facts or when the setup module is executed.

It evaluates the machine OS family to configure Windows facts or Unix-based OS facts.

Ansible are very simple to implement but has to be configured in the remote server. This role will helps you to perform the configuration fast and easy.

The implementation of this role has been done following the article Ansible custom facts published by @jezhalford.

Requirements

• Ansible in your control node.

• Unix-based OS remote nodes:

  • Python 2.7 or Python 3.5 o latest.
  • Sudo permissions.

• Windows remote nodes:

  • PowerShell 5 or latest.
  • Administrator permissions.

Role Variables

The role has no parameters but there is a variable setted by default with the OS distribution facts path.

The variable facts_path sets the path where the custom fact script will be placed.

In Unix-based OS, this path is /etc/ansible/facts.d by default but, on Windows, this path can be personalized.

For Windows, I choose to place the custom facts under C:\.ansible\facts.d.

Dependencies

This role has no dependencies.

Example Playbook

To perform the environment configuration, you will need to have admin permissions, so remember to become: yes.

---

  - hosts: all
    become: yes
    roles:
      - ansible-role-custom-facts

License

MIT

Author Information

Alan Padierna Fernández

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