ansible.utils.previous_nth_usable filter – This filter returns the previous nth usable ip within a network described by value.

Note

This filter plugin is part of the ansible.utils collection (version 4.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.utils.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.utils.previous_nth_usable.

New in ansible.utils 2.5.0

Synopsis

  • This filter returns the previous nth usable ip within a network described by value.

  • Use previous_nth_usable to find the previous nth usable IP address in relation to another within a range

Keyword parameters

This describes keyword parameters of the filter. These are the values key1=value1, key2=value2 and so on in the following example: input | ansible.utils.previous_nth_usable(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

Comments

offset

integer

index value

previous nth usable IP address

value

string / required

subnets or individual address input for previous_nth_usable plugin

Examples

#### examples
- name: previous_nth_usable returns the second usable IP address for the given IP range
  debug:
    msg: "{{ '192.168.122.10/24' | ansible.utils.previous_nth_usable(2) }}"

- name: If there is no usable address, it returns an empty string.
  debug:
    msg: "{{ '192.168.122.1/24' | ansible.utils.previous_nth_usable(2) }}"

# TASK [previous_nth_usable returns the second usable IP address for the given IP range] **************************
# task path: /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/playbooks/test_previous_nth_usable.yaml:9
# Loading collection ansible.utils from /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/utils
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": "192.168.122.8"
# }
#
# TASK [If there is no usable address, it returns an empty string.] *******************************************
# task path: /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/playbooks/test_previous_nth_usable.yaml:14
# Loading collection ansible.utils from /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/utils
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": ""
# }

Return Value

Key

Description

data

string

Returns the previous nth usable ip within a network described by value.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Ashwini Mhatre (@amhatre)

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.