ansible.utils.ipv4_netmask test – Test if an address is a valid netmask

Note

This test plugin is part of the ansible.utils collection (version 5.1.2).

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.ipv4_netmask.

New in ansible.utils 2.2.0

Synopsis

  • This plugin checks if the provided ip address is a valid IPv4 netmask or not

Keyword parameters

This describes keyword parameters of the test. These are the values key1=value1, key2=value2 and so on in the following examples: input is ansible.utils.ipv4_netmask(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...) and input is not ansible.utils.ipv4_netmask(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

Comments

mask

string / required

A string that represents the value against which the test is going to be performed

For example: 0.1.255.255 or 255.255.255.0

Examples

#### Simple examples

- name: Check if 255.255.255.0 is a netmask
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '255.255.255.0' is ansible.utils.ipv4_netmask }}"

# TASK [Check if 255.255.255.0 is a netmask] *******************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 255.255.255.128 is a netmask
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '255.255.255.128' is ansible.utils.ipv4_netmask }}"

# TASK [Check if 255.255.255.128 is a netmask] *****************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 255.255.255.127 is not a netmask
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '255.255.255.127' is not ansible.utils.ipv4_netmask }}"

# TASK [Check if 255.255.255.127 is not a netmask] *************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

Return Value

Key

Description

data

string

If jinja test satisfies plugin expression true

If jinja test does not satisfy plugin expression false

Returned: success

Authors

  • Priyam Sahoo (@priyamsahoo)