community.crypto.parse_serial filter – Convert a serial number as a colon-separated list of hex numbers to an integer

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.crypto collection (version 2.26.5).

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 community.crypto.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.crypto.parse_serial.

New in community.crypto 2.18.0

Synopsis

  • Parses a colon-separated list of hex numbers of the form 00:11:22:33 and returns the corresponding integer.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.crypto.parse_serial.

Parameter

Comments

Input

string / required

A serial number represented as a colon-separated list of hex numbers between 0 and 255.

These numbers are interpreted as the byte presentation of an unsigned integer in network byte order. That is, 01:00 is interpreted as the integer 256.

See Also

See also

community.crypto.to_serial filter plugin

Convert an integer to a colon-separated list of hex numbers.

Examples

---
- name: Parse serial number
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ '11:22:33' | community.crypto.parse_serial }}"

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

integer

The serial number as an integer.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)