ansible.builtin.ini – read data from a ini file

Note

This module is part of ansible-base and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short module name ini even without specifying the collections: keyword. Despite that, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the module documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same module name.

New in version 2.0: of ansible.builtin

Synopsis

  • The ini lookup reads the contents of a file in INI format key1=value1. This plugin retrieves the value on the right side after the equal sign '=' of a given section [section].

  • You can also read a property file which - in this case - does not contain section.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
_terms
string / required
The key(s) to look up
default
string
Default:
""
Return value if the key is not in the ini file.
encoding
string
Default:
"utf-8"
Text encoding to use.
file
string
Default:
"ansible.ini"
Name of the file to load.
re
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Flag to indicate if the key supplied is a regexp.
section
string
Default:
"global"
Section where to lookup the key.
type
string
    Choices:
  • ini ←
  • properties
Type of the file. 'properties' refers to the Java properties files.

Examples

- debug: msg="User in integration is {{ lookup('ini', 'user section=integration file=users.ini') }}"

- debug: msg="User in production  is {{ lookup('ini', 'user section=production  file=users.ini') }}"

- debug: msg="user.name is {{ lookup('ini', 'user.name type=properties file=user.properties') }}"

- debug:
    msg: "{{ item }}"
  with_ini:
    - '.* section=section1 file=test.ini re=True'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this lookup:

Key Returned Description
_raw
list / elements=string
success
value(s) of the key(s) in the ini file


Authors

  • Yannig Perre (!UNKNOWN) <yannig.perre(at)gmail.com>