ansible.builtin.set_stats – Set stats for the current ansible run

Note

This module is part of ansible-base and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short module name set_stats 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 2.3: of ansible.builtin

Synopsis

• This module allows setting/accumulating stats on the current ansible run, either per host or for all hosts in the run.

• This module is also supported for Windows targets.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
aggregate boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Whether the provided value is aggregated to the existing stat yes or will replace it no.
data dictionary / required		A dictionary of which each key represents a stat (or variable) you want to keep track of.
per_host boolean	Choices: no ← yes	whether the stats are per host or for all hosts in the run.

Notes

Note

• In order for custom stats to be displayed, you must set show_custom_stats in ansible.cfg or ANSIBLE_SHOW_CUSTOM_STATS to yes.

• This module is also supported for Windows targets.

Examples

- name: Aggregating packages_installed stat per host
  set_stats:
    data:
      packages_installed: 31
    per_host: yes

- name: Aggregating random stats for all hosts using complex arguments
  set_stats:
    data:
      one_stat: 11
      other_stat: "{{ local_var * 2 }}"
      another_stat: "{{ some_registered_var.results | map(attribute='ansible_facts.some_fact') | list }}"
    per_host: no


- name: Setting stats (not aggregating)
  set_stats:
    data:
      the_answer: 42
    aggregate: no

Authors

• Brian Coca (@bcoca)