inventory_hostnames – list of inventory hosts matching a host pattern

New in version 1.3.

Synopsis

  • This lookup understands ‘host patterns’ as used by the hosts: keyword in plays and can return a list of matching hosts from inventory

Notes

Note

  • this is only worth for ‘hostname patterns’ it is easier to loop over the group/group_names variables otherwise.

Examples

- name: show all the hosts matching the pattern, i.e. all but the group www
  debug:
    msg: "{{ item }}"
  with_inventory_hostnames:
    - all:!www

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
_hostnames
list
list of hostnames that matched the host pattern in inventory


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