cloud_init_data_facts – Retrieve facts of cloud-init

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

• Gathers facts by reading the status.json and result.json of cloud-init.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
filter -	Choices: status result	Filter facts

Notes

Note

• See http://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/ for more information about cloud-init.

Examples

- name: Gather all facts of cloud init
  cloud_init_data_facts:
  register: result

- debug:
    var: result

- name: Wait for cloud init to finish
  cloud_init_data_facts:
    filter: status
  register: res
  until: "res.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage is defined and not res.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage"
  retries: 50
  delay: 5

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
cloud_init_data_facts dictionary	success	Facts of result and status. Sample: { "status": { "v1": { "datasource": "DataSourceCloudStack", "errors": [] }, "result": { "v1": { "datasource": "DataSourceCloudStack", "init": { "errors": [], "finished": 1522066377.0185432, "start": 1522066375.2648022 }, "init-local": { "errors": [], "finished": 1522066373.70919, "start": 1522066373.4726632 }, "modules-config": { "errors": [], "finished": 1522066380.9097016, "start": 1522066379.0011985 }, "modules-final": { "errors": [], "finished": 1522066383.56594, "start": 1522066382.3449218 }, "stage": null } }

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• René Moser (@resmo)

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