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etcd – get info from an etcd server¶

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Parameters
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis ¶

Retrieves data from an etcd server

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_terms list / elements=string / required			the list of keys to lookup on the etcd server
url -	Default: "http://127.0.0.1:4001"	env:ANSIBLE_ETCD_URL	Environment variable with the url for the etcd server
validate_certs boolean	Default: "yes"		toggle checking that the ssl certificates are valid, you normally only want to turn this off with self-signed certs.
version -	Default: "v1"	env:ANSIBLE_ETCD_VERSION	Environment variable with the etcd protocol version

Examples ¶

- name: "a value from a locally running etcd"
  debug: msg={{ lookup('etcd', 'foo/bar') }}

- name: "values from multiple folders on a locally running etcd"
  debug: msg={{ lookup('etcd', 'foo', 'bar', 'baz') }}

- name: "since Ansible 2.5 you can set server options inline"
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('etcd', 'foo', version='v2', url='http://192.168.0.27:4001') }}"

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
_raw list / elements=strings		list of values associated with input keys

Status ¶

This lookup is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This lookup is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors¶

Jan-Piet Mens (@jpmens)

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