community.mongodb.mongodb lookup – lookup info from MongoDB

Note

This lookup plugin is part of the community.mongodb collection (version 1.4.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.mongodb.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.mongodb.mongodb.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.mongodb

Synopsis

  • The MongoDB lookup runs the find() command on a given collection on a given MongoDB server.

  • The result is a list of jsons, so slightly different from what PyMongo returns. In particular, timestamps are converted to epoch integers.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this lookup.

  • pymongo >= 2.4 (python library)

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

collection

string / required

Name of the collection which the query will be made

connect_string

string

Can be any valid MongoDB connection string, supporting authentication, replica sets, etc.

More info at https://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/connection-string/

Default: “mongodb://localhost/”

database

string / required

Name of the database which the query will be made

extra_connection_parameters

dictionary

Extra connection parameters that to be sent to pymongo.MongoClient

Check the example to see how to connect to mongo using an SSL certificate.

All possible parameters are here: https://api.mongodb.com/python/current/api/pymongo/mongo_client.html#pymongo.mongo_client.MongoClient

Default: {}

filter

dictionary

Criteria of the output

Default: {}

limit

integer

How many results should be shown

projection

dictionary

Fields you want returned

Default: {}

skip

integer

How many results should be skipped

sort

list / elements=list

Sorting rules.

Please use the strings ASCENDING and DESCENDING to set the order.

Check the example for more information.

Default: []

Examples

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    mongodb_parameters:
      #mandatory parameters
      database: 'local'
      collection: "startup_log"
      #optional
      connection_string: "mongodb://localhost/"
      # connection_string: "mongodb://username:[email protected]:27017/"
      # extra_connection_parameters: { "ssl" : True , "ssl_certfile": /etc/self_signed_certificate.pem" }
      #optional query  parameters, we accept any parameter from the normal mongodb query.
      # filter:  { "hostname": "u18" }
      projection: { "pid": True    , "_id" : False , "hostname" : True }
      skip: 0
      limit: 1
      sort:  [ [ "startTime" , "ASCENDING" ] , [ "age", "DESCENDING" ] ]
  tasks:
    - debug: msg="The PID from MongoDB is {{ lookup('mongodb', mongodb_parameters ).pid }}"

    - debug: msg="The HostName from the MongoDB server is {{ lookup('mongodb', mongodb_parameters ).hostname }}"

    - debug: msg="Mongo DB is stored at {{ lookup('mongodb', mongodb_parameters_inline )}}"
      vars:
        mongodb_parameters_inline:
          database: 'local'
          collection: "startup_log"
          connection_string: "mongodb://localhost/"
          limit: 1
          projection: { "cmdline.storage": True }

      # lookup syntax, does the same as below
    - debug: msg="The hostname is {{ item.hostname }} and the pid is {{ item.pid }}"
      loop: "{{ lookup('mongodb', mongodb_parameters, wantlist=True) }}"

      # query syntax, does the same as above
    - debug: msg="The hostname is {{ item.hostname }} and the pid is {{ item.pid }}"
      loop: "{{ query('mongodb', mongodb_parameters) }}"

    - name: "Raw output from the mongodb lookup (a json with pid and hostname )"
      debug: msg="{{ lookup('mongodb', mongodb_parameters) }}"

    - name: "Yet another mongodb query, now with the parameters on the task itself"
      debug: msg="pid={{item.pid}} hostname={{item.hostname}} version={{ item.buildinfo.version }}"
      with_mongodb:
        - database: 'local'
          collection: "startup_log"
          connection_string: "mongodb://localhost/"
          limit: 1
          projection: { "pid": True    , "hostname": True , "buildinfo.version": True }

    # Please notice this specific query may result more than one result. This is expected
    - name: "Shows the whole output from mongodb"
      debug: msg="{{ item }}"
      with_mongodb:
        - database: 'local'
          collection: "startup_log"
          connection_string: "mongodb://localhost/"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

_list_of_jsons

list / elements=string

a list of JSONs with the results of the MongoDB query.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Marcos Diez (@marcosdiez)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.