ansible.utils.param_list_compare filter – Generate the final param list combining/comparing base and provided parameters.

Note

This filter plugin is part of the ansible.utils collection (version 2.10.3).

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 ansible.utils.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.utils.param_list_compare.

New in ansible.utils 2.4.0

Synopsis

  • Generate the final list of parameters after comparing with base list and provided/target list of params/bangs.

Keyword parameters

This describes keyword parameters of the filter. These are the values key1=value1, key2=value2 and so on in the following example: input | ansible.utils.param_list_compare(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...).

Parameter

Comments

base

list / elements=string

Specify the base list.

target

list / elements=string

Specify the target list.

Examples

- set_fact:
    base: ['1','2','3','4','5']

- set_fact:
    target: ['!all','2','4']

- name: Get final list of parameters
  register: result
  set_fact:
    final_params: "{{ base|param_list_compare(target) }}"

# TASK [Target list] **********************************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": {
#         "actionable": [
#             "2",
#             "4"
#         ],
#         "unsupported": []
#     }
# }

- set_fact:
    base: ['1','2','3','4','5']

- name: Get final list of parameters
  register: result
  set_fact:
    final_params: "{{ base|param_list_compare(target=['2', '7', '8']) }}"

# TASK [Get final list of parameters] ********************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "final_params": {
#             "actionable": [
#                 "2"
#             ],
#             "unsupported": [
#                 "7",
#                 "8"
#             ]
#         }
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

# Network Specific Example
# -----------
- set_fact:
        ios_resources:
          - "acl_interfaces"
          - "acls"
          - "bgp_address_family"
          - "bgp_global"
          - "interfaces"
          - "l2_interfaces"
          - "l3_interfaces"
          - "lacp"
          - "lacp_interfaces"
          - "lag_interfaces"
          - "lldp_global"
          - "lldp_interfaces"
          - "logging_global"
          - "ospf_interfaces"
          - "ospfv2"
          - "ospfv3"
          - "prefix_lists"
          - "route_maps"
          - "static_routes"
          - "vlans"

- set_fact:
    target_resources:
      - '!all'
      - 'vlan'
      - 'bgp_global'

- name: Get final list of target resources/params
  register: result
  set_fact:
    network_resources: "{{ ios_resources|param_list_compare(target_resources) }}"

- name: Target list of network resources
  debug:
    msg: "{{ network_resources }}"

# TASK [Target list of network resources] *******************************************************************************************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": {
#         "actionable": [
#             "bgp_global",
#             "vlans"
#         ],
#         "unsupported": []
#     }
# }

- name: Get final list of target resources/params
  register: result
  set_fact:
    network_resources: "{{ ios_resources|param_list_compare(target=['vla', 'ntp_global', 'logging_global']) }}"

- name: Target list of network resources
  debug:
    msg: "{{ network_resources }}"

# TASK [Target list of network resources] ************************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": {
#         "actionable": [
#             "logging_global"
#         ],
#         "unsupported": [
#             "vla",
#             "ntp_global"
#         ]
#     }
# }

Return Value

Key

Description

actionable

list / elements=string

list of combined params

Returned: success

unsupported

list / elements=string

list of unsupported params

Returned: success

Authors

  • Rohit Thakur (@rohitthakur2590)

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.