community.general.random_pet lookup – Generates random pet names
Note
This lookup plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.4).
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.general
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this lookup plugin,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.random_pet
.
New in community.general 3.1.0
Synopsis
Generates random pet names that can be used as unique identifiers for the resources.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this lookup.
Keyword parameters
This describes keyword parameters of the lookup. These are the values key1=value1
, key2=value2
and so on in the following
examples: lookup('community.general.random_pet', key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)
and query('community.general.random_pet', key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)
Parameter |
Comments |
---|---|
The maximal length of every component of the pet name. Values below 3 will be set to 3 by petname. Default: |
|
A string to prefix with the name. |
|
The character to separate words in the pet name. Default: |
|
The number of words in the pet name. Default: |
Examples
- name: Generate pet name
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: lookup('community.general.random_pet')
# Example result: 'loving-raptor'
- name: Generate pet name with 3 words
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: lookup('community.general.random_pet', words=3)
# Example result: 'fully-fresh-macaw'
- name: Generate pet name with separator
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: lookup('community.general.random_pet', separator="_")
# Example result: 'causal_snipe'
- name: Generate pet name with length
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: lookup('community.general.random_pet', length=7)
# Example result: 'natural-peacock'
Return Value
Key |
Description |
---|---|
A one-element list containing a random pet name Returned: success |