community.general.to_ini filter – Converts a dictionary to the INI file format

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.8).

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.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.to_ini.

New in community.general 8.2.0

Synopsis

  • Converts a dictionary to the INI file format.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.general.to_ini.

Parameter

Comments

Input

dictionary / required

The dictionary that should be converted to the INI format.

Examples

- name: Define a dictionary
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    my_dict:
      section_name:
        key_name: 'key value'

      another_section:
        connection: 'ssh'

- name: Write dictionary to INI file
  ansible.builtin.copy:
    dest: /tmp/test.ini
    content: '{{ my_dict | community.general.to_ini }}'

# /tmp/test.ini will look like this:
# [section_name]
# key_name = key value
#
# [another_section]
# connection = ssh

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

A string formatted as INI file.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Steffen Scheib (@sscheib)

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.