ansible.utils.cidr_merge filter – This filter can be used to merge subnets or individual addresses.

Note

This filter plugin is part of the ansible.utils collection (version 5.1.2).

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.cidr_merge.

New in ansible.utils 2.5.0

Synopsis

  • This filter can be used to merge subnets or individual addresses into their minimal representation, collapsing

  • overlapping subnets and merging adjacent ones wherever possible.

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.cidr_merge(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

Comments

action

string

Action to be performed.example merge,span

Default: "merge"

value

list / elements=string / required

list of subnets or individual address to be merged

Examples

#### examples
- name: cidr_merge with merge action
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    value:
      - 192.168.0.0/17
      - 192.168.128.0/17
      - 192.168.128.1
- debug:
    msg: '{{ value|ansible.utils.cidr_merge }}'

# TASK [cidr_merge with merge action] **********************************************************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "value": [
#             "192.168.0.0/17",
#             "192.168.128.0/17",
#             "192.168.128.1"
#         ]
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }
# TASK [debug] *********************************************************************************************************
# ok: [loalhost] => {
#     "msg": [
#         "192.168.0.0/16"
#     ]
# }

- name: Cidr_merge with span.
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    value:
      - 192.168.1.1
      - 192.168.1.2
      - 192.168.1.3
      - 192.168.1.4
- debug:
    msg: '{{ value|ansible.utils.cidr_merge(''span'') }}'

# TASK [Cidr_merge with span.] ********************************************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "value": [
#             "192.168.1.1",
#             "192.168.1.2",
#             "192.168.1.3",
#             "192.168.1.4"
#         ]
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }
#
# TASK [debug] ************************************************************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": "192.168.1.0/29"
# }

Return Value

Key

Description

data

any

Returns a minified list of subnets or a single subnet that spans all of the inputs.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Ashwini Mhatre (@amhatre)

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.