ansible.utils.in_one_network test – Test if IP address belongs in any one of the networks in the list

Note

This test 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.in_one_network.

New in ansible.utils 2.2.0

Synopsis

  • This plugin checks if the provided IP address belongs to the provided list network addresses

Keyword parameters

This describes keyword parameters of the test. These are the values key1=value1, key2=value2 and so on in the following examples: input is ansible.utils.in_one_network(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...) and input is not ansible.utils.in_one_network(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

Comments

ip

string / required

A string that represents an IP address

For example: 10.1.1.1

networks

list / elements=string / required

A list of string and each string represents a network address in CIDR form

For example: ['10.0.0.0/8', '192.168.1.0/24']

Examples

#### Simple examples

- name: Set network list
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    networks:
      - "10.0.0.0/8"
      - "192.168.1.0/24"

- name: Check if 10.1.1.1 is in the provided network list
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '10.1.1.1' is ansible.utils.in_one_network networks }}"

# TASK [Check if 10.1.1.1 is in the provided network list] **********************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false

- name: Set network list
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    networks:
      - "10.0.0.0/8"
      - "10.1.1.0/24"

- name: Check if 10.1.1.1 is not in the provided network list
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '10.1.1.1' is not ansible.utils.in_one_network networks }}"

# TASK [Check if 10.1.1.1 is in not the provided network list] ************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

Return Value

Key

Description

data

string

If jinja test satisfies plugin expression true

If jinja test does not satisfy plugin expression false

Returned: success

Authors

  • Priyam Sahoo (@priyamsahoo)

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.