ansible.utils.ipv6 filter – To filter only Ipv6 addresses Ipv6 filter is used.

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.ipv6.

New in ansible.utils 2.5.0

Synopsis

  • Sometimes you need only IPv6 addresses. To filter only Ipv6 addresses Ipv6 filter is used.

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.ipv6(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

Comments

query

string

You can provide a single argument to each ipv6() filter.

Example. query type ‘ipv4’ to convert ipv6 into ipv4

Default: ""

value

any / required

list of subnets or individual address or any other values input for ipv6 plugin

Examples

#### examples
# Ipv6 filter plugin with different queries.
- name: Set value as input list
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    value:
      - 192.24.2.1
      - ::ffff:192.168.32.0/120
      - ''
      - ::ffff:192.24.2.1/128
      - 192.168.32.0/24
      - fe80::100/10
      - true
- name: IPv6 filter to filter Ipv6 Address
  debug:
    msg: "{{ value|ansible.utils.ipv6 }}"

- name: convert IPv6 addresses into IPv4 addresses.
  debug:
    msg: "{{ value|ansible.utils.ipv6('ipv4') }}"

- name: filter only  IPv6 addresses.
  debug:
    msg: "{{ value|ansible.utils.ipv6('address') }}"


# PLAY [Ipv6 filter plugin with different queries.] ******************************************************************
# TASK [Set value as input list] ***************************************************************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "value": [
#             "192.24.2.1",
#             "::ffff:192.168.32.0/120",
#             "",
#             "::ffff:192.24.2.1/128",
#             "192.168.32.0/24",
#             "fe80::100/10",
#             true
#         ]
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }
#
# TASK [IPv6 filter to filter Ipv6 Address] ****************************************************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": [
#         "::ffff:192.168.32.0/120",
#         "::ffff:192.24.2.1/128",
#         "fe80::100/10"
#     ]
# }
#
# TASK [convert IPv6 addresses into IPv4 addresses.] *******************************************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": [
#         "192.168.32.0/24",
#         "192.24.2.1/32"
#     ]
# }
#
# TASK [filter only  IPv6 addresses] *******************************************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": [
#         "::ffff:192.168.32.0",
#         "::ffff:192.24.2.1",
#         "fe80::100"
#     ]
# }
#

Return Value

Key

Description

data

any

Returns values valid for a particular query.

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.