ansible.utils.reduce_on_network filter – This filter reduces a list of addresses to only the addresses that match a given network.

Note

This filter plugin is part of the ansible.utils collection (version 4.0.0).

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.reduce_on_network.

New in ansible.utils 2.5.0

Synopsis

  • This filter reduces a list of addresses to only the addresses that match a given network.

  • To check whether multiple addresses belong to a network, use the reduce_on_network filter.

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

Parameter

Comments

network

string

The network to validate against.

value

list / elements=string / required

the list of addresses to filter on.

Examples

- name: To check whether multiple addresses belong to a network, use the reduce_on_network filter.
  debug:
    msg: "{{ ['192.168.0.34', '10.3.0.3', '192.168.2.34'] | ansible.utils.reduce_on_network( '192.168.0.0/24' ) }}"

# TASK [To check whether multiple addresses belong to a network, use the reduce_on_network filter.] ***********
# task path: /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/playbooks/test_reduce_on_network.yaml:7
# Loading collection ansible.utils from /Users/amhatre/ansible-collections/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/utils
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "msg": [
#         "192.168.0.34"
#     ]
# }

Return Value

Key

Description

data

boolean

Returns whether an address or a network passed as argument is in a network.

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.