ansible.utils.in_network test – Test if IP address falls in the network

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_network.

New in ansible.utils 2.2.0

Synopsis

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

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_network(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...) and input is not ansible.utils.in_network(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

Comments

ip

string / required

A string that represents an IP address

For example: 10.1.1.1

network

string / required

A string that represents the network address in CIDR form

For example: 10.0.0.0/8

Examples

#### Simple examples

- name: Check if 10.1.1.1 is in 10.0.0.0/8
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '10.1.1.1' is ansible.utils.in_network '10.0.0.0/8' }}"

# TASK [Check if 10.1.1.1 is in 10.0.0.0/8] ***********************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 10.1.1.1 is not in 192.168.1.0/24
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '10.1.1.1' is not ansible.utils.in_network '192.168.1.0/24' }}"

# TASK [Check if 10.1.1.1 is not in 192.168.1.0/24] ****************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 2001:db8:a::123 is in 2001:db8:a::/64
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '2001:db8:a::123' is ansible.utils.in_network '2001:db8:a::/64' }}"

# TASK [Check if 2001:db8:a::123 is in 2001:db8:a::/64] ****************************
# task path: /home/prsahoo/playbooks/collections/localhost_test/utils_in_network.yml:16
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 2001:db8:a::123 is not in 10.0.0.0/8
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '2001:db8:a::123' is not ansible.utils.in_network '10.0.0.0/8' }}"

# TASK [Check if 2001:db8:a::123 is not in 10.0.0.0/8] *********************************
# task path: /home/prsahoo/playbooks/collections/localhost_test/utils_in_network.yml:20
# 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.