ansible.builtin.ini lookup – read data from an ini file
Note
This lookup plugin is part of ansible-core
and included in all Ansible
installations. In most cases, you can use the short
plugin name
ini
.
However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.ini
for easy linking to the
plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have
the same lookup plugin name.
Synopsis
The ini lookup reads the contents of a file in INI format
key1=value1
. This plugin retrieves the value on the right side after the equal sign'='
of a given section[section]
.You can also read a property file which - in this case - does not contain section.
Terms
Parameter |
Comments |
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The key(s) to look up. |
Keyword parameters
This describes keyword parameters of the lookup. These are the values key1=value1
, key2=value2
and so on in the following
examples: lookup('ansible.builtin.ini', key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)
and query('ansible.builtin.ini', key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)
Parameter |
Comments |
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Read an ini file which contains key without value and without ‘=’ symbol. Choices:
|
|
Whether key names read from Default: |
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Return value if the key is not in the ini file. Default: |
|
Text encoding to use. Default: |
|
Name of the file to load. Default: |
|
Flag to indicate if the key supplied is a regexp. Choices:
|
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Section where to lookup the key. Default: |
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Type of the file. ‘properties’ refers to the Java properties files. Choices:
|
Notes
Note
When keyword and positional parameters are used together, positional parameters must be listed before keyword parameters:
lookup('ansible.builtin.ini', term1, term2, key1=value1, key2=value2)
andquery('ansible.builtin.ini', term1, term2, key1=value1, key2=value2)
See Also
See also
- Task paths
Search paths used for relative files.
Examples
- ansible.builtin.debug: msg="User in integration is {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.ini', 'user', section='integration', file='users.ini') }}"
- ansible.builtin.debug: msg="User in production is {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.ini', 'user', section='production', file='users.ini') }}"
- ansible.builtin.debug: msg="user.name is {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.ini', 'user.name', type='properties', file='user.properties') }}"
- ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ item }}"
loop: "{{ q('ansible.builtin.ini', '.*', section='section1', file='test.ini', re=True) }}"
- name: Read an ini file with allow_no_value
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.ini', 'user', file='mysql.ini', section='mysqld', allow_no_value=True) }}"
Return Value
Key |
Description |
---|---|
value(s) of the key(s) in the ini file Returned: success |