group_by – Create Ansible groups based on facts

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group_by – Create Ansible groups based on facts

Synopsis

  • Use facts to create ad-hoc groups that can be used later in a playbook.
  • This module is also supported for Windows targets.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

key

string / required

The variables whose values will be used as groups.

parents

list

added in 2.4

Default:

"all"

The list of the parent groups.



Notes

Note

  • Spaces in group names are converted to dashes ‘-‘.
  • This module is also supported for Windows targets.


See Also

Examples

# Create groups based on the machine architecture
- group_by:
    key: machine_{{ ansible_machine }}

# Create groups like 'virt_kvm_host'
- group_by:
    key: virt_{{ ansible_virtualization_type }}_{{ ansible_virtualization_role }}

# Create nested groups
- group_by:
    key: el{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}
    parents:
      - el{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}

Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

  • Jeroen Hoekx (@jhoekx)

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