Use setup module filter parameter to get results based on values of a fact

[KSS]

Hi, 

Is it possible to use the setup module along with the filter parameter to return something based on the value of fact?

For example, I want to quickly get a list of all my machines in ansible that are VMWare based using an ad-hoc command. I can run the following to get the vendor;

 ansible -i inventory all -m setup -a "filter=ansible_system_vendor" -o

10.0.XXX.XXX | success >> {"ansible_facts": {"ansible_system_vendor": "VMware, Inc."}, "changed": false}

10.0.XXX.XXX | success >> {"ansible_facts": {"ansible_system_vendor": "VMware, Inc."}, "changed": false}

10.0.XXX.XXX | success >> {"ansible_facts": {"ansible_system_vendor": "HP"}, "changed": false}

And I can pipe the result though grep to get what I need, but is there any way to quickly list all hosts by the value of a certain fact?

Thanks.

[Michael DeHaan]

This may be useful, untested quick sketch though...

Take a look at the group_by parameter to select all hosts where a fact has a certain value.

- hosts: all

  tasks:

    - group_by: key=ansible_system_vendor_{{ ansible_system_vendor }}

- hosts: ansible_system_vendor_HP

  tasks:

     - debug: msg="{{ inventory_hostname }} is an HP"

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[KSS]

Thanks for the reply.

Yep, I've already been doing that in a playbook, I just wondered if it was possible to do using an adhoc command. That way I can quickly run a command to say, list all machines running CentOS or all machines that are HP or based on any other fact.

I guess the answer is that the filter parameter of the setup doesn't currently allow for more than matching on a fact name.

[Michael DeHaan]

It's not possible to do this with /usr/bin/ansible currently.

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