delegate_to with target server's context?

[Hagai Kariti]

Hi all

I need to trigger an action (generating a file using template) on another server during a play run. Naturally I used delegation. However, if I use variables like ansible_hostname I get the values from the *original* host. That's indeed what I would expect on most cases, but is there a way to use the "context" of the target server?

Example playbook:

- hosts: source

  tasks:

    - debug: var=ansible_hostname

      delegate_to: target

What I get:

TASK: [debug var=ansible_hostname] ******************************************** 

ok: [localhost] => {

    "ansible_hostname": "source"

}

What I want to get:

TASK: [debug var=ansible_hostname] ******************************************** 

ok: [localhost] => {

    "ansible_hostname": "target"

}

Thanks!

[Michael DeHaan]

There's no magic variable for this presently.

If you'd like to work on it, or submit a feature idea ticket, a variable like "delegated_host" could be added.

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