Issue while applying a VLANed nic variable into a playbook

[Sébastien Han]

Hi all,

This seems to only happen with a vlan on top of a bond device.

The fact gathers the nic properly:

pouet1 | success >> {

    "ansible_facts": {

        "ansible_bond1.2108": {

            "active": true,

            "device": "bond1.2108",

            "ipv4": {

                "address": "192.168.0.1",

                "netmask": "255.255.255.0",

                "network": "192.168.0.0"

            },

            "ipv6": [

                {

                    "address": "fe80::b6b5:2fff:fe63:4e69",

                    "prefix": "64",

                    "scope": "link"

                }

            ],

            "macaddress": "b4:b5:2f:25:6e:90",

            "mtu": 1500,

            "promisc": false,

            "type": "ether"

        }

    },

    "changed": false

}

However while trying to use this variable inside a playbook like this:

- name: tell memcached what IP to listen on

  lineinfile: dest=/etc/memcached.conf regexp="^-l" line='-l {{ ansible_bond1.2108.ipv4.address }}'

  notify: restart memcached

I get the following in the memcached.conf:

-l {{ansible_bond1.2108.ipv4.address}}

I've tried with another nic such as eth0 and it works like a charm.

Am I hitting a bug?

Thanksin advance!

[Michael DeHaan]

This is a question about variables with 'illegal' characters in them not being able to be accessed in short form.

I believe I also discussed this on GitHub previously, though the solution is just:

-l {{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]["ansible_bond1.2108"].ipv4.address }}

I believe I also left the ticket open and suggested we replace "." with "_" so it allows the fact to be accessed directly, though this would be a backwards incompatible change for those that had dots in interface names -- it's easier than needing to know the above.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-proje...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to ansible...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/fe2c37ce-0555-4ece-9be4-f804185ece04%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Sébastien Han]

Yes we discussed that on Github as well.

Thanks again Michael!