Pass Ansible variable to remote host

[Mladen Stankovic]

Hi,

I am trying to pass a variable defined in Ansible host to a remote host, using lookup plugin native hashi_vault, but play returns an error that variable is not defined. 

The same variable returns expected value on the localhost but not on the remote host. Folowing command was used: {{ hostvars['localhost']['vault_pass'] }} but without no luck.

Can you please advise the best way to obtain variable from Ansible lookup plugin, and use it on the remote host? I am aware that lookup plugin executes only on Ansible host.

BR,

Mladen

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On tirsdag 22. august 2017 15.13.28 CEST Mladen Stankovic wrote:
> I am trying to pass a variable defined in Ansible host to a remote host,

> using lookup plugin *native hashi_vault*, but play returns an error that

> variable is not defined.
> The same variable returns expected value on the localhost but not on the

> remote host. Folowing command was used: *{{
> hostvars['localhost']['vault_pass'] }} *but without no luck.

>
> Can you please advise the best way to obtain variable from Ansible lookup
> plugin, and use it on the remote host? I am aware that lookup plugin
> executes only on Ansible host.

The lookup plugin will run on the ansible controller but the result will be
per host.

Let's say we have this playbook

- hosts: all
vars:
motd: "{{ lookup('file', '/etc/motd') }}"

All the host in the inventory will now have a variable called motd that
contains the content of the /etc/motd on the Ansible controller.


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Kai Stian Olstad

[Mladen Stankovic]

Hi,

thank you very match for your comment. I have created new inventory file with one server and accomplished what I want.

BR,

Mladen