Filter hosts based on facts

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Hi,
can humbly ask someone to provide me some example how to filter list of servers with facts ? I probably miss something in documentation, I need something like this:

ansible -i /usr/local/src/ansible/plugins/inventory/vmware.py ‘~web.*’ -m shell -a ‘filter=facter_operatingsystem_CentOS’ -a “some fancy command”

and in playbook this:

  • name: Test
    script: ./script.sh
    register: command_result
    failed_when: “‘FAILED’ in command_result.stdout”
    when: facter_operatingsystem|CentOS

Thanks a lot

Vasek

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Hi Vasek

You can declare dynamic groups based on arbitrary facts, and then apply tasks or roles to those groups. There is an example at http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_best_practices.html#operating-system-and-distribution-variance which seems to do exactly what you want.

Regards
Tom

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Of course, this approach applies to playbooks. I’m not sure how to (best) accomplish this with the standalone ansible command.

Regards
Tom