# Get IP Address of server **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [December 2, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ip-address-of-server/19918 "2015-12-02T16:37:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saikrishnakhanday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@saikrishnakhanday](https://forum.ansible.com/u/saikrishnakhanday)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ip-address-of-server/19918/1 "2015-12-02T16:37:13Z")
Can any one please help me how can I write a script to fetch its own IP Address. ---
**Author:** ![jean-yves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jean-yves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jean-yves)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ip-address-of-server/19918/2 "2015-12-02T19:21:08Z")
Why do you want to write a script ? There’s sure a fact for this… Look at : ansible\_default\_ipv4 ansible\_default\_ipv6 Regards, ---
**Author:** ![saikrishnakhanday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@saikrishnakhanday](https://forum.ansible.com/u/saikrishnakhanday)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ip-address-of-server/19918/3 "2015-12-02T20:20:04Z")
Hi Jean tasks: - name: set hostname action: hostname name=devcfgl02 - name: create zabbix group action: group name=zabbix gid=1100 - name: create zabbix user action: user name=zabbix uid=1100 group=zabbix comment=“Zabbix Monitoring User” home=“/home/zabbix” - name: add zabbix restart with yum yum: name=[http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.4/rhel/6/x86\_64/zabbix-release-2.4-1.el6.noarch.rpm](http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.4/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-release-2.4-1.el6.noarch.rpm) state=present - name: Ensure that zabbix is installed yum: pkg=zabbix-agent state=installed - name: Ensure that zabbix is running service: name=zabbix-agent state=started enabled=yes - name: zabbix-server restarted service: name=zabbix-agent state=restarted enabled=yes - name: change zabbix\_agent.conf server action: lineinfile dest=“/etc/zabbix/zabbix\_agentd.conf” backup=yes state=present regexp=“Server=127.0.0.1” line=“Server=prdmonapp1” - name: change zabbix\_agent.conf server action: lineinfile dest=“/etc/zabbix/zabbix\_agentd.conf” backup=yes state=present regexp=“ServerActive=127.0.0.1” line=“ServerActive=prdmonapp1:10045” - name: change zabbix\_agent.conf server action: lineinfile dest=“/etc/zabbix/zabbix\_agentd.conf” backup=yes state=present regexp=“ListenIP=0.0.0.0” What action do i have to use here in the last step to fetch its own server ip and replace the ListenIP in the config file. ---
**Author:** ![jean-yves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jean-yves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jean-yves)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ip-address-of-server/19918/4 "2015-12-02T20:25:36Z")
Something like this ? (not tested) action: lineinfile dest=“/etc/zabbix/zabbix\_agentd.conf” backup=yes state=present regexp=“^ListenIP=0.0.0.0” line=“ListenIP={{ ansible\_default\_ipv4 }}” Regards, ---
**Author:** ![saikrishnakhanday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@saikrishnakhanday](https://forum.ansible.com/u/saikrishnakhanday)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ip-address-of-server/19918/5 "2015-12-02T20:51:40Z")
action: lineinfile dest=“/etc/zabbix/zabbix\_agentd.conf” backup=yes state=present regexp=“^ListenIP=0.0.0.0” line=“ListenIP={{ ansible\_default\_ipv4.address }}” added .address and it is working the way I was expecting. Appreciate your idea ! Cheers ! ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Edelstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@Andrew\_Edelstein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Edelstein)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ip-address-of-server/19918/6 "2015-12-02T22:55:03Z")
```auto ansible all -m setup -a 'filter=ansibl_default_ipv4' ``` ```auto You'll have to do a bit more work to get just the IP address itself, as this will return an object with the address, netmask, gateway, etc. I haven't figured that part out myself. If you have facter installed on the managed machine, you can also use "filter=facter_ipaddress". Keep in mind these may not be the IP addresses you're looking for if the managed machine has more than one IP address. Also, of course, my example only shows how to spit it out on the command line. It's much easier to access the fact sub-attributes in a task or play. ("ansible_default_ipv4.address" I believe is the syntax for the actual address. Possibly "ansible_default_ipv4.address.value, depending how you're using it.) ``` ```auto ``` ---
**Author:** ![saikrishnakhanday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@saikrishnakhanday](https://forum.ansible.com/u/saikrishnakhanday)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ip-address-of-server/19918/7 "2015-12-03T14:31:26Z")
Andrew Edelstein, am trying to get only IP addr and I have used " ansible\_default\_ipv4.address " and its working. Thanks for sharing additional information on this. Cheers!