how to exclude . in facts key

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All,

Perhaps someone knows the answer for my problem:

I gather the facts of a machine and want to use it as variable in a template.
As far as i know you just use {{ ansible_eth0.ipv4.address }} to get the ip address of the interface eth0.

Now my problem, the interface has a dot (.) in it’s name.

So it is called: “ansible_eth0.2” and now i have a problem because {{ ansible_eth0.2.ipv4.address }} gives errors.
I tried to exclude the dot in so many ways but now i’m stuck.

Any one got the solution for me?

Kind regards,
Oliver.

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Does escaping the “.” in the interface name work? If not, you can always revert back to regular python dictionary syntax, for example (from my system):

  • hosts: localhost
    tasks:
  • debug: msg=‘{{hostvars[inventory_hostname][“ansible_virbr0”].ipv4.address}}’

Outputs:

TASK: [debug msg=‘{{hostvars[inventory_hostname][“ansible_virbr0”].ipv4.address}}’] ***
ok: [127.0.0.1] => {
“msg”: “192.168.122.1”
}

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James,

Escaping the dot didn’t work but below syntax did!!!
Thanks, had tried a lot of possibilities but i probably not this one :slight_smile:

Kind regards,
Oliver.