How to pass ansible variables to powershell cmdlet using win_shell module

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Hi guys,
Someone could help me ?

I cannot understand how to pass an ansible variable to powershell cmdlet via win_shell command .
Below my code :

tasks:

  • set_fact:
    target_ip: “lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)”
  • win_shell: |
    “Get-DHCPServerV4Lease -IPAddress "{{ target_ip }}"| Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation”

This return me also this one below :

changed: [host1] => {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “"Get-DHCPServerV4Lease -IPAddress \"lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)\"| Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation"”, “delta”: “0:00:00.546871”, “end”: “2019-06-20 04:18:36.787461”, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-06-20 04:18:36.240590”, “stderr”: “At line:1 char:101\r\n+ … e -IPAddress \"lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)\"| \r\nAdd-DhcpServerv4Reservation"\r\n+ ~~~~~~\r\nUnexpected token ‘lookup’ in expression or statement.\r\nAt line:1 char:114\r\n+ … \"lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)\"| Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation"\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing expression after ‘,’.\r\nAt line:1 char:115\r\n+ … "lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)\"| Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation"\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\nUnexpected token ‘inventory_hostname’ in expression or statement.\r\nAt line:1 char:114\r\n+ … \"lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)\"| Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation"\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing closing ‘)’ in expression.\r\nAt line:1 char:133\r\n+ … entory_hostname)\"| Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation"\r\n+ ~\r\nUnexpected token ‘)’ in expression or statement.\r\n + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:slight_smile: , ParentContainsErrorRecordEx \r\n ception\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken”, “stderr_lines”: [“At line:1 char:101”, "+ … e -IPAddress \"lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)\"| “, “Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation"”, “+ ~~~~~~”, “Unexpected token ‘lookup’ in expression or statement.”, “At line:1 char:114”, “+ … \"lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)\"| Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation"”, “+ ~”, “Missing expression after ‘,’.”, “At line:1 char:115”, “+ … "lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)\"| Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation"”, “+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~”, “Unexpected token ‘inventory_hostname’ in expression or statement.”, “At line:1 char:114”, “+ … \"lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)\"| Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation"”, “+ ~”, “Missing closing ‘)’ in expression.”, “At line:1 char:133”, “+ … entory_hostname)\"| Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation"”, “+ ~”, “Unexpected token ‘)’ in expression or statement.”, " + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:slight_smile: , ParentContainsErrorRecordEx “, " ception”, " + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken”], “stdout”: “”, “stdout_lines”: }

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Your set_fact task is setting ‘lookup(‘dig’, inventory_hostname)’ as a literal string, you will to use braces so it actually interprets the lookup, e.g.

`

  • set_fact:
    target_ip: ‘{{ lookup(“dig”, inventory_hostname) }}’

`

In the future you are better off posting in the Ansible Project mailing like, Ansible Development is for Ansible engine and plugin development questions not using Ansible.

Thanks

Jordan

3

Yes Sir,
many thanks.

Now, it seems work proprerly:

  • set_fact:
    target_ip: ‘{{ lookup(“dig”, inventory_hostname) }}’
  • win_shell: |
    Get-DHCPServerV4Lease -IPAddress {{ target_ip }} | Add-DhcpServerv4Reservation