How to specify a host variable as the SSH target

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Hi all, I am having difficulty finding information on how to tell Ansible Automation Platform to use one of the host variables as the SSH target.

So for example, I have a host in an inventory in Ansible Automation Platform like this:

{43532C04-6CA5-4E1A-B8CD-74620E1EFA0C}
{43532C04-6CA5-4E1A-B8CD-74620E1EFA0C}1377×133 7.39 KB

The host name is ‘glccd-alsip-dc-sw2’. The variables associated with this host are the following:

{
  "ip_address": "10.10.10.10",
  "manufacturer": "Cisco Systems, Inc.",
  "name": "glccd-alsip-dc-sw2",
  "short_description": "Cisco IOS Software ......."
}

How do I tell Ansible Automation Platform to not try and resolve ‘glccd-alsip-dc-sw2’ to an IP address but to use the IP address in the host variable? Not every host has an valid A-record, and so when AAP tries to resolve the host name, it fails. Is this possible to do before execution time or at runtime? And how can it be done?

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You just need to set the ssh connection plugin configuration to know that ip_address is how to reach your target, one way:

ansible_ssh_host: '{{ip_address}}'
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Marking this as the solution as specifying ‘ansible_host:’ with the IP address fixed it. Thanks!