# how to use ansible -m setup in playbook?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-ansible-m-setup-in-playbook/30246>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 2, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-ansible-m-setup-in-playbook/30246 "2019-05-02T09:49:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![lander7500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecae2f/32.png) [@lander7500](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lander7500)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-ansible-m-setup-in-playbook/30246/1 "2019-05-02T09:49:37Z")

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I want to use ansible -m setup in playbook to take ip information and I dont know how to do it

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Lozada_De_L)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-ansible-m-setup-in-playbook/30246/2 "2019-05-02T11:08:32Z")

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- name: Setup information  
setup:

if using the defaults. Look at [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/setup\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/setup_module.html)

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**Author:** ![Raghavendra\_Rao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@Raghavendra\_Rao](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raghavendra_Rao)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-ansible-m-setup-in-playbook/30246/3 "2019-05-02T11:52:41Z")

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