# Playbook that takes IP address of host machines and store these IPs **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 24, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-that-takes-ip-address-of-host-machines-and-store-these-ips/32773 "2020-04-24T07:43:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PMP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@PMP](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PMP)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-that-takes-ip-address-of-host-machines-and-store-these-ips/32773/1 "2020-04-24T07:43:14Z")
Hi, Can anyone help me to get the playbook that collects the IP addresses of different host machines and store the output to a file. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-that-takes-ip-address-of-host-machines-and-store-these-ips/32773/2 "2020-04-24T07:49:29Z")
> Hi, > > Can anyone help me to get the playbook that collects the IP addresses of different host machines and store the output to > a file. Which method do you want to use to collect the IP addresses? Maybe you can pick from one of these inventory plugins at [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/inventory.html#plugin-list](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/inventory.html#plugin-list)? Regards         Racke ---
**Author:** ![PMP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@PMP](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PMP)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-that-takes-ip-address-of-host-machines-and-store-these-ips/32773/3 "2020-04-24T08:10:48Z")
Hi Stefan, Thanks for the quick reply. Actually my requirement is to collect the all IP Addresses of different Host machines and store those IP’s to a file in the controller. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-that-takes-ip-address-of-host-machines-and-store-these-ips/32773/4 "2020-04-24T08:17:10Z")
> Can anyone help me to get the playbook that collects the IP addresses of > different host machines and store the output to a file. The playbook and the template below stores first IP found of all hosts into the file my\_ips.txt in the current directory of the controller (localhost)   \> cat pb.yml   - hosts: all     gather\_facts: true     tasks:       - template:           src: my\_ips.txt.j2           dest: my\_ips.txt         run\_once: true         delegate\_to: localhost   \> cat my\_ips.txt.j2   {% for my\_host in groups.all %}   {{ hostvars[my\_host].ansible\_all\_ipv4\_addresses.0 }}   {% endfor %} For example, with the inventory   shell \> cat hosts   test\_01 ansible\_host=10.1.0.51   test\_02 ansible\_host=10.1.0.52   test\_03 ansible\_host=10.1.0.53   test\_06 ansible\_host=10.1.0.56   test\_09 ansible\_host=10.1.0.59 the playbook gives   \> cat my\_ips.txt   10.1.0.51   10.1.0.52   10.1.0.53   10.1.0.56   10.1.0.59 Notes to experiment and customise the playbook:   \* Change "hosts"   \* Change the list of hosts "groups.all"   \* Take all items of the list "ansible\_all\_ipv4\_addresses"   \* "gather\_facts: true" (default) is needed to collect     "ansible\_all\_ipv4\_addresses"   \* "run\_once: true" is needed to run the task only once   \* "delegate\_to: localhost" is needed to store the file at controller HTH,   -vlado ---
**Author:** ![PMP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@PMP](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PMP)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-that-takes-ip-address-of-host-machines-and-store-these-ips/32773/5 "2020-04-24T15:56:43Z")
Hi Vladimir, Thank you so much for the script, i will try it and will update you the results. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Amir\_Khalili](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/57b2e6/32.png) [@Amir\_Khalili](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amir_Khalili)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-that-takes-ip-address-of-host-machines-and-store-these-ips/32773/6 "2020-04-25T11:47:52Z")
Hi, Have you try that? Thanks, Amir