Print output in tabular column format.

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Hi,
I need to get the ping status of all remote hosts and print its results in one neat tabular column format. Since I am a novice to ansible, I am looking for the appropriate playbook which does this.

note - the below task doesnt give any clear output .

  • name: check reachable hosts
    hosts: remote-hosts
    gather_facts: no
    tasks:
  • command: ping -c1 {{ inventory_hostname }}
    delegate_to: localhost
    register: ping_result

Thanks
saravanan

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Hi
What is the reason you need to use ansible for this?

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We have around 300+ on-prem linux servers to manage its availability. We found ansible is one easy tool to manage it.

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The command module runs the ping. It won’t display the output you register in ping_result. You need a debug task if you want to see the result. If you want formatted output you may want to look at using a jinja2 template.

Walter

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Thanks for this input.
Could you please share one sample playbook code which does that? Appreciate your help!

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$ cat pingout.yml

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I used the delegate to localhost to create a CSV report of inventory details. HTH

Mike