Unable to extract host facts

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1

I’m running Ansible 1.4.4 which comes with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I’m getting weird results when trying to get host facts.

If I have:

- debug: var=hostvars[inventory_hostname]

I get the all the information I’d expect, including:

ok: [test.example.com] => {
   "hostvars[inventory_hostname]": {
…
"ansible_eth0": {
           "active": true,
           "device": "eth0",
           "ipv4": {
               "address": “192.168.1.1",
               "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
               "network": “192.168.1.254"
           },
….

but if I have:

- debug: var=hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_eth0’]

ok: [test.example.com] => {
   "hostvars[inventory_hostname][ansible_eth0]": "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname][ansible_eth0] }}",
   "item": "”
}

i.e. Nothing!

I also tried

- debug: msg={{hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_eth0’]}}

and got the same result.

I did a google and didn’t find anything promising.

Any suggestions as to what I’m doing wrong?

Thanks,

GTG

2

try this:

- debug: var=ansible_eth0

3

Sorry, that doesn’t work:

fatal: [test.example.com] => {'msg': "One or more undefined variables: 'dict object' has no attribute 'ansible_eth0'", 'failed': True}

GTG

4

are both tasks in the same play? have you gathered facts?

5

ansible 1.4.4 is an old version of Ansible, if you are still having problems on the 1.8.X series, please let us know.