using $hostvars in a custom module

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Is it possible to use $hostvars in a custom module? I tried passing it to my custom module and was told that the module only wanted key/value pairs.

Thanks,

James

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I believe modules already get the host variables (inject dictionary IIRC).

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If you mean a normal 'remote' module, they don't -- they only get what
is explicitly passed to them on the module line.

If you are writing a server side module, they have access to all of that info.

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> I believe modules already get the host variables (inject dictionary
IIRC).

If you mean a normal 'remote' module, they don't -- they only get what
is explicitly passed to them on the module line.

I'm dealing with a normal 'remote' module in this case. How do I pass
$hostvars to the remote module?

If you are writing a server side module, they have access to all of that
info.

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Thanks,

James

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You can't. But you can do stuff like explicitly passing some
variables down, ex:

action: foo asdf=$asdf