Special Variables

    • ansible_check_mode
    • Boolean that indicates if we are in check mode or not
    • ansible_diff_mode
    • Boolean that indicates if we are in diff mode or not
    • ansible_forks
    • Integer reflecting the number of maximum forks available to this run
    • ansible_inventory_sources
    • List of sources used as inventory
    • ansible_play_batch
    • List of active hosts in the current play run limited by the serial, aka ‘batch’. Failed/Unreachable hosts are not considered ‘active’.
    • ansible_play_hosts
    • The same as ansible_play_batch
    • ansible_play_hosts_all
    • List of all the hosts that were targeted by the play
    • ansible_playbook_python
    • The path to the python interpreter being used by Ansible on the controller
    • ansible_serach_path
    • ansible_verbosity
    • Current verbosity setting for Ansible
    • ansible_version
    • Dictionary/map that contains information about the current running version of ansible, it has the following keys: full, major, minor, revision and string.
    • group_names
    • List of groups the current host is part of
    • groups
    • A dictionary/map with all the groups in inventory and each group has the list of hosts that belong to it
    • hostvars
    • A dictionary/map with all the hosts in inventory and variables assigned to them
    • inventory_hostname
    • The inventory name for the ‘current’ host being iterated over in the play
    • inventory_hostname_short
    • The short version of inventory_hostname
    • inventory_dir
    • The directory of the inventory source in which the inventory_hostname was first defined
    • inventory_file
    • The file name of the inventory source in which the inventory_hostname was first defined
    • omit
    • Special variable that allows you to ‘omit’ an option in a task, i.e
    • Deprecated, the same as ansbile_play_batch
    • playbook_dir
    • The path to the directory of the playbook that was passed to the command line.
    • role_names
    • The names of the rules currently imported into the current play.
    • role_path
    • The path to the dir of the currently running role
    • ansible_facts
    • Contains any facts gathered or cached for the _inventory_hostname_Facts are normally gathered by the M(setup) module automatically in a play, but any module can return facts.
    • ansible_local
    • Contains any ‘local facts’ gathred or cached for the inventory_hostname.The keys available depend on the custom facts created.See the M(setup) module for more details.
    • ansible_become_user
    • The user Ansible ‘becomes’ after using privilege escalation, this must be available to the ‘login user’.
    • ansible_connecion
    • The connection plugin actually used for the task on the target host.
    • ansible_host
    • The ip/name of the target host to use instead of inventory_hostname.
    • ansible_python_interpreter
    • The path to the Python executable Ansible should use on the target host.
    • ansible_user