group_by - Create Ansible groups based on facts

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Status
  • Support
  • Author

Synopsis

• Use facts to create ad-hoc groups that can be used later in a playbook.
• This module is also supported for Windows targets.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# Create groups based on the machine architecture
- group_by:
    key: machine_{{ ansible_machine }}

# Create groups like 'kvm-host'
- group_by:
    key: virt_{{ ansible_virtualization_type }}_{{ ansible_virtualization_role }}

# Create nested groups
- group_by:
    key: el{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}
    parents:
      - el{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}

Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

• Jeroen Hoekx (@jhoekx)