ini – read data from a ini file

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• The ini lookup reads the contents of a file in INI format key1=value1. This plugin retrieves the value on the right side after the equal sign '=' of a given section [section].
• You can also read a property file which - in this case - does not contain section.

Parameters

Examples

- debug: msg="User in integration is {{ lookup('ini', 'user section=integration file=users.ini') }}"

- debug: msg="User in production  is {{ lookup('ini', 'user section=production  file=users.ini') }}"

- debug: msg="user.name is {{ lookup('ini', 'user.name type=properties file=user.properties') }}"

- debug:
    msg: "{{ item }}"
  with_ini:
    - '.* section=section1 file=test.ini re=True'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this lookup:

Status

• This lookup is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This lookup is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Yannig Perre <yannig.perre(at)gmail.com>