vars – Lookup templated value of variables

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Retrieves the value of an Ansible variable.

Parameters

Examples

- name: Show value of 'variablename'
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('vars', 'variabl' + myvar)}}"
  vars:
    variablename: hello
    myvar: ename

- name: Show default empty since i dont have 'variablnotename'
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('vars', 'variabl' + myvar, default='')}}"
  vars:
    variablename: hello
    myvar: notename

- name: Produce an error since i dont have 'variablnotename'
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('vars', 'variabl' + myvar)}}"
  ignore_errors: True
  vars:
    variablename: hello
    myvar: notename

- name: find several related variables
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('vars', 'ansible_play_hosts', 'ansible_play_batch', 'ansible_play_hosts_all') }}"

- name: alternate way to find some 'prefixed vars' in loop
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('vars', 'ansible_play_' + item) }}"
  loop:
    - hosts
    - batch
    - hosts_all

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

• Ansible Core