ip_address¶

Collection Note

This module is part of the ansible.utils collection. To install the collection, use:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.utils

Added in version 2.2.0.

Synopsis¶

This plugin checks if the provided value is a valid host IP address

Parameters¶

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
ip str required		A string that represents the value against which the test is going to be performed For example: C(10.1.1.1) or C("hello-world")

Examples¶

#### Simple examples

- name: Check if 10.1.1.1 is a valid IP address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '10.1.1.1' is ansible.utils.ip_address }}"

# TASK [Check if 10.1.1.1 is a valid IP address] *************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if "hello-world" is not a valid IP address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ 'hello-world' is not ansible.utils.ip_address }}"

# TASK [Check if "hello-world" is not a valid IP address] ****************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 10.0.0.0/8 is a valid IP address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '10.0.0.0/8' is ansible.utils.ip_address }}"

# TASK [Check if 10.0.0.0/8 is a valid IP address] ***********************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": false
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

Return Values¶

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
data		If jinja test satisfies plugin expression C(true) If jinja test does not satisfy plugin expression C(false)

Authors¶

Priyam Sahoo (@priyamsahoo)