ipv4_netmask¶

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 ip address is a valid IPv4 netmask or not

Parameters¶

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
mask str required		A string that represents the value against which the test is going to be performed For example: C(0.1.255.255) or C(255.255.255.0)

Examples¶

#### Simple examples

- name: Check if 255.255.255.0 is a netmask
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '255.255.255.0' is ansible.utils.ipv4_netmask }}"

# TASK [Check if 255.255.255.0 is a netmask] *******************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 255.255.255.128 is a netmask
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '255.255.255.128' is ansible.utils.ipv4_netmask }}"

# TASK [Check if 255.255.255.128 is a netmask] *****************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 255.255.255.127 is not a netmask
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '255.255.255.127' is not ansible.utils.ipv4_netmask }}"

# TASK [Check if 255.255.255.127 is not a netmask] *************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "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)