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ansible.utils.ipv4_address test – Test if something is an IPv4 address

Note

This test plugin is part of the ansible.utils collection (version 5.1.2).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.utils.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.utils.ipv4_address.

New in ansible.utils 2.2.0

Synopsis

  • This plugin checks if the provided value is a valid host IP address with IPv4 addressing scheme

Keyword parameters

This describes keyword parameters of the test. These are the values key1=value1, key2=value2 and so on in the following examples: input is ansible.utils.ipv4_address(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...) and input is not ansible.utils.ipv4_address(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

Comments

ip

string / required

A string that represents the value against which the test is going to be performed

For example: 10.1.1.1, 10.0.0.0/8, or fe80::216:3eff:fee4:16f3

Examples

#### Simple examples

- name: Check if 10.1.1.1 is a valid IPv4 address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '10.1.1.1' is ansible.utils.ipv4_address }}"

# TASK [Check if 10.1.1.1 is a valid IPv4 address] *************************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if 10.1.1.1/31 is not a valid IPv4 address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ '10.1.1.1/31' is not ansible.utils.ipv4_address }}"

# TASK [Check if 10.1.1.1/31 is a valid IPv4 address] **********************************
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

- name: Check if fe80::216:3eff:fee4:16f3 is not a valid IPv4 address
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    data: "{{ 'fe80::216:3eff:fee4:16f3' is not ansible.utils.ipv4_address }}"

# TASK [Check if fe80::216:3eff:fee4:16f3 is not a valid IPv4 address] *********
# ok: [localhost] => {
#     "ansible_facts": {
#         "data": true
#     },
#     "changed": false
# }

Return Value

Key

Description

data

string

If jinja test satisfies plugin expression true

If jinja test does not satisfy plugin expression false

Returned: success

Authors

  • Priyam Sahoo (@priyamsahoo)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/utils/ipv4_address_test.html