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community.docker.docker_node_info module – Retrieves facts about docker swarm node from Swarm Manager

Note

This module is part of the community.docker collection (version 4.7.0).

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 community.docker. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.docker.docker_node_info.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Attributes
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Retrieves facts about a docker node.
Essentially returns the output of docker node inspect <name>.
Must be executed on a host running as Swarm Manager, otherwise the module will fail.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

Docker API >= 1.25
Docker SDK for Python: Please note that the docker-py Python module has been superseded by docker (see here for details). Note that both modules should *not* be installed at the same time. Also note that when both modules are installed and one of them is uninstalled, the other might no longer function and a reinstall of it is required.
Docker SDK for Python >= 2.4.0

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
api_version aliases: docker_api_version string	The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host. Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by Docker SDK for Python and the docker daemon. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_API_VERSION` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used. Default: `"auto"`
ca_path aliases: ca_cert, tls_ca_cert, cacert_path path	Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to a CA certificate file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` is set, the file `ca.pem` from the directory specified in the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` will be used. This option was called `ca_cert` and got renamed to `ca_path` in community.docker 3.6.0. The old name has been added as an alias and can still be used.
client_cert aliases: tls_client_cert, cert_path path	Path to the client’s TLS certificate file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` is set, the file `cert.pem` from the directory specified in the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` will be used.
client_key aliases: tls_client_key, key_path path	Path to the client’s TLS key file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` is set, the file `key.pem` from the directory specified in the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` will be used.
debug boolean	Debug mode. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
docker_host aliases: docker_url string	The URL or Unix socket path used to connect to the Docker API. To connect to a remote host, provide the TCP connection string. For example, `tcp://192.0.2.23:2376`. If TLS is used to encrypt the connection, the module will automatically replace `tcp` in the connection URL with `https`. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_HOST` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used. Default: `"unix:///var/run/docker.sock"`
name list / elements=string	The name of the node to inspect. The list of nodes names to inspect. If empty then return information of all nodes in Swarm cluster. When identifying the node use either the hostname of the node (as registered in Swarm) or node ID. If `self=true` then this parameter is ignored.
self boolean	If `true`, queries the node (that is, the docker daemon) the module communicates with. If `true` then `name` is ignored. If `false` then query depends on `name` presence and value. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
timeout integer	The maximum amount of time in seconds to wait on a response from the API. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_TIMEOUT` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used. Default: `60`
tls boolean	Secure the connection to the API by using TLS without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. Note that if `validate_certs` is set to `true` as well, it will take precedence. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_TLS` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
tls_hostname string	When verifying the authenticity of the Docker Host server, provide the expected name of the server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used. Note that this option had a default value `localhost` in older versions. It was removed in community.docker 3.0.0. Note: this option is no longer supported for Docker SDK for Python 7.0.0+. Specifying it with Docker SDK for Python 7.0.0 or newer will lead to an error.
use_ssh_client boolean added in community.docker 1.5.0	For SSH transports, use the `ssh` CLI tool instead of paramiko. Requires Docker SDK for Python 4.4.0 or newer. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
validate_certs aliases: tls_verify boolean	Secure the connection to the API by using TLS and verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
action_group	Action groups: community.docker.docker, docker	Use `group/docker` or `group/community.docker.docker` in `module_defaults` to set defaults for this module.
check_mode	Support: full This action does not modify state.	Can run in `check_mode` and return changed status prediction without modifying target.
diff_mode	Support: N/A This action does not modify state.	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in `check_mode`), when in diff mode.
idempotent	Support: full This action does not modify state.	When run twice in a row outside check mode, with the same arguments, the second invocation indicates no change. This assumes that the system controlled/queried by the module has not changed in a relevant way.

Notes

Note

Connect to the Docker daemon by providing parameters with each task or by defining environment variables. You can define DOCKER_HOST, DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME, DOCKER_API_VERSION, DOCKER_CERT_PATH, DOCKER_TLS, DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY and DOCKER_TIMEOUT. If you are using docker machine, run the script shipped with the product that sets up the environment. It will set these variables for you. See https://docs.docker.com/machine/reference/env/ for more details.
When connecting to Docker daemon with TLS, you might need to install additional Python packages. For the Docker SDK for Python, version 2.4 or newer, this can be done by installing docker[tls] with ansible.builtin.pip.
Note that the Docker SDK for Python only allows to specify the path to the Docker configuration for very few functions. In general, it will use $HOME/.docker/config.json if the DOCKER_CONFIG environment variable is not specified, and use $DOCKER_CONFIG/config.json otherwise.
This module uses the Docker SDK for Python to communicate with the Docker daemon.

Examples

---
- name: Get info on all nodes
  community.docker.docker_node_info:
  register: result

- name: Get info on node
  community.docker.docker_node_info:
    name: mynode
  register: result

- name: Get info on list of nodes
  community.docker.docker_node_info:
    name:
      - mynode1
      - mynode2
  register: result

- name: Get info on host if it is Swarm Manager
  community.docker.docker_node_info:
    self: true
  register: result

Return Values

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

Key	Description
nodes list / elements=dictionary	Facts representing the current state of the nodes. Matches the `docker node inspect` output. Can contain multiple entries if more than one node provided in `name`, or `name` is not provided. If `name` contains a list of nodes, the output will provide information on all nodes registered at the swarm, including nodes that left the swarm but have not been removed from the cluster on swarm managers and nodes that are unreachable. Returned: always

Key

Description

nodes

list / elements=dictionary

Facts representing the current state of the nodes. Matches the docker node inspect output.

Can contain multiple entries if more than one node provided in name, or name is not provided.

If name contains a list of nodes, the output will provide information on all nodes registered at the swarm, including nodes that left the swarm but have not been removed from the cluster on swarm managers and nodes that are unreachable.

Returned: always

Authors

Piotr Wojciechowski (@WojciechowskiPiotr)

Collection links

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