Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.7.3).
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.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.facter.
version 12.0.0
The module has been replaced by community.general.facter_facts.
Use community.general.facter_facts instead.
facter discovery program (https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter) on the remote system, returning JSON data that can be useful for inventory purposes.The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Comments |
|---|---|
arguments list / elements=string | Specifies arguments for facter. |
Attribute | Support | Description |
|---|---|---|
check_mode | Support: none | Can run in |
diff_mode | Support: none | Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
# Example command-line invocation
# ansible www.example.net -m facter
- name: Execute facter no arguments
community.general.facter:
- name: Execute facter with arguments
community.general.facter:
arguments:
- -p
- system_uptime
- timezone
- is_virtual
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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/facter_module.html