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consul_kv - Fetch metadata from a Consul key value store.

New in version 1.9.

Synopsis

  • Lookup metadata for a playbook from the key value store in a Consul cluster. Values can be easily set in the kv store with simple rest commands
  • curl -X PUT -d ‘some-value’ http://localhost:8500/v1/kv/ansible/somedata

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this lookup.

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Configuration
Comments
_raw
required
List of key(s) to retrieve.
host
Default:
localhost
env:ANSIBLE_CONSUL_URL
The target to connect to, must be a resolvable address.
index
If the key has a value with the specified index then this is returned allowing access to historical values.
port
Default:
8500
The port of the target host to connect to.
recurse
Default:
no
If true, will retrieve all the values that have the given key as prefix.
token
The acl token to allow access to restricted values.

Examples

- debug:
    msg: 'key contains {{item}}'
  with_consul_kv:
    - 'key/to/retrieve'

- name: Parameters can be provided after the key be more specific about what to retrieve
  debug:
    msg: 'key contains {{item}}'
  with_consul_kv:
    - 'key/to recurse=true token=E6C060A9-26FB-407A-B83E-12DDAFCB4D98'

- name: retrieving a KV from a remote cluster on non default port
  debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('consul_kv', 'my/key', host='10.10.10.10', port='2000') }}"

Return Values

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

Key
Returned
Description
_raw
Value(s) stored in consul.



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