ini - read data from a ini file¶

New in version 2.0.

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Synopsis ¶

The ini lookup reads the contents of a file in INI format key1=value1. This plugin retrieve the value on the right side after the equal sign ‘=’ of a given section [section].
You can also read a property file which - in this case - does not contain section.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_terms required			they key(s) too look up

Examples ¶

- debug: msg="User in integration is {{ lookup('ini', 'user section=integration file=users.ini') }}"

- debug: msg="User in production  is {{ lookup('ini', 'user section=production  file=users.ini') }}"

- debug: msg="user.name is {{ lookup('ini', 'user.name type=properties file=user.properties') }}"

- debug:
    msg: "{{ item }}"
  with_ini:
    - value[1-2]
    - section: section1
    - file: "lookup.ini"
    - re: true

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
_raw		value(s) of the key(s) in the ini file

Status ¶

Author ¶

Yannig Perre <yannig.perre(at)gmail.com>

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