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redis_kv - fetch data from Redis

DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible:
 version:
Why:This lookup uses options intermingled with terms which blurs the interface between settings and data
Alternative:new ‘redis’ lookup

Synopsis

  • this lookup returns a list of items given to it, if any of the top level items is also a list it will flatten it, but it will not recurse

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Configuration
Comments
_terms
Two element comma separated strings composed of url of the Redis server and key to query

Examples

- name: query redis for somekey
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('redis_kv', 'redis://localhost:6379,somekey') }} is value in Redis for somekey"

Return Values

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

Key
Returned
Description
_raw
values stored in Redis



Status

This module is flagged as deprecated and will be removed in version { deprecated[‘removed_in’] | default(‘’) | string | convert_symbols_to_format }@. For more information see DEPRECATED.

Author

  • Jan-Piet Mens <jpmens(at)gmail.com>

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