ansible-factcache

A callback plugin and a custom inventory script used to store and fetch ansible fact data in Redis.

Requirements

• A running redis instance

Installation

• Copy inventory.py to lib/ansible/callback_plugins
• Copy facts_to_groups.py to /etc/ansible/hosts/ or just use it as your inventory script.

Usage

When installed, run ansible -m setup all to collect all facts to the cache. When the cache is populated, you can start doing some interesting ad-hoc commands:

ansible -m shell -a "yum -y upgrade" "ansible_os_family_RedHat:&ansible_distribution_version_6.0"

Or use them in your playbooks:

- hosts: ansible_system_OpenBSD
  tasks: 
    - debug: msg="Wow, this machine is awesome"

Bugs

Only simple facts are stored, no hashes or lists.