New in version 1.8.
Runs getent against one of it’s various databases and returns information into the host’s facts, in a getent_<database> prefixed variable
| parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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| database | yes | the name of a getent database supported by the target system (passwd, group, hosts, etc). |
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| fail_key | no | True | If a supplied key is missing this will make the task fail if True |
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| key | no | key from which to return values from the specified database, otherwise the full contents are returned. |
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| split | no | None | character used to split the database values into lists/arrays such as ':' or ' ', otherwise it will try to pick one depending on the database |
# get root user info - getent: database=passwd key=root - debug: var=getent_passwd # get all groups - getent: database=group split=':' - debug: var=getent_group # get all hosts, split by tab - getent: database=hosts - debug: var=getent_hosts # get http service info, no error if missing - getent: database=services key=http fail_key=False - debug: var=getent_services # get user password hash (requires sudo/root) - getent: database=shadow key=www-data split=: - debug: var=getent_shadow
Note
Not all databases support enumeration, check system documentation for details
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