Ansible playbook to determine OS release
You can do one at the time
---
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: yes
become: false
tasks:
- name: Distribution
debug: msg="{{ ansible_distribution }}"
- name: Distribution version
debug: msg="{{ ansible_distribution_version}}"
- name: Distribution major version
debug: msg="{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
See the results:
PLAY [localhost] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK [Distribution] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": "Ubuntu"
}
TASK [Distribution version] ************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": "18.04"
}
TASK [Distribution major version] ******************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": "18"
}
PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=4 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
Or you can use a more advance configuration iterating facts:
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: yes
become: false
tasks:
- name: System details
debug: msg="{{ item }}"
with_items:
- "{{ ansible_distribution }}"
- "{{ ansible_distribution_version }}"
- "{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
And a more compact results:
PLAY [localhost] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK [System details] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => (item=Ubuntu) => {
"msg": "Ubuntu"
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=18.04) => {
"msg": "18.04"
}
ok: [localhost] => (item=18) => {
"msg": "18"
}
PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
In both cases is a good practices to get the info using facts instead of shell
or command
modules.