Mastering Python Networking - Second Edition

Ansible network facts

Prior to 2.5, Ansible networking shipped with a number of network-specific fact modules. The network fact modules exist, but the naming and usage was different between vendors. Starting with version 2.5, Ansible started to standardize its network fact module usage. The Ansible network fact modules gather information from the system and store the results in facts prefixed with ansible_net_. The data collected by these modules is documented in the return values in the module documentation. This is a pretty big milestone for Ansible networking modules, as it does a lot of the heavy lifting for you to abstract the fact-gathering process by default.

Let's use the same structure we saw in Chapter 4, The Python Automation Framework ...