We have already touched upon both variables and facts with previous examples that we have used and learned. In this chapter we can really consolidate that knowledge by investigating facts that can be collected or gathered on managed devices. That includes retrieving items such as the IP address, hostname, and fully qualified domain name. The previous are all facts that can be used as variables in the Playbook, either in clauses to control execution or as values to keys. We will extend the ...
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A. MallettRed Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) Study Guidehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6861-2_77. Working with Variables and Facts
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