Ansible - Generating Inventory From DNSMasq Leases
As I am working on a little project I wanted to have a way to update my Ansible inventory from DHCP leases handed out by DNSMasq. Turns out it is very easy, ...
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Ansible - IP Sets and DShield Block List
Refreshed June 2026: the approach here still works, but a few things moved since 2018. The ipaddr filter now lives in the ansible.utils collection, the DS...
Ansible - Defining Variables As Dictionaries
This post is to go through an example of defining Ansible variables as dictionaries rather than lists. I wanted to throw this together as I have not found a ...