diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/faq.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/faq.rst | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/faq.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/faq.rst index 639bbc255e..31bf620fdd 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/faq.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/faq.rst @@ -596,6 +596,19 @@ Several reasons, in most cases it has to do with maintainability, there are tons In other cases there are technical issues, for example, for python wheels, our dependencies are not present so there is little to no gain. +.. _ansible_host_delegated: + +How do I get the original ansible_host when I delegate a task? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +As the documentation states, connection variables are taken from the ``delegate_to`` host so ``ansible_host`` is overritten, +but you can still access the orignal via ``hostvars``:: + + oringal_host: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_host'] }}" + +This works for all overriden connection variables, like ``ansible_user``, ``ansible_port``, etc. + + .. _i_dont_see_my_question: I don't see my question here |