community.general.random_string lookup – Generates random string
Note
This lookup plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 9.5.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package.
It is not included in ansible-core.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.random_string.
New in community.general 3.2.0
Synopsis
Generates random string based upon the given constraints.
Uses random.SystemRandom, so should be strong enough for cryptographic purposes.
Keyword parameters
This describes keyword parameters of the lookup. These are the values key1=value1, key2=value2 and so on in the following
examples: lookup('community.general.random_string', key1=value1, key2=value2, ...) and query('community.general.random_string', key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)
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Returns base64 encoded string. Choices:
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Ignore similar characters, such as These characters can be configured in Choices:
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The length of the string. Default: |
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Include lowercase letters in the string. Choices:
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Minimum number of special character in the string. Default: |
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Include numbers in the string. Choices:
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Override a list of special characters to use in the string. If set |
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Override a list of characters not to be use in the string. Default: |
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Include special characters in the string. Special characters are taken from Python standard library The choice of special characters can be changed to setting Choices:
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Include uppercase letters in the string. Choices:
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Examples
- name: Generate random string
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: lookup('community.general.random_string')
# Example result: 'DeadBeeF'
- name: Generate random string with length 12
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: lookup('community.general.random_string', length=12)
# Example result: 'Uan0hUiX5kVG'
- name: Generate base64 encoded random string
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: lookup('community.general.random_string', base64=True)
# Example result: 'NHZ6eWN5Qk0='
- name: Generate a random string with 1 lower, 1 upper, 1 number and 1 special char (at least)
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: lookup('community.general.random_string', min_lower=1, min_upper=1, min_special=1, min_numeric=1)
# Example result: '&Qw2|E[-'
- name: Generate a random string with all lower case characters
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: query('community.general.random_string', upper=false, numbers=false, special=false)
# Example result: ['exolxzyz']
- name: Generate random hexadecimal string
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: query('community.general.random_string', upper=false, lower=false, override_special=hex_chars, numbers=false)
vars:
hex_chars: '0123456789ABCDEF'
# Example result: ['D2A40737']
- name: Generate random hexadecimal string with override_all
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: query('community.general.random_string', override_all=hex_chars)
vars:
hex_chars: '0123456789ABCDEF'
# Example result: ['D2A40737']
Return Value
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A one-element list containing a random string Returned: success |