callback plugins exist in ansible for this purpose and there is the '--tree' flag to ad-hoc /usr/bin/ansible mode.
However, we're not really trying to be a system that emits arbitrary JSON as many playbooks will include results for multiple systems and this would get very very large and unwieldy. On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Stuart Reynolds <stuart.reyno...@gmail.com > wrote: > Re:(1) I've found that I can do this: > - hosts: localhost > - name: Describe instances > hosts: localhost > gather_facts: false # Prevents immediately logging in to hosts > tasks: > - command: aws ec2 describe-instances > register: result > - debug: var=result.stdout|from_json > However, really what I want to do is: > > - hosts: localhost > - name: Describe instance > hosts: localhost > gather_facts: *false* # Prevents immediately logging in to host > tasks: > - command: aws ec2 describe-instances > register: x=from_json(result.stdout) > - debug: var=x > Possible? > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/448b7e2e-ebec-4b1e-9100-61bc8fd060bd%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/448b7e2e-ebec-4b1e-9100-61bc8fd060bd%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgzz8-7smB8CZWv7HtCFzk16CFq9vavcF-3vZ1EHMurepA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
