community.crypto.parse_serial filter – Convert a serial number as a colon-separated list of hex numbers to an integer

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.crypto collection (version 2.22.0).

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.crypto.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.crypto.parse_serial.

New in community.crypto 2.18.0

Synopsis

  • Parses a colon-separated list of hex numbers of the form 00:11:22:33 and returns the corresponding integer.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.crypto.parse_serial.

Parameter

Comments

Input

string / required

A serial number represented as a colon-separated list of hex numbers between 0 and 255.

These numbers are interpreted as the byte presentation of an unsigned integer in network byte order. That is, 01:00 is interpreted as the integer 256.

See Also

See also

community.crypto.to_serial filter plugin

Convert an integer to a colon-separated list of hex numbers.

Examples

- name: Parse serial number
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ '11:22:33' | community.crypto.parse_serial }}"

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

integer

The serial number as an integer.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.