community.crypto.to_serial filter – Convert an integer to a colon-separated list of hex numbers

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.to_serial.

New in community.crypto 2.18.0

Synopsis

  • Converts an integer to a colon-separated list of hex numbers of the form 00:11:22:33.

Input

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

Parameter

Comments

Input

integer / required

The non-negative integer to convert.

See Also

See also

community.crypto.to_serial filter plugin

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

Examples

- name: Convert integer to serial number
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ 1234567 | community.crypto.to_serial }}"

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

A colon-separated list of hexadecimal numbers.

Letters are upper-case, and all numbers have exactly two digits.

The string is never empty. The representation of 0 is "00".

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.