community.general.crc32 filter – Generate a CRC32 checksum

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

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.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.crc32.

New in community.general 5.4.0

Synopsis

  • Checksum a string using CRC32 algorithm and return its hexadecimal representation.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.general.crc32.

Parameter

Comments

Input

string / required

The string to checksum.

Examples

- name: Checksum a test string
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ 'test' | community.general.crc32 }}"

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

CRC32 checksum.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Julien Riou

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.