setting ansible facts from json
Its handy to be able to set facts from json.
Sample code to extract and set fact from json. In this case json is from command line executable output.
1) capture command line output
- name: register product name
shell: lshw -json -quiet
register: lshw_json
2) using from_json
- name: lshw_json
set_fact:
lshw_product_name: "{{ (lshw_json.stdout | from_json).children[0].product }}"