ansible gather facts

gather-facts.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Usage: ./gather-facts.sh {{SERVER-IP}} {{SERVER-USERNAME}} > facts.json
# Or just copy paste from below...

SERVER_IP=$1
SSH_USERNAME=$2
printf "[hn]\n$SERVER_IP ansible_user=$SSH_USERNAME" > ansible_hosts_file.tmp && \
ansible -i ansible_hosts_file.tmp -m setup hn && \
rm ansible_hosts_file.tmp

# Assumptions:
#
# 1. Your ssh agent has access to the server
# 2. You are running an ssh agent
# 3. You are reading these assumptions in reverse order