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# docker_swarm_info – Retrieves facts about Docker Swarm cluster

New in version 2.8.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Retrieves facts about a Docker Swarm.
- Returns lists of swarm objects names for the services - nodes, services, tasks.
- The output differs depending on API version available on docker host.
- Must be run on Swarm Manager node; otherwise module fails with error message. It does return boolean flags in on both error and success which indicate whether the docker daemon can be communicated with, whether it is in Swarm mode, and whether it is a Swarm Manager node.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- Docker API >= 1.24
- Docker SDK for Python: Please note that the docker-py Python module has been superseded by docker (see here for details). For Python 2.6, `docker-py` must be used. Otherwise, it is recommended to install the `docker` Python module. Note that both modules should not be installed at the same time. Also note that when both modules are installed and one of them is uninstalled, the other might no longer function and a reinstall of it is required.
- Docker SDK for Python >= 1.10.0 (use docker-py for Python 2.6)

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
api_version string | Default: "auto" | The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host. Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by Docker SDK for Python and the docker daemon. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_API_VERSION` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used. aliases: docker_api_version
ca_cert path |  | Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to a CA certificate file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` is set, the file `ca.pem` from the directory specified in the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` will be used. aliases: tls_ca_cert, cacert_path
client_cert path |  | Path to the client's TLS certificate file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` is set, the file `cert.pem` from the directory specified in the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` will be used. aliases: tls_client_cert, cert_path
client_key path |  | Path to the client's TLS key file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` is set, the file `key.pem` from the directory specified in the environment variable `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` will be used. aliases: tls_client_key, key_path
debug boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Debug mode
docker_host string | Default: "unix://var/run/docker.sock" | The URL or Unix socket path used to connect to the Docker API. To connect to a remote host, provide the TCP connection string. For example, `tcp://192.0.2.23:2376`. If TLS is used to encrypt the connection, the module will automatically replace `tcp` in the connection URL with `https`. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_HOST` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used. aliases: docker_url
nodes boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Whether to list swarm nodes.
nodes_filters dictionary |  | A dictionary of filter values used for selecting nodes to list. For example, `name: mynode`. See the docker documentation for more information on possible filters.
services boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Whether to list swarm services.
services_filters dictionary |  | A dictionary of filter values used for selecting services to list. For example, `name: myservice`. See the docker documentation for more information on possible filters.
ssl_version string |  | Provide a valid SSL version number. Default value determined by ssl.py module. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_SSL_VERSION` will be used instead.
tasks boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Whether to list containers.
tasks_filters dictionary |  | A dictionary of filter values used for selecting tasks to list. For example, `node: mynode-1`. See the docker documentation for more information on possible filters.
timeout integer | Default: 60 | The maximum amount of time in seconds to wait on a response from the API. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_TIMEOUT` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
tls boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Secure the connection to the API by using TLS without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. Note that if validate_certs is set to `yes` as well, it will take precedence. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_TLS` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
tls_hostname string | Default: "localhost" | When verifying the authenticity of the Docker Host server, provide the expected name of the server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
unlock_key boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Whether to retrieve the swarm unlock key.
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Secure the connection to the API by using TLS and verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY` will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used. aliases: tls_verify
verbose_output boolean | Choices: no ← yes | When set to `yes` and nodes, services or tasks is set to `yes`, then the module output will contain verbose information about objects matching the full output of API method. For details see the documentation of your version of Docker API at https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/. The verbose output in this module contains only subset of information returned by _info module for each type of the objects.

## Notes

Note

- Connect to the Docker daemon by providing parameters with each task or by defining environment variables. You can define `DOCKER_HOST`, `DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME`, `DOCKER_API_VERSION`, `DOCKER_CERT_PATH`, `DOCKER_SSL_VERSION`, `DOCKER_TLS`, `DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY` and `DOCKER_TIMEOUT`. If you are using docker machine, run the script shipped with the product that sets up the environment. It will set these variables for you. See https://docs.docker.com/machine/reference/env/ for more details.
- When connecting to Docker daemon with TLS, you might need to install additional Python packages. For the Docker SDK for Python, version 2.4 or newer, this can be done by installing `docker[tls]` with pip.
- Note that the Docker SDK for Python only allows to specify the path to the Docker configuration for very few functions. In general, it will use `$HOME/.docker/config.json` if the `DOCKER_CONFIG` environment variable is not specified, and use `$DOCKER_CONFIG/config.json` otherwise.

## Examples

    - name: Get info on Docker Swarm
      docker_swarm_info:
      ignore_errors: yes
      register: result

    - name: Inform about basic flags
      debug:
        msg: |
          Was able to talk to docker daemon: {{ result.can_talk_to_docker }}
          Docker in Swarm mode: {{ result.docker_swarm_active }}
          This is a Manager node: {{ result.docker_swarm_manager }}

    - block:

    - name: Get info on Docker Swarm and list of registered nodes
      docker_swarm_info:
        nodes: yes
      register: result

    - name: Get info on Docker Swarm and extended list of registered nodes
      docker_swarm_info:
        nodes: yes
        verbose_output: yes
      register: result

    - name: Get info on Docker Swarm and filtered list of registered nodes
      docker_swarm_info:
        nodes: yes
        nodes_filter:
          name: mynode
      register: result

    - debug:
        var: result.swarm_facts

    - name: Get the swarm unlock key
      docker_swarm_info:
        unlock_key: yes
      register: result

    - debug:
        var: result.swarm_unlock_key

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
can_talk_to_docker boolean | both on success and on error | Will be `true` if the module can talk to the docker daemon.
docker_swarm_active boolean | both on success and on error | Will be `true` if the module can talk to the docker daemon, and the docker daemon is in Swarm mode.
docker_swarm_manager boolean | both on success and on error | Will be `true` if the module can talk to the docker daemon, the docker daemon is in Swarm mode, and the current node is a manager node. Only if this one is `true`, the module will not fail.
nodes list / elements=dictionary | When nodes is `yes` | List of dict objects containing the basic information about each volume. Keys matches the `docker node ls` output unless verbose_output=yes. See description for verbose_output.
services list / elements=dictionary | When services is `yes` | List of dict objects containing the basic information about each volume. Keys matches the `docker service ls` output unless verbose_output=yes. See description for verbose_output.
swarm_facts dictionary | always | Facts representing the basic state of the docker Swarm cluster. Contains tokens to connect to the Swarm
swarm_unlock_key string | When unlock_key is `true`. | Contains the key needed to unlock the swarm.
tasks list / elements=dictionary | When tasks is `yes` | List of dict objects containing the basic information about each volume. Keys matches the `docker service ps` output unless verbose_output=yes. See description for verbose_output.

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Piotr Wojciechowski (@WojciechowskiPiotr)

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