CI: Get free tcp port

This role is useful for getting free tcp port on remote host.

Role Variables

• ci_get_free_port__var (default: ci_get_free_port): This variable contains name of variable to which the free port will be written.
• ci_get_free_port__pool (default: 1024-32767): Range of ports between which a free port will be found.
• ci_get_free_port__host (default: 127.0.0.1): IP address where free port will be checked.
• ci_get_free_port__default (default: ""): Value that will be written to variable if no free port is found among range.

Requirements

nmap (nc) utility must be installed on the remote host.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo
  vars:
    ci_get_free_port__var: project_port
  roles:
  - role: levonet.ci_get_free_port
  tasks:
  - debug:
      msg: "Port: {{ project_port }}"

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created by Pavlo Bashynskyi