Summary

The special variable inventory_hostname is set to the original host when using delegate_to. It would be nice if there was a counterpart for the delegated host. A suggestion I have seen is delegated_hostname. Currently inventory_hostname_shortname is set to the delegated host, but the issue is that if you are using the a FQDN, this will not reflect the name in the inventory. Perhaps it could default to inventory_hostname if there was no delegation underway.

Issue Type

Feature Idea

Component Name

ansible

Additional Information

- hosts: all
  tasks:
     - command: echo {{ delegated_hostname }}
       delegate_to: groups.controllers.0 

With group_vars/all:

ansible_host: "{{ delegated_hostname }}.{{ dns_domain }}"

See: #71198 (comment)

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