Thanks for replying and clarifying.
So then my question is this: Both application A and B require a local
connection and variables to communicate with rackspace (like hostname for
instance). Do you have some pointers how I should setup my inventory file
and were to put my variables? The playbook for both apps is basically:
- if not exists create instance in rackspace with this {{ hostname }}
- add host to group using add_host command
- include application specific playbook
Like the example below one of the apps fails because it (rightfully)
resolves to the wrong hostname.
Thanks again.
Lars
On Sunday, November 24, 2013 5:02:02 PM UTC+1, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
> The host is a member of two groups.
>
> In this case, rightfully, variables are pulled from both.
>
> This is by design -- you may select hosts based on purpose (such as
> webservers), while assigning other variables based on geography.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Lars Vonk <[email protected]<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We are creating playbooks for our servers that include creating instances
>> with rackspace. We have problems with setting up the different inventory
>> files with the appropriate vars. To illustrate the problem I created a
>> small test case:
>>
>> DIR
>> ./a.yml
>> ./b.yml
>> ./test
>>
>> a.yml contains:
>> ---
>> - hosts: a
>> connection: local
>> remote_user: root
>> tasks:
>> - name: Foo
>> command: echo {{ hostname }}
>>
>> b.yml contains:
>> ---
>> - hosts: b
>> connection: local
>> remote_user: root
>> tasks:
>> - name: Foo
>> command: echo {{ hostname }}
>>
>> test contains:
>> localhost ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/local/bin/python
>>
>> [a]
>> localhost
>>
>> [b]
>> localhost
>>
>> [test-a:children]
>> a
>>
>> [test-a:vars]
>> hostname=a.com<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fa.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEYnDzIlRjJbXDcx3Cax_hkvntAFQ>
>>
>> [test-b:children]
>> b
>>
>> [test-b:vars]
>> hostname=b.com<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fb.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFq7tUq50NgFVyTsk2WMeiRf6l6WQ>
>>
>> When I run ansible-playbook a.yml -i test -vvvv it echos *b.com
>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fb.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFq7tUq50NgFVyTsk2WMeiRf6l6WQ>*
>> while
>> I expect *a.com
>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fa.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEYnDzIlRjJbXDcx3Cax_hkvntAFQ>*.
>>
>> I expected this because the hosts in a.yml is a and a is a child of test-a
>> that defines the hostname as *a.com
>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fa.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEYnDzIlRjJbXDcx3Cax_hkvntAFQ>*.
>>
>> For some reason I don't understand the hostname variable resolves to *b.com
>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fb.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFq7tUq50NgFVyTsk2WMeiRf6l6WQ>*
>> .
>> What we are trying to achieve with this setup is to create a rackspace
>> instance using a local connection (a.yml) and that add a host to the test-a
>> which is then used later in the playbook as host. This fails because it
>> resolves to the wrong hostname.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong here? Is there a better setup to achieve this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Lars
>>
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