On Friday, 7 March 2014 01:13:54 UTC+8, Michael DeHaan wrote: > > Tyipcially you wouldn't create different host records just to connect to > them as different users, but would specify this as "-u" to the playbook > execution. > > That way if I need to do something for all users in all hosts in the environments, I would have to execute playbooks manually per each user. This kind of defeats the purpose of automation in my mind.
> And while you can keep variables inline with ":vars", I would generally > recommend group_vars/ and host_vars/ files for nearly everyone, they are > cleaner > and can also help represent structured data. > I understand that and just find it easier to have vars in the same file and format as inventory. Need to get used to switching between yaml and property files. :) > It's definitely fine to set ansible_ssh_user there, but having hte "-user" > as part of the host name is a bit unusual. > > Also if you have different environments that are not managed together, I > usually recommend seperate inventory files for them, keeps it simpler in > most cases. > Yes, I already do that, not pointed out for the sake of simpicity. Regards, Aleksey Maksimov > > > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Aleksey Maksimov > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am just starting with Ansible and have questions on how to better >> structure my inventory file(s). >> >> Here is what I have: >> >> Multiple hosts, assigned to different environments. >> >> test1 -> host1, host2, host3 >> test2 -> host4, host5, host6 >> >> On each of those hosts I have multiple users, that used to run various >> software components and such users have to be configured differently. >> >> I've put this to inventory like this: >> >> [test1-host1] >> test1-host1-user1 ansible_ssh_user=user1 >> test1-host1-user2 ansible_ssh_user=user2 >> >> [test1-host1:vars] >> ansible_ssh_host=host1_name >> >> [test1-host2] >> test1-host2-user3 ansible_ssh_user=user3 >> test1-host2-user4 ansible_ssh_user=user4 >> >> [test1-host2] >> ansible_ssh_host=host2_name >> >> Am I doing my inventory right? >> >> Regards, >> Aleksey Maksimov >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/d95c5f06-26ff-4957-b3af-f0deac330f03%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/d95c5f06-26ff-4957-b3af-f0deac330f03%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/deedfab1-a8dc-48cd-b70d-1f667c186bab%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
