I'm confused by this as well. When you say you are not using an inventory file, do you mean you are using the dynamic inventory plugin?
If you want a group that contains just the new hosts you have brought online, or want to add new hosts (in memory) to an existing host name, look at how the "add_host" plugin is used in various examples -- it does exactly this. On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Paul Durivage <[email protected]>wrote: > I don't think what you want to do is override a value at runtime, but > rather *create* a new group dynamically at runtime. Make a new group for > hosts that meet some arbitrary criteria. See the > group_by<http://docs.ansible.com/group_by_module.html>module -- I think > you'll find what you're looking for there. > > > On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 9:10 PM, JC <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> Anyone know if you can completely override the hosts: value in a playbook? >> >> I don't use inventory files so I always just have this set to 'all'. But >> when I call a playbook from another playbook like this, for example: >> >> # Playbook1 >> - name: Format EBS volumes >> hosts: ec2_group # coming from the ec2 module and add_host >> ... >> >> - include: playbook2.yml hosts=ec2_group >> >> or >> >> - { include: playbook2.yml, hosts: ec2_group } >> >> It works but then it also tries to run the playbook to the 'all' group >> (which is everything in my default hosts file). I want the 'all' value to >> be completely overridden by the new value I specified. >> >> Is there a better way to do this without creating an inventory file? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> 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/9b3f20c0-ac19-4ea1-97da-2fc848588b39%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/9b3f20c0-ac19-4ea1-97da-2fc848588b39%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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/CAK6JQEF3sJnL6LnJ2eaMMHP6J6rS3VsdobyjJiC%3DMNne0v1U9g%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAK6JQEF3sJnL6LnJ2eaMMHP6J6rS3VsdobyjJiC%3DMNne0v1U9g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CA%2BnsWgwviuTdsEMyebpLO2N1jYV3yF8eA1r2ej%2BFOTiBmSMXfQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
