Michael thanks for the response! Maybe I missed something, but how do I have a custom inventory declare a variable global to all hosts in every group? I should mention I'm actually using ec2.py right now, and I'm comfy using that. The docs are a little confusing to me on this point.
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> wrote: > Note that lookup plugins will get executed once per host, it may be better > to download it once from s3 and then load it via a lookup plugin to avoid > s3 hammering. > > You could really put the file anywhere you want, though something outside > of your git directory seems wise, or otherwise configure .gitignore > > Yes, a structure could look like this: > > {{ lookup('file', '/path/to/file') | to_json }} > > I don't know how complex your infrastructure is, but you may also wish to > consider a custom inventory plugin that loads in those variables instead - > it would be easier, and *PERHAPS* more appropriate. > > But if you have a small infrastructure maybe not. If you are trying to > model a large MSP environment, absolutely. > > > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Andrew Cholakian <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I need to use a custom lookup plugin to pull our JSON customer database >> from s3. I have two questions: >> >> 1. Where in the file structure should the file go >> 2. Can a lookup plugin return a complex type like a hash? >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> -- >> 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/73fb218f-6ee8-4afc-a335-0cdab3455053%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/73fb218f-6ee8-4afc-a335-0cdab3455053%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 a topic in the > Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/lTdnkFQlYa8/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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%2BnsWgxuAtoL93yn2sDHw%2BQ%3D5cTHmEuFVeMuZOnU6m-0HpMN_g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgxuAtoL93yn2sDHw%2BQ%3D5cTHmEuFVeMuZOnU6m-0HpMN_g%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/CAOyM9bWORymd6jOormnXXs9-fE0FdyiM%2BsUVgDJTrXDidP_WfQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
