"Maybe I missed something, but how do I have a custom inventory declare a variable global to all hosts in every group? "
You can set a variable on the 'all' group and it will be available to all groups, but override-able in child groups. This is probably what you want to do. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Andrew Cholakian <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAOyM9bWORymd6jOormnXXs9-fE0FdyiM%2BsUVgDJTrXDidP_WfQ%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%2BnsWgyzf83e61dnqCbTOSBs5rJ%3DFXKWzgdCURNW5t%2BMDvu4uA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
