There's a pull request for this. It allows you to specify a hostname_variable in ec2.ini to a host attr or tag, so that inventory_hostname will be set to this value while still keeping ansible_ssh_host intact (i.e. still using the destination_variable setting).
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7395 On Monday, June 23, 2014 at 7:25:46 PM UTC+3, Hernandes Sousa wrote: > > Hi, > > I wanted to use the machine hostnames with ec2.py, which I was able to by > customizing the script to return the Name tag for the hostname instead of > the public or private dns name, however, that requires an extra step which > is maintaining a ~/.ssh/config with corresponding proper dns since I'm not > currently using fqdns as the hostnames (will do in the near future so this > will not actually be necessary). But in the meanwhile I'd like to be able > to do as in the static inventory: > > foo ansible_ssh_host=192.168.1.50 > > Is it possible to do this with the dynamic inventory (have an alias for a > machine which is the name tag i already set but connect using public dns)? > -- 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/fa2c7933-6015-4cae-8b4e-7eddec6f0059%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
