Thanks, Tim that is very helpful. I have a ton of groups already and am trying to minimize them and not pile on.
I could do this with host_vars (since it is lines in configuration files that are different). I didn't think of that until I read your response so I definitely am thankful. On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:22:31 AM UTC-4, Timothy Gerla wrote: > > I am not sure why you would be avoiding inventory groups, since they're > built for this purpose....but you probably want: > > when: "abc" not in inventory_hostname and "def" not in inventory_hostname > and "ghi" not in inventory_hostname > > -Tim > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Chris Short <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm trying to get a configuration deployed to a large group of hosts >> except for a few specific ones. I am trying very hard to not use an >> inventory group to manage this. I've tried a few different methods and >> cannot seem to get it to work. Here are examples of what I've tried: >> >> when: '"abc":"def":"ghi" not in inventory_hostname' >> >> when: '"[abc, def, ghi]" not in inventory_hostname' >> >> when: '"{{ item }}" not in inventory_hostname' >> with_items: >> - abc >> - def >> - ghi >> >> Thoughts? >> >> -- >> 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/9082fa7b-2d70-4f65-a377-bd8f3063742b%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/9082fa7b-2d70-4f65-a377-bd8f3063742b%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/e87c0790-4d10-4564-a704-aecd4adcf414%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
