I have been using Ansible in a limited fashion and have configured a static
inventory. I'm trying to build onto this inventory by adding groups_vars
and host_vars for individual cluster groups. Problem is Ansible isn't
picking up the required group_vars. Does anyone see why my group_vars
wouldn't be loading with this inventory structure. I'm only testing with
the dev3 group before filling out the remaining group_vars directories.
Command: ansible -m debug dev3 -i /eprn/inventory -a
"var=hostvars[inventory_hostname]"
inventory/
├── batch
│ ├── group_vars
│ ├── hosts
│ └── host_vars
├── dev0
│ ├── group_vars
│ ├── hosts
│ └── host_vars
├── dev1
│ ├── group_vars
│ ├── hosts
│ └── host_vars
├── dev2
│ ├── group_vars
│ ├── hosts
│ └── host_vars
├── dev3
│ ├── group_vars
│ │ ├── dev3
│ │ │ └── vars.yml
│ │ └── dev3_db
│ ├── hosts
│ └── host_vars
├── dev4
│ ├── group_vars
│ ├── hosts
│ └── host_vars
├── dev5
│ ├── group_vars
│ ├── hosts
│ └── host_vars
├── dev6
│ ├── group_vars
│ ├── hosts
│ └── host_vars
└── dev7
├── group_vars
├── hosts
└── host_vars
Current Sample Output:
dev1.domain.com | SUCCESS => {
"hostvars[inventory_hostname]": {
"ansible_check_mode": false,
"ansible_version": {
"full": "2.1.2.0",
"major": 2,
"minor": 1,
"revision": 2,
"string": "2.1.2.0"
},
"group_names": [
"dev3"
],
"groups": {
"all": [
"test1.domain.com",
"test2.domain.com",
"test3.domain.com",
"dev1.domain.com",
"dev2.domain.com",
"dev3.domain.com",
"dev4.domain.com"
],
"dev3": [
"dev1.domain.com",
"dev2.domain.com",
"dev3.domain.com",
"dev4.domain.com",
"dev5.domain.com"
],
"ungrouped": []
},
"inventory_dir": "/ansible/inventory",
"inventory_file": null,
"inventory_hostname": "dev3.domain.com",
"inventory_hostname_short": "dev3",
"omit":
"__omit_place_holder__998cd0b3347833ef6af77480e6387c8135a35469",
"playbook_dir": "."
}
}
Expected Output with the addition of my group_vars
"app_location": "east",
"db_connection": "some string value",
dev1.domain.com | SUCCESS => {
"hostvars[inventory_hostname]": {
"ansible_check_mode": false,
"ansible_version": {
"full": "2.1.2.0",
"major": 2,
"minor": 1,
"revision": 2,
"string": "2.1.2.0"
},
"app_location": "east",
"db_connection": "some string value",
"group_names": [
"dev3"
],
"groups": {
"all": [
"test1.domain.com",
"test2.domain.com",
"test3.domain.com",
"dev1.domain.com",
"dev2.domain.com",
"dev3.domain.com",
"dev4.domain.com"
],
"dev3": [
"dev1.domain.com",
"dev2.domain.com",
"dev3.domain.com",
"dev4.domain.com",
"dev5.domain.com"
],
"ungrouped": []
},
"inventory_dir": "/ansible/inventory",
"inventory_file": null,
"inventory_hostname": "dev3.domain.com",
"inventory_hostname_short": "dev3",
"omit":
"__omit_place_holder__998cd0b3347833ef6af77480e6387c8135a35469",
"playbook_dir": "."
}
}
I do know that running the below command will produce the desired data that
I'm expecting, but now I don't have all of my hosts that I want. I'm
probably trying to over organize my hosts by breaking all my groups out
into small clusters of groups. What I found odd is Ansible can read the
hosts files located in the individual cluster directories but it won't
recognize the group_vars unless I move my group_vars under
/ansible/inventory..
ansible -m debug dev403 -i /eprn/inventory/dev403 -a
"var=hostvars[inventory_hostname]"
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