Hi all, I developed a small playbook which uses an inventory file to store my variables. I chose an ini format since it is more easy to define groups and it makes the file more organize and readable. My first question is, do you recommend this type of management, though an ini file, or is there another alternative way to do this?
Now, I want to build a new ansible tool, that generates this inventory ini file using the user input. I saw a module called ini_file which I thought might be helpful, but it seems that it format the file different than the ini format described in the ansible documentation http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro_inventory.html Here are few examples of the differences between the two: 1. ini_file module - When adding a value with ini_file module the syntax must always be [key]=[value] even if there is no value: [webservers] foo=foo.example.com bar=None ansible docs - In the docs the ini file uses standalone names, so we can have a group with only hostnames, for example: [webservers] foo.example.com bar.example.com 2. ini_file module - It is not possible to declare host variables in a one liner: [atlanta] http_port=80 maxRequestsPerChild=808 ansible docs: [atlanta] host1 http_port=80 maxRequestsPerChild=808 Also it seems that the ini_file module does not support reading from the ini file only insert or update. What do you recommend for the best approach? is there any other ansible module I can use to manipulate data in my INI file or should I use a different approach? Here is an example of my ini file: # INI file [data_storage] data_storage name=name1 address1=12.12.12.12 path1=data_storage dc_name=DC1 [data_storage_ver2] data_storage_ver2 name=name2 address1=12.12.12.13 path1=data_storage2 dc_name=DC2 [storage:children] data_storage data_storage_ver2 The playbook looks like this: # main playbook .... .... - include: library/add_NFS_domain.yml storage={{ item }} with_inventory_hostnames: storage .... # task file - ovirt_hosts_facts: pattern: "status=up and datacenter={{ hostvars[storage]['dc_name'] }}" auth: "{{ ovirt_auth }}" - ovirt_storage_domains: name: "{{ hostvars[storage]['name'] }}" host: "{{ ovirt_hosts[0].name }}" data_center: "{{ hostvars[storage]['dc_name'] }}" auth: "{{ ovirt_auth }}" nfs: address: "{{ hostvars[storage]['ip1'] }}" path: "{{ hostvars[storage]['path1'] }}" -- 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/3e4a9e25-1853-4963-95e8-b65e1cc85b69%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
