Something that was done at current job was use the last 5 digits of the mac address was a prefix for the host names. The mac pretty much guarentees a unique name with added bonus of assisting network finding on the network when there is a connectivity issue
On Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 8:56 PM Prady A <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Experts, > > Not exactly an ansible issue but any thought would be greatly appreciated. > We use AD for Password synchronization between different kinds of systems. > For password synchronization we also use mainframe system which accepts > only 8 charters as a hostname. > So now we are trimming the hostname and sending it to the mainframe > system. > Ex: *domain: ansible_hostname[:3] }}{{ ansible_hostname[-5:] }} * > Earlier based on the datacenter the hostnames were given(EX:VANC+1001). > Since the datacenter names are quite different, by trimming also there are > no duplicates. > But now the hostname will be decided on the business unit so less number > of combinations in hostnames. > For Ex: for BU's : abcd, abcf, abciq > hostnames will be > abc*d*10001 > abc*f*10001 > abc*iq*10001 > For above all the hostnames the above ansible will return me the same > hostname. which will be duplicated in the mainframe system. > *domain: ansible_hostname[:3] }}{{ ansible_hostname[-5:] }} * > abc10001 > abc10001 > abc10001 > > Any insight would be greatly helpful. > > Regards > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEuB3Aq14AaNqJGGcKC%3D-C0CH4dkGRC6uOsCzFe-f4YysYyKiQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEuB3Aq14AaNqJGGcKC%3D-C0CH4dkGRC6uOsCzFe-f4YysYyKiQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEcFzYz5Zdb-yx3jrxLMLNKWnMBfzuqmvfASDUj8uYZqtqxeGg%40mail.gmail.com.
