generator – Uses Jinja2 to construct hosts and groups from patterns

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Status

Synopsis

• Uses a YAML configuration file with a valid YAML or .config extension to define var expressions and group conditionals
• Create a template pattern that describes each host, and then use independent configuration layers
• Every element of every layer is combined to create a host for every layer combination
• Parent groups can be defined with reference to hosts and other groups using the same template variables

Parameters

Examples

# inventory.config file in YAML format
plugin: generator
strict: False
hosts:
    name: "{{ operation }}-{{ application }}-{{ environment }}-runner"
    parents:
      - name: "{{ operation }}-{{ application }}-{{ environment }}"
        parents:
          - name: "{{ operation }}-{{ application }}"
            parents:
              - name: "{{ operation }}"
              - name: "{{ application }}"
          - name: "{{ application }}-{{ environment }}"
            parents:
              - name: "{{ application }}"
                vars:
                  application: "{{ application }}"
              - name: "{{ environment }}"
                vars:
                  environment: "{{ environment }}"
      - name: runner
layers:
    operation:
        - build
        - launch
    environment:
        - dev
        - test
        - prod
    application:
        - web
        - api

Status

• This inventory is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This inventory is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

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