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Questions tagged [ansible-inventory]

Use this tag for questions regarding the Ansible inventory defined either as a static file (aka hosts file), or dynamically through external scripts (for example AWS EC2 inventory).

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Where to store Ansible host file on Mac OS X

I am trying to get started with Ansible to provision my Vagrantbox, but I can’t figure out how to deal with host files. According to the documentation the should be storred in /etc/ansible/hosts, but I can’t find this on my system (Mac OS X). I also…
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Accessing inventory host variable in Ansible playbook

In Ansible 2.1, I have a role being called by a playbook that needs access to a host file variable. Any thoughts on how to access it? I am trying to access the ansible_ssh_host in the test1 section of the following inventory host…
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Reload Ansible's dynamic inventory

I'm using Ansible to setup EC2 instances and deploy an app. There's a hosts script which gathers tags related servers and groups info. I'd like to run these actions as a single playbook, so New instances are created if needed Hosts script loads…
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Ansible provisioning ERROR! Using a SSH password instead of a key is not possible

I would like to provision with my three nodes from the last one by using Ansible. My host machine is Windows 10. My Vagrantfile looks like: Vagrant.configure("2") do |config| (1..3).each do |index| config.vm.define "node#{index}" do |node| …
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How Exactly Does Ansible Parse Boolean Variables?

In Ansible, there are several places where variables can be defined: in the inventory, in a playbook, in variable files, etc. Can anyone explain the following observations that I have made? When defining a Boolean variable in an inventory, it MUST…
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Is it possible to write Ansible hosts/inventory files in YAML?

In the best practices page, there is an example that uses hosts.yml for hosts files: In the docs, however, I can only find the INI syntax for writing hosts files. What is the syntax for the inventory files in YAML?
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Run Ansible playbook without inventory

Consider if I want to check something quickly. Something that doesn't really need connecting to a host (to check how ansible itself works, like, including of handlers or something). Or localhost will do. I'd probably give up on this, but man page…
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ansible returns with "Failed to import the required Python library (Docker SDK for Python: docker (Python >= 2.7) or docker-py (Python 2.6))

I am running myserver in ubuntu: + sudo cat /etc/os-release NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="16.04.6 LTS (Xenial Xerus)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.6…
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List all ansible hosts from inventory file for a task

For a backup I need to iterate over all hosts in my inventory file to be sure that the backup destination exists. My structure looks like /var/backups/ example.com/ sub.example.com/ So I need a (built-in) variable/method to…
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Ansible - read inventory hosts and variables to group_vars/all file

I have a dummy doubt that keeps me stuck for a long time. I have a very banal inventory file with hosts and…
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Ansible: ansible_user in inventory vs remote_user in playbook

I am trying to run an Ansible playbook against a server using an account other than the one I am logged on the control machine. I tried to specify an ansible_user in the inventory file according to the documentation on…
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how to specify user name in host file of ansible

I am using the host file as below, [qa-workstations] 10.39.19.190 ansible_user=test ansible_ssh_pass=test I am using below command to execute "whoami" command in host root@Svr:~/ansible# ansible all -a "whoami" -i /etc/ansible/host 10.39.19.190 |…
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How to make Ansible playbook run on first host in the group?

How can I run a playbook only on first host in the group? I am expecting something like this: --- - name: playbook that only run on first host in the group hosts: "{{ groups[group_name] | first }}" tasks: - debug: msg: "on {{…
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Ansible get hostname as defined in inventory

In my inventory I define hosts like this: [server1] 141.151.176.223 I am looking for a variable which keeps the server1 name, as I am using it to define server hostname. inventory_hostname is set to 141.151.176.223 ansible_hostname as well as…
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Ansible: How to use variables defined in inventory file (hosts) in my playbook?

As the subject says. I have some host variables defined in my hosts inventory file. How do I access them in my playbook? Here is an example. Based on all my research I was expecting foo and bar to be part of hostvars. I can put host specific…
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