New in version 2.4.
all
group and contain hosts/vars/children entries.Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Configuration | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
yaml_extensions
list
|
Default: [".yaml", ".yml", ".json"]
|
ini entries:
[defaults] [inventory_plugin_yaml] env:ANSIBLE_YAML_FILENAME_EXT
env:ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_PLUGIN_EXTS
|
list of 'valid' extensions for files containing YAML
|
Note
all
group inside the inventory file, the all
group must be the first entry in the file.all: # keys must be unique, i.e. only one 'hosts' per group
hosts:
test1:
test2:
host_var: value
vars:
group_all_var: value
children: # key order does not matter, indentation does
other_group:
children:
group_x:
hosts:
test5 # Note that one machine will work without a colon
#group_x:
# hosts:
# test5 # But this won't
# test7 #
group_y:
hosts:
test6: # So always use a colon
vars:
g2_var2: value3
hosts:
test4:
ansible_host: 127.0.0.1
last_group:
hosts:
test1 # same host as above, additional group membership
vars:
group_last_var: value
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