openstack – OpenStack inventory source

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openstack – OpenStack inventory source

Synopsis

  • Get inventory hosts from OpenStack clouds
  • Uses openstack.(yml|yaml) YAML configuration file to configure the inventory plugin
  • Uses standard clouds.yaml YAML configuration file to configure cloud credentials

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this inventory.

  • openstacksdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments

cache

boolean

Default:

"no"

ini entries: [inventory]cache = no


env:ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_CACHE

Toggle to enable/disable the caching of the inventory's source data, requires a cache plugin setup to work.

cache_connection

-

ini entries: [inventory]cache_connection = VALUE


env:ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_CACHE_CONNECTION

Cache connection data or path, read cache plugin documentation for specifics.

cache_plugin

-

ini entries: [inventory]cache_plugin = VALUE


env:ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_CACHE_PLUGIN

Cache plugin to use for the inventory's source data.

cache_timeout

integer

Default:

3600

ini entries: [inventory]cache_timeout = 3600


env:ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_CACHE_TIMEOUT

Cache duration in seconds

clouds_yaml_path

string

Override path to clouds.yaml file. If this value is given it will be searched first. The default path for the ansible inventory adds /etc/ansible/openstack.yaml and /etc/ansible/openstack.yml to the regular locations documented at https://docs.openstack.org/os-client-config/latest/user/configuration.html#config-files

compose

dictionary

Default:

{}

Create vars from jinja2 expressions.

expand_hostvars

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Run extra commands on each host to fill in additional information about the host. May interrogate cinder and neutron and can be expensive for people with many hosts. (Note, the default value of this is opposite from the default old openstack.py inventory script's option expand_hostvars)

fail_on_errors

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Causes the inventory to fail and return no hosts if one cloud has failed (for example, bad credentials or being offline). When set to False, the inventory will return as many hosts as it can from as many clouds as it can contact. (Note, the default value of this is opposite from the old openstack.py inventory script's option fail_on_errors)

groups

dictionary

Default:

{}

Add hosts to group based on Jinja2 conditionals.

inventory_hostname

string

  • name

  • uuid

What to register as the inventory hostname. If set to 'uuid' the uuid of the server will be used and a group will be created for the server name. If set to 'name' the name of the server will be used unless there are more than one server with the same name in which case the 'uuid' logic will be used. Default is to do 'name', which is the opposite of the old openstack.py inventory script's option use_hostnames)

keyed_groups

list

Default:

[]

add hosts to group based on the values of a variable

only_clouds

list

Default:

[]

List of clouds from clouds.yaml to use, instead of using the whole list.

plugin

- / required

  • openstack

token that ensures this is a source file for the 'openstack' plugin.

private

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Use the private interface of each server, if it has one, as the host's IP in the inventory. This can be useful if you are running ansible inside a server in the cloud and would rather communicate to your servers over the private network.

show_all

boolean

  • no

  • yes

toggles showing all vms vs only those with a working IP

strict

boolean

Default:

"no"

If true make invalid entries a fatal error, otherwise skip and continue

Since it is possible to use facts in the expressions they might not always be available and we ignore those errors by default.



Examples

# file must be named openstack.yaml or openstack.yml
# Make the plugin behave like the default behavior of the old script
plugin: openstack
expand_hostvars: yes
fail_on_errors: yes

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