Ansible YAML Inventory

Ansible inventory script for defining inventory using YAML files. YAML is pretty! And readily parseable in a a variety of languages other than Python, unlike the default .ini files ansible uses.

It's adapated from the YAML inventory script which used to be part of ansible but isn't anymore.

Installation

Install with

$ gem install yaml_inventory

Usage

Adds the yaminv command.

For help:

$ yaminv --help

With Ansible

Create a hosts.yml file in your current dir, and use it like this

$ ansible-playbook -i $(which yaminv) playbook.yml

When run with ansible-playbook it will always pick up the hosts.yml file in the current directory.

Hosts File Format

# standalone hosts are okay
- standalonehost1
- standalonehost2

# host with vars
- host: hostwithvars
  vars:
    - var1: hostvar1
    - var2: hostvar2

# group with vars and hosts
- group: group2
  vars:
    - groupvar1: groupvar1
  hosts:
    - ghost1
    - ghost2
  groups:
    - group1

# subgroup
- group: group1
  hosts:
    - host3
    - hostwithvars

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Tests

Run with rake test