Voir :

• Ansible inventaire script - inventaire dynamique vers statique - Conversion JSON YAML INI
• https://blog.stephane-robert.info/post/ansible-inventaire-static-precedence-tips/
• openstack-ansible/scripts/inventory-manage.py

Linter un fichier inventaire

ansible-lint inventory1.yml

yamllint inventory1.yml

ansible-inventory -i inventory1.yml -y --list > inventory2.yml

Print all variables for all hosts from the command line

ansible -i inventory/local -m debug -a "var=hostvars" all

Afficher les variables pour tous les hosts

ansible-inventory -i inventory.yml --graph --vars

Afficher les variables pour un host particulier

# En YAML
ansible-inventory -i inventory.yml -y --host server1
 
# En JSON
ansible-inventory -i inventory.yml --host server1

$ ansible-doc -t inventory -l
advanced_host_list                  Parses a 'host list' with ranges
auto                                Loads and executes an inventory plugin specified in a YAML config
awx.awx.controller                  Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for the Automation Platform Controller
community.general.cobbler           Cobbler inventory source
community.general.gitlab_runners    Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for GitLab runners
community.general.icinga2           Icinga2 inventory source
community.general.linode            Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for Linode
community.general.lxd               Returns Ansible inventory from lxd host
community.general.nmap              Uses nmap to find hosts to target
community.general.online            Scaleway (previously Online SAS or Online.net) inventory source
community.general.opennebula        OpenNebula inventory source
community.general.proxmox           Proxmox inventory source
community.general.scaleway          Scaleway inventory source
community.general.stackpath_compute StackPath Edge Computing inventory source
community.general.virtualbox        virtualbox inventory source
community.general.xen_orchestra     Xen Orchestra inventory source
constructed                         Uses Jinja2 to construct vars and groups based on existing inventory
generator                           Uses Jinja2 to construct hosts and groups from patterns
host_list                           Parses a 'host list' string
ini                                 Uses an Ansible INI file as inventory source
script                              Executes an inventory script that returns JSON
toml                                Uses a specific TOML file as an inventory source
yaml                                Uses a specific YAML file as an inventory source

Limiter l'inventaire en faisant une intersection

 hosts: "type_host:&{{ PLOP_LIMIT | default('all') }}"

play_roles_temp_inventory.yaml

#! /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
 
---

- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:
    - name: add hosts from extra-vars
      add_host:
        name: '{{ item }}'
        groups: building
      loop: "{{ hosts_list.split('\n') }}"
      changed_when: false

- hosts: building
  gather_facts: "{{ play_roles_gather_facts | default(false) | bool }}"
  tasks:
    - debug: msg="hosts_list={{ hosts_list | replace('\n',',') }}"
      run_once: true
      when: play_roles_debug | default(false) | bool

    - name: Include Ansible roles
      include_role:
        name: "{{ role_name }}"
      loop: "{{ play_roles }}"
      loop_control:
        loop_var: role_name
      when: play_roles is defined

Voir https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/administration/tipsandtricks.html#using-the-tower-cli-tool

awx-manage inventory_import --source=inventory/ \
  --inventory-name="My Tower Inventory"
 
awx-manage inventory_import --source=inventory/ \
  --inventory-name="My Tower Inventory" \
  --overwrite --overwrite-vars
 
mkdir -p inventory-directory/group_vars

Voir awx import

inventory_hostname et ansible_hostname