Inheriting static group_var data with dynamic inventory?

[Adam Kosmin]

Greets,

Assuming I've got the following defined in group_vars:foo.yml

---
bar: baz

Using dynamic inventory (ec2.py in my case), I'd love to do something like:

add_host: tag_group_foo
  groups: foo:children

The eventual goal is to be able to have my AWS instances benefit from data that is currently maintained in my static group_vars files so I don't have to re-invent that wheel. Seems like this should be possible but Ansible 2.1.x is giving me no love here. Thoughts?

Best,
Adam

[Adam Kosmin]

Sorry, meant to say bar: baz is defined in group_vars/foo.yml

[Josh Smift]

AQ (https://github.com/caredotcom/ansible-quartermaster) might be of interest.

-Josh (j...@care.com)






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[Adam Kosmin]

Josh,

Thanks for the link but that's not going to be a good fit. I'm trying to use the add_host module to dynamically alter group memberships of tagged instances in AWS. It would be great if anyone could provide an example of how this might be done? I know the currently accepted approach is to manually maintain these group relationships in static inventory files as per http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_dynamic_inventory.html#static-groups-of-dynamic-groups but that makes me depressed.

Best,
Adam