vmware_inventory group_by

[Karen Tovmasian]

Hi all.

I'm investigatin the dynamic inventory script "vmware_inventory.py (this one https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py)

I'd like to know how can i use _meta vars or other facts to use group_by to apply a role or run some action on it.

In _meta it looks like this

"_meta": {

    "hostvars": {

      "server": {

        "resourcepool": {

          "_moId": "resgroup-13971", 

          "name": "myresourcepool"

        }, 

for instance

---
- name: test
  tasks:
  - name: group the servers
    group_by: key = _meta.hostvars.*(or something to pick all the hosts).resourcepool.myresourcepool

I'm new to JSON and dynamic inventory so if you have a better idea this would be welcome.

The example with resource pool is just an example - i'd like to have ability to create ad hoc group based on other machine settings.