Hosts File - Get group name , only one item from group based on lookup
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Adam McGill
Apr 12, 2020, 2:04:42 AM4/12/20
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Is it possible to specify in a playbook hosts value to be a group item from hosts file?
example:
Hosts file contains:
[groupone]
comname1
comname2
comname3
in the playbook would like it to grab the group (groupone) but only apply the playbook routine to a name/value in that group and not all in that group.
groupone | comname2
Stefan Hornburg (Racke)
Apr 12, 2020, 4:27:40 AM4/12/20
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On 4/12/20 8:04 AM, Adam McGill wrote:
>
> Is it possible to specify in a playbook hosts value to be a group item from hosts file?
>
> *_example:_*
>
> Is it possible to specify in a playbook hosts value to be a group item from hosts file?
>
>
> Hosts file contains:
>
> [groupone]
> comname1
> comname2
> comname3
>
> in the playbook would like it to grab the group (groupone) but only apply the playbook routine to a name/value in that
> group and not all in that group.
>
> groupone | comname2
>
You get the members of this group with the variable groups['groupone'].
> Hosts file contains:
>
> [groupone]
> comname1
> comname2
> comname3
>
> in the playbook would like it to grab the group (groupone) but only apply the playbook routine to a name/value in that
> group and not all in that group.
>
> groupone | comname2
>
Regards
Racke
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Adam McGill
Apr 12, 2020, 1:50:36 PM4/12/20
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Can i specify it on the hosts: line in the playbook is what i am trying to understand and point it to a value in the group.
hosts:
['groupone']['comname2']
groupone.comname2
gives me warning , could not match supplied host pattern.
tried a few things like above, running into a syntax issue it seems or there isn't a way to do it. Online documentation referencing a lot with referencing groups to combine or exclude. Which isn't what i want,
as i just want to reference a name/value in a group.
Stefan Hornburg (Racke)
Apr 12, 2020, 2:38:52 PM4/12/20
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On 4/12/20 7:50 PM, Adam McGill wrote:
> Can i specify it on the hosts: line in the playbook is what i am trying to understand and point it to a value in the group.
>
> hosts:
> ['groupone']['comname2']
> groupone.comname2
>
> gives me warning , could not match supplied host pattern.
>
> tried a few things like above, running into a syntax issue it seems or there isn't a way to do it. Online documentation
> referencing a lot with referencing groups to combine or exclude. Which isn't what i want,
> as i just want to reference a name/value in a group.
There are a number of possibilities which comes to my mind:
> Can i specify it on the hosts: line in the playbook is what i am trying to understand and point it to a value in the group.
>
> hosts:
> ['groupone']['comname2']
> groupone.comname2
>
> gives me warning , could not match supplied host pattern.
>
> tried a few things like above, running into a syntax issue it seems or there isn't a way to do it. Online documentation
> referencing a lot with referencing groups to combine or exclude. Which isn't what i want,
> as i just want to reference a name/value in a group.
- create new group for comname2, which can be included into [groupone] through [groupone:children]
- create dynamic group in the playbook with add_host task
- use --limit on the command line
Regards
Racke
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> On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 1:04:42 AM UTC-5, Adam McGill wrote:
>
>
> Is it possible to specify in a playbook hosts value to be a group item from hosts file?
>
>
> Hosts file contains:
>
> [groupone]
> comname1
> comname2
> comname3
>
> in the playbook would like it to grab the group (groupone) but only apply the playbook routine to a name/value in
> that group and not all in that group.
>
> groupone | comname2
>
> Hosts file contains:
>
> [groupone]
> comname1
> comname2
> comname3
>
> in the playbook would like it to grab the group (groupone) but only apply the playbook routine to a name/value in
> that group and not all in that group.
>
> groupone | comname2
>
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Adam McGill
Apr 12, 2020, 4:09:00 PM4/12/20
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I took the route of using children groups. Too bad there wasn't a way to pull a group and pick a value in that group passing to the Hosts: value in a playbook. Thanks for the assist/suggestions
Stefan.
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