Host Module

[Paul Wolstenholme]

I've just upgrade to Ansible 1.5.4. It's awesome. I had been using the host module in the version I had upgrade from.  Just wondering what the status of the host module. Is it permanently dead.

Cheers,

Paul

[Michael DeHaan]

Thanks!

Host module was pulled due to non-workiness in a development version IIRC, of which form of non-workiness, I don't particularly remember.

I think a lot of it had to do with not understanding the topology of the host file and being rather line oriented, such as if you remove something that is a record or an alias, what does it do with the other aliases or records.

I'd *possibly* be open to including a working one, though I do generally feel /etc/host files are better managed with templates most of the time.

It might take some doing.

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[Paul Wolstenholme]

If I recall correctly, I originally used templates for the purpose. Sometimes it is easy to get carried away trying to use every possible module :-) I've seen people get a bit fancy with lineinfile as well (https://gist.github.com/rothgar/8793800). But, I think I'll go back to using the templates module. 

Thanks,

Paul 

[Michael DeHaan]

Yay, a convert!  :)

It's definitely way easier.

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