Define group in hosts file based on intersection of 2 groups

[Iain M. Conochie]

Hello,

It is possible to limit the hosts the ansible command runs against by specifying patterns on the command line like so:

ansible webservers:!staging -m ping

Is it possible to use the same technique to define groups in the inventory file, so that the new group is defined by the intersection of 2 child groups?

Thanks

Iain

[Brian Coca]

No, that is only available in the `hosts:` clause of a play, with --limit and for `ansible` in the host pattern specified (equivalent to `hosts:` in a play).

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Brian Coca

[Raj]

That should be possible.

I have been doing something like that using the escape character in command line. Ansible version 2.3

ansible webserver:\&dev -m ping

ansible webserver:\!prod -m ping

Thanks.