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openstack-ansible/doc/source/reference/configure-inventory.rst
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Configuring the inventory
=========================
Changing the base environment directory
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ``--environment/-e`` argument will take the path to a directory containing
an ``env.d`` directory. This defaults to ``playbooks/inventory/`` in the
OpenStack-Ansible codebase.
Contents of this directory are populated into the environment *before* the
``env.d`` found in the directory specified by ``--config``.
Checking inventory configuration for errors
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Using the ``--check`` flag when running ``dynamic_inventory.py`` will run the
inventory build process and look for known errors, but not write any files to
disk.
If any groups defined in the ``openstack_user_config.yml`` or ``conf.d`` files
are not found in the environment, a warning will be raised.
This check does not do YAML syntax validation, though it will fail if there
are unparseable errors.
Writing debug logs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ``--debug/-d`` parameter allows writing of a detailed log file for
debugging the inventory script's behavior. The output is written to
``inventory.log`` in the current working directory.
The ``inventory.log`` file is appended to, not overwritten.
Like ``--check``, this flag is not invoked when running from ansible.
Configuration constraints
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Group memberships
-----------------
When adding groups, keep the following in mind:
* A group can contain hosts
* A group can contain child groups
However, groups cannot contain child groups and hosts.
The lxc_hosts Group
-------------------
When the dynamic inventory script creates a container name, the host on
which the container resides is added to the ``lxc_hosts`` inventory group.
Using this name for a group in the configuration will result in a runtime
error.
Dynamic Inventory API documentation
-----------------------------------
.. automodule:: dynamic_inventory
:members: