Mixing groups between dynamic and static works in Ansible 1.7 and higher, so if you are not running that version, I'd upgrade.
"To re-use this same method with static host inventories, the only way I can see is to put each inventory file in a separate directory along with a copy of rollup groups. " I don't understand this part of the question. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Matthew Simon <matthew.b.si...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All! > > > For many of my plays, I use groups of groups to handle items common to > several systems. For example, given an inventory file such as: > > [jenkins_masters] > host1 > > [jenkins_slaves] > slave1 > slave2 > slave3 > > [jenkins_servers:children] > jenkins_masters > jenkins_slaves > > > The playbook might look like: > > - hosts: jenkins_servers > roles: > - java > > > - hosts: jenkins_masters > roles: > - jenkins > > - hosts: jenkins_slaves > roles: > - java_buildtools > > > I'm looking for a way to centralize the population of these top level > groups; meaning, no matter what inventory is used, all hosts in > jenkins_masters and jenkins_slaves are added to jenkins_servers. > > When using dynamic inventory, I found it was very convenient to add a > static inventory file called rollup_groups that contains no hosts, but just: > > [jenkins_masters] > [jenkins_slaves] > > [jenkins_servers:children] > jenkins_masters > jenkins_slaves > > When referring to the directory that contains this and the dynamic > inventory script, the hosts and basic group membership come from the cloud, > and the parent group gets taken care by this file. > > To re-use this same method with static host inventories, the only way I > can see is to put each inventory file in a separate directory along with a > copy of rollup groups. But I don't feel awesome about that solution - > having many copies of the same file bothers me. > > Does anybody have ideas about how else to tackle this? > > Thanks, > > Matt > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/dee38b05-527f-4176-984a-ea385a0b96ca%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/dee38b05-527f-4176-984a-ea385a0b96ca%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgyaisQffAkuWOjZHhaZ2w2YLzMnVeommvks1OKCFP9E-g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
