Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for use with Linode.
The Ansible repository already contains an Linode dynamic inventory plugin, which may be useful to you.
This plugin differs from the 'official' one in the following ways:
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Allows filtering of hosts based on the Linode 'Display Group'. This can help ensure production and staging machines aren't mixed. Configured in the
linode-inventory.iniwith thedisplay-groupkey. -
For each host, sets the
ansible_ssh_hostvariable using the public ip. This eliminates the need to reference hosts by their ip, or maintain your/etc/hostsfile. You can then create another inventory file in the same directory, and reference the hosts by their Linode label. -
Returns host variables in the
_metatop level element, reducing the number of api calls to Linode and speeding up the provisioning process. This eliminates the need to call the executable with--hostfor each host. -
Uses Linode api batch requests. Only makes 2 requests to the api when called with
--list. -
No external dependencies.
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Creates less variables per host, but adding more would be trival. Open a pull-request if you need one defined.
See Developing Dynamic Inventory Sources for more information.
Grab the latest release from Releases
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Download the appropriate package from releases.
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Place the executable inside your ansible directory, alongside other inventory files in a directory or wherever you like.
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Create a
linode-inventory.inifile with your Linode API key in the same directory as the executable. See the inlcluded example ini filelinode-inventory.example.ini. -
Test the output
./linode-inventory --list
- Fixed bug in linode library with max server list limit
- Always use first private or public address identified.
- First public release.