Try SpotterAdd a host (and alternatively a group) to the ansible-playbook in-memory inventory
| "added in version" 0.9 of ansible.builtin"
Authors: Ansible Core Team, Seth Vidal (@skvidal)
This plugin has a corresponding action plugin.
pipInstall with pip install ansible-core==2.16.5
Use variables to create new hosts and groups in inventory for use in later plays of the same playbook.
Takes variables so you can define the new hosts more fully.
This module is also supported for Windows targets.
- name: Add host to group 'just_created' with variable foo=42
ansible.builtin.add_host:
name: '{{ ip_from_ec2 }}'
groups: just_created
foo: 42
- name: Add host to multiple groups
ansible.builtin.add_host:
hostname: '{{ new_ip }}'
groups:
- group1
- group2
- name: Add a host with a non-standard port local to your machines
ansible.builtin.add_host:
name: '{{ new_ip }}:{{ new_port }}'
- name: Add a host alias that we reach through a tunnel (Ansible 1.9 and older)
ansible.builtin.add_host:
hostname: '{{ new_ip }}'
ansible_ssh_host: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
ansible_ssh_port: '{{ new_port }}'
- name: Add a host alias that we reach through a tunnel (Ansible 2.0 and newer)
ansible.builtin.add_host:
hostname: '{{ new_ip }}'
ansible_host: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
ansible_port: '{{ new_port }}'
- name: Ensure inventory vars are set to the same value as the inventory_hostname has (close to pre Ansible 2.4 behaviour)
ansible.builtin.add_host:
hostname: charlie
inventory_dir: '{{ inventory_dir }}'
- name: Add all hosts running this playbook to the done group
ansible.builtin.add_host:
name: '{{ item }}'
groups: done
loop: "{{ ansible_play_hosts }}"
name:
aliases:
- host
- hostname
description:
- The hostname/ip of the host to add to the inventory, can include a colon and a port
number.
required: true
type: str
groups:
aliases:
- group
- groupname
description:
- The groups to add the hostname to.
elements: str
type: list