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Clarify the "refresh_inventory" meta task when using a dynamic inventory script (#37575)
Clarify the "refresh_inventory" meta task when using a dynamic inventory script since it was somehow documented in this old mailing list message: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/ImhePKKDBZM
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points to implicitly trigger handler runs (after pre/post tasks, the final role execution, and the main tasks section of your plays).
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C(refresh_inventory) (added in 2.0) forces the reload of the inventory, which in the case of dynamic inventory scripts means they will be
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re-executed. This is mainly useful when additional hosts are created and users wish to use them instead of using the `add_host` module."
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re-executed. If the dynamic inventory script is using a cache, Ansible cannot know this and has no way of refreshing it (you can disable the cache
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or, if available for your specific inventory datasource (for es.: aws), you can use the an inventory plugin instead of an inventory script).
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This is mainly useful when additional hosts are created and users wish to use them instead of using the `add_host` module."
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- "C(noop) (added in 2.0) This literally does 'nothing'. It is mainly used internally and not recommended for general use."
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- "C(clear_facts) (added in 2.1) causes the gathered facts for the hosts specified in the play's list of hosts to be cleared, including the fact cache."
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- "C(clear_host_errors) (added in 2.1) clears the failed state (if any) from hosts specified in the play's list of hosts."
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