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Improving documentation of the aws_ec2 inventory plugin (#55255)

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Jiri Tyr 2019-04-15 21:16:21 +01:00 committed by Alicia Cozine
parent 7efb952825
commit 720f62bf85

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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
DOCUMENTATION = '''
name: aws_ec2
plugin_type: inventory
short_description: ec2 inventory source
short_description: EC2 inventory source
requirements:
- boto3
- botocore
@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
- aws_credentials
description:
- Get inventory hosts from Amazon Web Services EC2.
- Uses a YAML configuration file that ends with aws_ec2.(yml|yaml).
- Uses a YAML configuration file that ends with C(aws_ec2.(yml|yaml)).
notes:
- If no credentials are provided and the control node has an associated IAM instance profile then the
role will be used for authentication.
options:
plugin:
description: token that ensures this is a source file for the 'aws_ec2' plugin.
description: Token that ensures this is a source file for the plugin.
required: True
choices: ['aws_ec2']
regions:
@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
'''
EXAMPLES = '''
# Minimal example using environment vars or instance role credentials
# Fetch all hosts in us-east-1, the hostname is the public DNS if it exists, otherwise the private IP address
plugin: aws_ec2
@ -85,23 +84,24 @@ regions:
# Example using filters, ignoring permission errors, and specifying the hostname precedence
plugin: aws_ec2
boto_profile: aws_profile
regions: # populate inventory with instances in these regions
# Populate inventory with instances in these regions
regions:
- us-east-1
- us-east-2
filters:
# all instances with their `Environment` tag set to `dev`
# All instances with their `Environment` tag set to `dev`
tag:Environment: dev
# all dev and QA hosts
# All dev and QA hosts
tag:Environment:
- dev
- qa
instance.group-id: sg-xxxxxxxx
# ignores 403 errors rather than failing
# Ignores 403 errors rather than failing
strict_permissions: False
# note: I(hostnames) sets the inventory_hostname. To modify ansible_host without modifying
# Note: I(hostnames) sets the inventory_hostname. To modify ansible_host without modifying
# inventory_hostname use compose (see example below).
hostnames:
- tag:Name=Tag1,Name=Tag2 # return specific hosts only
- tag:Name=Tag1,Name=Tag2 # Return specific hosts only
- tag:CustomDNSName
- dns-name
- private-ip-address
@ -114,30 +114,31 @@ regions:
# keyed_groups may be used to create custom groups
strict: False
keyed_groups:
# add e.g. x86_64 hosts to an arch_x86_64 group
# Add e.g. x86_64 hosts to an arch_x86_64 group
- prefix: arch
key: 'architecture'
# add hosts to tag_Name_Value groups for each Name/Value tag pair
# Add hosts to tag_Name_Value groups for each Name/Value tag pair
- prefix: tag
key: tags
# add hosts to e.g. instance_type_z3_tiny
# Add hosts to e.g. instance_type_z3_tiny
- prefix: instance_type
key: instance_type
# create security_groups_sg_abcd1234 group for each SG
# Create security_groups_sg_abcd1234 group for each SG
- key: 'security_groups|json_query("[].group_id")'
prefix: 'security_groups'
# create a group for each value of the Application tag
# Create a group for each value of the Application tag
- key: tags.Application
separator: ''
# create a group per region e.g. aws_region_us_east_2
# Create a group per region e.g. aws_region_us_east_2
- key: placement.region
prefix: aws_region
# set individual variables with compose
# Set individual variables with compose
compose:
# use the private IP address to connect to the host
# Use the private IP address to connect to the host
# (note: this does not modify inventory_hostname, which is set via I(hostnames))
ansible_host: private_ip_address
'''
import re
from ansible.errors import AnsibleError