Previously, hostvars would only expose a keys() list of hosts that had
been seen yet- however you could explicitly access the host if you knew
the name, and get the content that way. This precludes template code
from being able to safely access information about other hosts if any
limiters/tags were in use.
Additionally, the object was inconsistent for hostvars['myhost'] access
and [x[1] for x in hostvars.items() if x[0] == 'myhost'] access; this is
due to the original derivation from the dict object. .items() would be
handled by dict.items(), using the passed in setup_cache values without
using the actual lookup content.
This patch rebases the class implementation to a py2.6 dictmixin, fixing
those issues and restoring behaviour to match what the docs claim.
For link-local addresses, it is sometimes necessary to append the
interface to use for the ipv6 address. This patch extends the ipv6
regex to allow for '%ifnameX' at the end.
See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=136852 for more info
Due to various inconsistencies of ssh and sftp regarding ipv6 and
ipv4 handling, some special arguments must be passed, and the
ipv6 must be passed in a specific format.
testing with a ipv6 :
ansible -u misc -i '[2002::c23e]:22,' '*' -m ping
fail due to parsing of ':' as a separator of port/ip with ipv4.
This commit add support for properly parsing 2002::c23 and the
bracket notation [2002::ce]:2222
The block that added the original list of roles was indented too far,
and was only being reached if a role had dependencies. This resulted
in roles without dependencies from being added to the list of roles.
Credit goes to looped for reporting and diagnosing the issue.
Fixes#3686
Dependencies are enabled by adding a new directory/file named
meta/main.yml to the role. The format of the dependencies are:
dependencies:
- { role: foo, x: 1, y: 2 }
- { role: bar, x: 3, y: 4 }
...
Dependencies inherit variables as they are seen at the time of the
dependency inclusion. For example, if foo(x=1, y=2) has a dependency
on bar(x=3,z=4), then bar will have variables (x=3,y=2,z=4).
Different roles can have dependencies on the same role, and this
variable inheritence allows for the reuse of generic roles quite easily.
For example:
Role 'car' has the following dependencies:
dependencies:
- { role: wheel, n: 1 }
- { role: wheel, n: 2 }
- { role: wheel, n: 3 }
- { role: wheel, n: 4 }
Role 'wheel' has the following dependencies:
dependencies:
- { role: tire }
- { role: brake }
The role 'car' is then used as follows:
- { role: car, type: honda }
And tasks/main.yml in each role simply contains the following:
- name: {{ type }} whatever {{ n }}
command: echo ''
TASK: [honda tire 1]
TASK: [honda brake 1]
TASK: [honda wheel 1]
TASK: [honda tire 2]
TASK: [honda brake 2]
TASK: [honda wheel 2]
TASK: [honda tire 3]
TASK: [honda brake 3]
TASK: [honda wheel 3]
TASK: [honda tire 4]
TASK: [honda brake 4]
TASK: [honda wheel 4]
TASK: [I'm a honda] <- (this is in roles/car/tasks/main.yml)
Previous patch was reverted due to the fact that there was an issue
with the results not always being a dictionary (they're sometimes
a unicode string, ie. when the with_items is used with yum). This
minor change corrects that by checking for a dict object.
to ensure consistent behavior, hosts should look like this:
hosts: webservers:&boston:!rack42
So when applying the host selectors, run those without the "&" first,
then the &s, then the !s.
Closes#3500
and the _meta hash contains a "hostvars", don't call --host hostname for any elements
and just serve them directly for performance enhancements with the external inventory
script and a large number of hosts.
Added support of an optional init method for action modules like rsync that need to alter the connection and other inject data before it's established.
