ngine_io.vultr.vultr – Vultr inventory source

Note

This plugin is part of the ngine_io.vultr collection (version 1.1.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install ngine_io.vultr.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ngine_io.vultr.vultr.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
api_account
string
Default:
"default"
Specify the account to be used.
api_config
path
env:VULTR_API_CONFIG
Path to the vultr configuration file. If not specified will be taken from regular Vultr configuration.
api_key
string
env:VULTR_API_KEY
Vultr API key. If not specified will be taken from regular Vultr configuration.
compose
dictionary
Default:
{}
Create vars from jinja2 expressions.
filter_by_tag
string
Only return servers filtered by this tag
groups
dictionary
Default:
{}
Add hosts to group based on Jinja2 conditionals.
hostname
string
    Choices:
  • v4_main_ip ←
  • v6_main_ip
  • name
Field to match the hostname. Note v4_main_ip corresponds to the main_ip field returned from the API and name to label.
keyed_groups
list / elements=string
Default:
[]
Add hosts to group based on the values of a variable.
plugin
string / required
    Choices:
  • vultr
Token that ensures this is a source file for the 'vultr' plugin.
strict
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If yes make invalid entries a fatal error, otherwise skip and continue.
Since it is possible to use facts in the expressions they might not always be available and we ignore those errors by default.

Examples

# inventory_vultr.yml file in YAML format
# Example command line: ansible-inventory --list -i inventory_vultr.yml

# Group by a region as lower case and with prefix e.g. "vultr_region_amsterdam" and by OS without prefix e.g. "CentOS_7_x64"
plugin: vultr
keyed_groups:
  - prefix: vultr_region
    key: region | lower
  - separator: ""
    key: os

# Pass a tag filter to the API
plugin: vultr
filter_by_tag: Cache

Authors

  • Yanis Guenane (@Spredzy)

  • René Moser (@resmo)