docker_swarm – Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for Docker swarm nodes

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Reads inventories from the Docker swarm API.

  • Uses a YAML configuration file docker_swarm.[yml|yaml].

  • The plugin returns following groups of swarm nodes: all - all hosts; workers - all worker nodes; managers - all manager nodes; leader - the swarm leader node; nonleaders - all nodes except the swarm leader.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this inventory.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
api_version
string
The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host.
Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by docker-py.

aliases: docker_api_version
ca_cert
path
Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to a CA certificate file.

aliases: tls_ca_cert, cacert_path
client_cert
path
Path to the client's TLS certificate file.

aliases: tls_client_cert, cert_path
client_key
path
Path to the client's TLS key file.

aliases: tls_client_key, key_path
compose
dictionary
Default:
{}
Create vars from jinja2 expressions.
docker_host
string / required
Socket of a Docker swarm manager node (tcp, unix).
Use unix://var/run/docker.sock to connect via local socket.

aliases: docker_url
groups
dictionary
Default:
{}
Add hosts to group based on Jinja2 conditionals.
include_host_uri
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Toggle to return the additional attribute ansible_host_uri which contains the URI of the swarm leader in format of tcp://172.16.0.1:2376. This value may be used without additional modification as value of option docker_host in Docker Swarm modules when connecting via API. The port always defaults to 2376.
include_host_uri_port
integer
Override the detected port number included in ansible_host_uri
keyed_groups
list
Default:
[]
Add hosts to group based on the values of a variable.
plugin
string / required
    Choices:
  • d
  • o
  • c
  • k
  • e
  • r
  • _
  • s
  • w
  • a
  • r
  • m
The name of this plugin, it should always be set to docker_swarm for this plugin to recognize it as it's own.
ssl_version
string
Provide a valid SSL version number. Default value determined by ssl.py module.
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.
timeout
integer
Default:
60
The maximum amount of time in seconds to wait on a response from the API.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable DOCKER_TIMEOUT will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.

aliases: time_out
tls
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Connect using TLS without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server.
tls_hostname
string
When verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server, provide the expected name of the server.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Toggle if connecting using TLS with or without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server.

aliases: tls_verify
verbose_output
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Toggle to (not) include all available nodes metadata (e.g. Platform, Architecture, OS, EngineVersion)

Examples

# Minimal example using local docker
plugin: docker_swarm
docker_host: unix://var/run/docker.sock

# Minimal example using remote docker
plugin: docker_swarm
docker_host: tcp://my-docker-host:2375

# Example using remote docker with unverified TLS
plugin: docker_swarm
docker_host: tcp://my-docker-host:2376
tls: yes

# Example using remote docker with verified TLS and client certificate verification
plugin: docker_swarm
docker_host: tcp://my-docker-host:2376
validate_certs: yes
ca_cert: /somewhere/ca.pem
client_key: /somewhere/key.pem
client_cert: /somewhere/cert.pem

# Example using constructed features to create groups and set ansible_host
plugin: docker_swarm
docker_host: tcp://my-docker-host:2375
strict: False
keyed_groups:
  # add e.g. x86_64 hosts to an arch_x86_64 group
  - prefix: arch
    key: 'Description.Platform.Architecture'
  # add e.g. linux hosts to an os_linux group
  - prefix: os
    key: 'Description.Platform.OS'
  # create a group per node label
  # e.g. a node labeled w/ "production" ends up in group "label_production"
  # hint: labels containing special characters will be converted to safe names
  - key: 'Spec.Labels'
    prefix: label

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Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.