linode – Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for Linode

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Reads inventories from the Linode API v4.

  • Uses a YAML configuration file that ends with linode.(yml|yaml).

  • Linode labels are used by default as the hostnames.

  • The inventory groups are built from groups and not tags.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7

  • linode_api4 >= 2.0.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
access_token
- / required
env:LINODE_ACCESS_TOKEN
The Linode account personal access token.
plugin
- / required
    Choices:
  • linode
marks this as an instance of the 'linode' plugin
regions
list
Default:
[]
Populate inventory with instances in this region.
types
list
Default:
[]
Populate inventory with instances with this type.

Examples

# Minimal example. `LINODE_ACCESS_TOKEN` is exposed in environment.
plugin: linode

# Example with regions, types, groups and access token
plugin: linode
access_token: foobar
regions:
  - eu-west
types:
  - g5-standard-2

Status

Authors

  • Luke Murphy (@lwm)

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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.