kubernetes.core.k8s – Kubernetes (K8s) inventory source¶

Note

This plugin is part of the kubernetes.core collection (version 1.2.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install kubernetes.core.

To use it in a playbook, specify: kubernetes.core.k8s.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples

Synopsis ¶

Fetch containers and services for one or more clusters.
Groups by cluster name, namespace, namespace_services, namespace_pods, and labels.
Uses the kubectl connection plugin to access the Kubernetes cluster.
Uses k8s.(yml|yaml) YAML configuration file to set parameter values.

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.7
openshift >= 0.6
PyYAML >= 3.11

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
connections string			Optional list of cluster connection settings. If no connections are provided, the default ~/.kube/config and active context will be used, and objects will be returned for all namespaces the active user is authorized to access.
	api_key string		Token used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_API_KEY environment variable.
	ca_cert string		Path to a CA certificate used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT environment variable. aliases: ssl_ca_cert
	client_cert string		Path to a certificate used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_CERT_FILE environment variable. aliases: cert_file
	client_key string		Path to a key file used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KEY_FILE environment variable. aliases: key_file
	context string		The name of a context found in the config file. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_CONTEXT environment variable.
	host string		Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.
	kubeconfig string		Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the OpenShift client will attempt to load the default configuration file from ~/.kube/config.json. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.
	name string		Optional name to assign to the cluster. If not provided, a name is constructed from the server and port.
	namespaces string		List of namespaces. If not specified, will fetch all containers for all namespaces user is authorized to access.
	password string		Provide a password for authenticating with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PASSWORD environment variable.
	username string		Provide a username for authenticating with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_USERNAME environment variable.
	validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether or not to verify the API server's SSL certificates. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL environment variable. aliases: verify_ssl
plugin string / required		Choices: k8s	token that ensures this is a source file for the 'k8s' plugin.

Examples ¶

# File must be named k8s.yaml or k8s.yml

# Authenticate with token, and return all pods and services for all namespaces
plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
connections:
  - host: https://192.168.64.4:8443
    api_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    validate_certs: false

# Use default config (~/.kube/config) file and active context, and return objects for a specific namespace
plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
connections:
  - namespaces:
    - testing

# Use a custom config file, and a specific context.
plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
connections:
  - kubeconfig: /path/to/config
    context: 'awx/192-168-64-4:8443/developer'

Authors¶

Chris Houseknecht <@chouseknecht>
Fabian von Feilitzsch <@fabianvf>

kubernetes.core.k8s – Kubernetes (K8s) inventory source¶

Synopsis¶

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