netbox.netbox.nb_inventory inventory – NetBox inventory source
Note
This inventory plugin is part of the netbox.netbox collection (version 3.7.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package.
It is not included in ansible-core.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install netbox.netbox.
To use it in a playbook, specify: netbox.netbox.nb_inventory.
Parameters
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If True, sets DNS Name (fetched from primary_ip) to be used in ansible_host variable, instead of IP Address. Choices:
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Endpoint of the NetBox API Configuration:
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CA path Default: “no” |
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Toggle to enable/disable the caching of the inventory’s source data, requires a cache plugin setup to work. Choices:
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Cache connection data or path, read cache plugin documentation for specifics. Configuration:
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Cache plugin to use for the inventory’s source data. Default: “memory” Configuration:
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Prefix to use for cache plugin files/tables Default: “ansible_inventory_” Configuration:
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Cache duration in seconds Default: 3600 Configuration:
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Certificate path Default: “no” |
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List of custom ansible host vars to create from the device object fetched from NetBox Default: {} |
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If True, it adds config_context in host vars. Config-context enables the association of arbitrary data to devices and virtual machines grouped by region, site, role, platform, and/or tenant. Please check official netbox docs for more info. Choices:
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List of parameters passed to the query string for devices (Multiple values may be separated by commas) Default: [] |
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Force IP Addresses to be fetched so that the dns_name for the primary_ip of each device or VM is set as a host_var. Setting interfaces will also fetch IP addresses and the dns_name host_var will be set. Choices:
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By default, fetching interfaces and services will get all of the contents of NetBox regardless of query_filters applied to devices and VMs. When set to False, separate requests will be made fetching interfaces, services, and IP addresses for each device_id and virtual_machine_id. If you are using the various query_filters options to reduce the number of devices, you may find querying NetBox faster with fetch_all set to False. For efficiency, when False, these requests will be batched, for example /api/dcim/interfaces?limit=0&device_id=1&device_id=2&device_id=3 These GET request URIs can become quite large for a large number of devices. If you run into HTTP 414 errors, you can adjust the max_uri_length option to suit your web server. Choices:
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If config_context is enabled, by default it’s added as a host var named config_context. If flatten_config_context is set to True, the config context variables will be added directly to the host instead. Choices:
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By default, host custom fields are added as a dictionary host var named custom_fields. If flatten_custom_fields is set to True, the fields will be added directly to the host instead. Choices:
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If local_context_data is enabled, by default it’s added as a host var named local_context_data. If flatten_local_context_data is set to True, the config context variables will be added directly to the host instead. Choices:
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Determine how redirects are followed. By default, follow_redirects is set to uses urllib2 default behavior. Choices:
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Keys used to create groups. The plurals and racks options control which of these are valid. rack_group is supported on NetBox versions 2.10 or lower only location is supported on NetBox versions 2.11 or higher only Choices:
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Will not add the group_by choice name to the group names Choices:
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Add hosts to group based on Jinja2 conditionals. Default: {} |
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If True, it adds the device or virtual machine interface information in host vars. Choices:
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Certificate key path Default: “no” |
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Add hosts to group based on the values of a variable. Default: [] |
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The default value when the host variable’s value is an empty string. This option is mutually exclusive with |
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The key from input dictionary used to generate groups |
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parent group for keyed group |
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A keyed group name will start with this prefix Default: “” |
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separator used to build the keyed group name Default: “_” |
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Set this option to False to omit the This option is mutually exclusive with Choices:
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Use in conjunction with keyed_groups. By default, a keyed group that does not have a prefix or a separator provided will have a name that starts with an underscore. This is because the default prefix is “” and the default separator is “_”. Set this option to False to omit the leading underscore (or other separator) if no prefix is given. If the group name is derived from a mapping the separator is still used to concatenate the items. To not use a separator in the group name at all, set the separator for the keyed group to an empty string instead. Choices:
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When fetch_all is False, GET requests to NetBox may become quite long and return a HTTP 414 (URI Too Long). You can adjust this option to be smaller to avoid 414 errors, or larger for a reduced number of requests. Default: 4000 |
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token that ensures this is a source file for the ‘netbox’ plugin. Choices:
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If True, all host vars are contained inside single-element arrays for legacy compatibility with old versions of this plugin. Group names will be plural (ie. “sites_mysite” instead of “site_mysite”) The choices of group_by will be changed by this option. Choices:
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If True, it adds the device or virtual machine prefixes to hostvars nested under “site”. Must match selection for “site_data”, as this changes the structure of “site” in hostvars Choices:
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List of parameters passed to the query string for both devices and VMs (Multiple values may be separated by commas) Default: [] |
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If False, skip querying the racks for information, which can be slow with great amounts of racks. The choices of group_by will be changed by this option. Choices:
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If True, it adds the device or virtual machine services information in host vars. Choices:
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If True, sites’ full data structures returned from Netbox API are included in host vars. Choices:
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If Since it is possible to use facts in the expressions they might not always be available and we ignore those errors by default. Choices:
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Timeout for NetBox requests in seconds Default: 60 |
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NetBox API token to be able to read against NetBox. This may not be required depending on the NetBox setup. Configuration:
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Merge extra vars into the available variables for composition (highest precedence). Choices:
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Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to Choices:
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When a device is part of a virtual chassis, use the virtual chassis name as the Ansible inventory hostname. The host var values will be from the virtual chassis master. Choices:
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List of parameters passed to the query string for VMs (Multiple values may be separated by commas) Default: [] |
Examples
# netbox_inventory.yml file in YAML format
# Example command line: ansible-inventory -v --list -i netbox_inventory.yml
plugin: netbox.netbox.nb_inventory
api_endpoint: http://localhost:8000
validate_certs: True
config_context: False
group_by:
- device_roles
query_filters:
- role: network-edge-router
device_query_filters:
- has_primary_ip: 'true'
# has_primary_ip is a useful way to filter out patch panels and other passive devices
# Query filters are passed directly as an argument to the fetching queries.
# You can repeat tags in the query string.
query_filters:
- role: server
- tag: web
- tag: production
# See the NetBox documentation at https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/stable/rest-api/overview/
# the query_filters work as a logical **OR**
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# Prefix any custom fields with cf_ and pass the field value with the regular NetBox query string
query_filters:
- cf_foo: bar
# NetBox inventory plugin also supports Constructable semantics
# You can fill your hosts vars using the compose option:
plugin: netbox.netbox.nb_inventory
compose:
foo: last_updated
bar: display_name
nested_variable: rack.display_name
# You can use keyed_groups to group on properties of devices or VMs.
# NOTE: It's only possible to key off direct items on the device/VM objects.
plugin: netbox.netbox.nb_inventory
keyed_groups:
- prefix: status
key: status.value
# For use in Ansible Tower (AWX), please see this blog from RedHat: https://www.ansible.com/blog/using-an-inventory-plugin-from-a-collection-in-ansible-tower
# The credential for NetBox will need to expose NETBOX_API and NETBOX_TOKEN as environment variables.
# Example Ansible Tower credential Input Configuration:
fields:
- id: NETBOX_API
type: string
label: NetBox Host URL
- id: NETBOX_TOKEN
type: string
label: NetBox API Token
secret: true
required:
- NETBOX_API
- NETBOX_TOKEN
# Example Ansible Tower credential Injector Configuration:
env:
NETBOX_API: '{{ NETBOX_API }}'
NETBOX_TOKEN: '{{ NETBOX_TOKEN }}'
Authors
Remy Leone (@sieben)
Anthony Ruhier (@Anthony25)
Nikhil Singh Baliyan (@nikkytub)
Sander Steffann (@steffann)
Douglas Heriot (@DouglasHeriot)
Hint
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.