ansible/plugins/inventory/freeipa.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import argparse
from ipalib import api
import json

def initialize():
    '''
    This function initializes the FreeIPA/IPA API. This function requires
    no arguments. A kerberos key must be present in the users keyring in 
    order for this to work.
    '''

    api.bootstrap(context='cli')
    api.finalize()
    try:
        api.Backend.rpcclient.connect()
    except AttributeError:
        #FreeIPA < 4.0 compatibility
        api.Backend.xmlclient.connect()
    
    return api

def list_groups(api):
    '''
    This function returns a list of all host groups. This function requires
    one argument, the FreeIPA/IPA API object.
    '''

    inventory = {}
    hostvars={}
    meta={}

    result = api.Command.hostgroup_find()['result']

    for hostgroup in result:
        inventory[hostgroup['cn'][0]] = { 'hosts': [host for host in  hostgroup['member_host']]}

        for host in  hostgroup['member_host']:
            hostvars[host] = {}

    inventory['_meta'] = {'hostvars': hostvars}
    inv_string = json.dumps(inventory, indent=1, sort_keys=True)
    print inv_string
    
    return None

def parse_args():
    '''
    This function parses the arguments that were passed in via the command line.
    This function expects no arguments.
    '''

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Ansible FreeIPA/IPA '
                                     'inventory module')
    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
    group.add_argument('--list', action='store_true',
                       help='List active servers')
    group.add_argument('--host', help='List details about the specified host')

    return parser.parse_args()

def print_host(host):
    '''
    This function is really a stub, it could return variables to be used in 
    a playbook. However, at this point there are no variables stored in 
    FreeIPA/IPA.

    This function expects one string, this hostname to lookup variables for.
    '''

    print json.dumps({})

    return None

if __name__ == '__main__':
    args = parse_args()

    if args.host:
        print_host(args.host)
    elif args.list:
        api = initialize()
        list_groups(api)