Clearer examples of hosts.yml inventory (#57999)

* Clearer examples of hosts.yml inventory
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Brian Coca 2019-06-18 16:58:28 -04:00 committed by Alicia Cozine
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# - You can enter hostnames or IP addresses # - You can enter hostnames or IP addresses
# - A hostname/IP can be a member of multiple groups # - A hostname/IP can be a member of multiple groups
# Ex 1: Ungrouped hosts, put them in 'all' or 'ungrouped' group # Ex 1: Ungrouped hosts, put them in 'all' or 'ungrouped' group, defines 4 hosts, one with 2 variables
##all: ##all:
## hosts: ## hosts:
## green.example.com: ## green.example.com:
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## 192.168.100.1: ## 192.168.100.1:
## 192.168.100.10: ## 192.168.100.10:
# Ex 2: A collection of hosts belonging to the 'webservers' group # Ex 2: A collection of hosts belonging to the 'webservers' group, with shared group var
## children: ##webservers:
## webservers: ## hosts:
## hosts: ## alpha.example.org:
## alpha.example.org: ## beta.example.org:
## beta.example.org: ## 192.168.1.100:
## 192.168.1.100: ## 192.168.1.110:
## 192.168.1.110: ## vars:
## http_port: 8080
# Ex 3: You can create hosts using ranges and add children groups and vars to a group # Ex 3: You can create hosts using ranges and add children groups and vars to a group
# The child group can define anything you would normally add to a group. # The child group can define anything you would normally add to a group.
# webservers is added as a child group of testing. gamma.example.org is added # Hosts in child groups inherit all variables from parent, parents include all hosts in child groups.
# to the existing webservers group. All references to webservers will # webservers is added as a child group of testing, so all gamma hosts (1-3) are added
# get alpha.example.org, beta.example.org, gamma.example.org, 192.168.1.100 # to the 'webservers' group, including gamma3, which is defined in the tree of another parent group.
# and 192.168.1.110. References to testing will get all of those hosts plus # All references to webservers will get any hosts defined under webservers.
# any host matching www[001:006].example.com # References to testing will get all of those hosts plus any host matching www[001:006].example.com
## testing: ##webservers:
## hosts: ## hosts:
## www[001:006].example.com: ## gamma1.example.org:
## vars: ## gamma2.example.org:
## testing1: value1 ##testing:
## children: ## hosts:
## webservers: ## www[001:006].example.com:
## hosts: ## vars:
## gamma.example.org: ## testing1: value1
## children:
## webservers:
##other:
## children:
## webservers:
## gamma3.example.org
# From above, the testing group contains: gamma1.example.org gamma2.example.org gamma3.example.org www001.example.com www002.example.com www003.example.com www004.example.com www005.example.com www006.example.com
# Ex 4: all vars # Ex 4: all vars
# keeping within 'all' group you can define common 'all' vars here with lowest precedence # keeping within 'all' group you can define common 'all' vars here with lowest precedence
##all:
## vars: ## vars:
## commontoall: thisvar ## commontoall: thisvar