Hostbase Ansible Inventory

A dynamic inventory script for Ansible.

Requirements

• A Hostbase server
• PHP >= 5.4

Installation

1. Download the PHAR: https://github.com/shift31/hostbase-ansible-inventory/raw/master/hostbase-ansible.phar

2. Move it to your preferred location for Ansible inventory scripts

3. Make it executable:

   chmod +x hostbase-ansible.phar

Configuration

Create hostbase-cli.config.php in your current directory, your home directory, or in /etc.

'groups' should be an array of Hostbase host object key names to be used for grouping hosts together.

<?php

 return [
     'baseUrl' => 'http://your.hostbase.server',
     'groups' => ['dataCenter', 'environment']
 ];

Usage

hostbase-ansible [-o|--host="..."] [-l|--list] [-i|--limit="..."] [-g|--list-groups]

Help

hostbase-ansible.phar -h

Options

 --host (-o)           Show a host
 --list (-l)           List hosts by group
 --limit (-i)          Maximum number of hosts (default: 10000)
 --list-groups (-g)    List groups

Reference

Ansible Docs

• Patterns
• Developing Dynamic Inventory Sources