inventory plugin: adding the instance hostname field as inventory hostname #438
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Can we please get some eyes on the PR? I also need this feature. |
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So apparently there is a workaround implemented last month: #464 |
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Thanks! I saw that, but i guess not ideal given the hostname field does exist. it's a small lift to add that label. Do you think it will be a hard no on this PR? |
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I don't know, it would be nice to have some input from the maintainers, as this PR is open for more than 4 months. |
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Yes! I agree, I thought Ansible's strategy in forking content into community maintained collections was to avoid situations like this. |
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Fixes ansible-collections#434 It is basically the same as ansible-collections#438 but with a few extra checks, don't want to rebase the whole thing. Signed-off-by: Jorge Gallegos <[email protected]>
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inventory plugin: adding the instance hostname field as inventory hostname
I opened an issue but it's preferable to do this on a PR.
Fixes #434
I think it would be a great addition. In my setup I use the
hostnamefield of the instance which allows me to use a full FQDN. I cannot use as-is the FQDN in thenamefield since it does not allow dots ".".I am concerned about how to handle the fact that the
hostnamefield might be absent (it is not mandatory on GCP). I fallbacked on thenamefield.What do you think ?
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