ansible/contrib/inventory/cobbler.ini

# Ansible Cobbler external inventory script settings
#

[cobbler]

host = http://PATH_TO_COBBLER_SERVER/cobbler_api

# If API needs authentication add 'username' and 'password' options here.
#username = foo
#password = bar

# API calls to Cobbler can be slow. For this reason, we cache the results of an API
# call. Set this to the path you want cache files to be written to. Two files
# will be written to this directory:
#   - ansible-cobbler.cache
#   - ansible-cobbler.index
cache_path = /tmp

# The number of seconds a cache file is considered valid. After this many
# seconds, a new API call will be made, and the cache file will be updated.
cache_max_age = 900
Refactored implementation to make use of caching and to limit the number of connections to external cobbler server for performance. Added use of cobbler.ini file to configure settings. Tested against Cobbler 2.4.0 11 years ago			`# Ansible Cobbler external inventory script settings`
			`#`

			`[cobbler]`

			`host = http://PATH_TO_COBBLER_SERVER/cobbler_api`

add cobbler api authentication options add cobbler api authentication options: username and password, which can be provided if authentication is enabled or cobbler api is behind a proxy that needs authentication. 10 years ago			`# If API needs authentication add 'username' and 'password' options here.`
			`#username = foo`
			`#password = bar`

Refactored implementation to make use of caching and to limit the number of connections to external cobbler server for performance. Added use of cobbler.ini file to configure settings. Tested against Cobbler 2.4.0 11 years ago			`# API calls to Cobbler can be slow. For this reason, we cache the results of an API`
			`# call. Set this to the path you want cache files to be written to. Two files`
			`# will be written to this directory:`
			`# - ansible-cobbler.cache`
			`# - ansible-cobbler.index`
			`cache_path = /tmp`

			`# The number of seconds a cache file is considered valid. After this many`
			`# seconds, a new API call will be made, and the cache file will be updated.`
			`cache_max_age = 900`