From b47bc343ea64cbee77c0a499fbc3293427fa8838 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abhijit Menon-Sen Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:34:45 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Document , instead of : in intro_patterns, update changelog --- CHANGELOG.md | 6 ++++-- docsite/rst/intro_patterns.rst | 14 +++++++------- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 9e5f282ed41..a8e43330dff 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Major Changes: They will retain the value of `None`. To go back to the old behaviour, you can override the `null_representation` setting to an empty string in your config file or by setting the `ANSIBLE_NULL_REPRESENTATION` environment variable. +* Use "pattern1,pattern2" to combine host matching patterns. The use of + ':' as a separator is deprecated (accepted with a warning) because it + conflicts with IPv6 addresses. The undocumented use of ';' as a + separator is no longer supported. * Backslashes used when specifying parameters in jinja2 expressions in YAML dicts sometimes needed to be escaped twice. This has been fixed so that escaping once works. Here's an example of how playbooks need to be modified: @@ -252,8 +256,6 @@ Minor changes: * Many more tests. The new API makes things more testable and we took advantage of it. * big_ip modules now support turning off ssl certificate validation (use only for self-signed certificates). -* Use "pattern1:pattern2" to combine host matching patterns. The undocumented -use of semicolons or commas to combine patterns is no longer supported. * Use ``hosts: groupname[x:y]`` to select a subset of hosts in a group; the ``[x-y]`` range syntax is no longer supported. Note that ``[0:1]`` matches two hosts, i.e. the range is inclusive of its endpoints. diff --git a/docsite/rst/intro_patterns.rst b/docsite/rst/intro_patterns.rst index 8315c09b512..9238d92869e 100644 --- a/docsite/rst/intro_patterns.rst +++ b/docsite/rst/intro_patterns.rst @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The following patterns are equivalent and target all hosts in the inventory:: It is also possible to address a specific host or set of hosts by name:: one.example.com - one.example.com:two.example.com + one.example.com, two.example.com 192.168.1.50 192.168.1.* @@ -35,20 +35,20 @@ The following patterns address one or more groups. Groups separated by a colon This means the host may be in either one group or the other:: webservers - webservers:dbservers + webservers,dbservers You can exclude groups as well, for instance, all machines must be in the group webservers but not in the group phoenix:: - webservers:!phoenix + webservers,!phoenix You can also specify the intersection of two groups. This would mean the hosts must be in the group webservers and the host must also be in the group staging:: - webservers:&staging + webservers,&staging You can do combinations:: - webservers:dbservers:&staging:!phoenix + webservers,dbservers,&staging,!phoenix The above configuration means "all machines in the groups 'webservers' and 'dbservers' are to be managed if they are in the group 'staging' also, but the machines are not to be managed if they are in the group 'phoenix' ... whew! @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ the group 'staging' also, but the machines are not to be managed if they are in You can also use variables if you want to pass some group specifiers via the "-e" argument to ansible-playbook, but this is uncommonly used:: - webservers:!{{excluded}}:&{{required}} + webservers,!{{excluded}},&{{required}} You also don't have to manage by strictly defined groups. Individual host names, IPs and groups, can also be referenced using wildcards:: @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ wildcards:: It's also ok to mix wildcard patterns and groups at the same time:: - one*.com:dbservers + one*.com,dbservers You can select a host or subset of hosts from a group by their position. For example, given the following group::