make name the parameter, with hostname as alias

name is used throughout Ansible, it's the "standard". This change
applies that standard to the add_host routine and updates the docs to
reflect that. Related to https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/3254
reviewable/pr18780/r1
Jesse Keating 11 years ago
parent 0596f474cf
commit c050f911af

@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ description:
version_added: "0.9"
options:
name:
aliases: [ 'hostname' ]
description:
- The hostname/ip of the host to add to the inventory, can include a colon and a port number.
required: true
@ -23,10 +24,10 @@ author: Seth Vidal
EXAMPLES = '''
# add host to group 'just_created' with variable foo=42
- add_host: hostname=${ip_from_ec2} groups=just_created foo=42
- add_host: name=${ip_from_ec2} groups=just_created foo=42
# add a host with a non-standard port local to your machines
- add_host: hostname='${new_ip}:${new_port}'
- add_host: name='${new_ip}:${new_port}'
# add a host alias that we reach through a tunnel
- add_host: hostname=${new_ip}

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