Document static groups of dynamic groups

Document how to create static groups with dynamic child groups
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Lorin Hochstein 12 years ago
parent 9da06274a8
commit d50dc45cd4

@ -223,6 +223,26 @@ If the location given to -i in Ansible is a directory (or as so configured in an
at the same time. When doing so, it is possible to mix both dynamic and statically managed inventory sources in the same ansible run. Instant
hybrid cloud!
.. _static_groups_of_dynamic:
Static Groups of Dynamic Groups
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When defining groups of groups in the static inventory file, the child groups
must also be defined in the static inventory file, or ansible will return an
error. If you want to define a static group of dynamic child groups, define
the dynamic groups as empty in the static inventory file. For example::
[tag_Name_staging_foo]
[tag_Name_staging_bar]
[staging:children]
tag_Name_staging_foo
tag_Name_staging_bar
.. seealso::
:doc:`intro_inventory`

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