diff --git a/docsite/rst/intro_dynamic_inventory.rst b/docsite/rst/intro_dynamic_inventory.rst index e42da4bad8f..7eeb517b2f4 100644 --- a/docsite/rst/intro_dynamic_inventory.rst +++ b/docsite/rst/intro_dynamic_inventory.rst @@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ It is expected that many Ansible users with a reasonable amount of physical hard While primarily used to kickoff OS installations and manage DHCP and DNS, Cobbler has a generic layer that allows it to represent data for multiple configuration management systems (even at the same time), and has -been referred to as a 'lightweight CMDB' by some admins. This particular script will communicate with Cobbler -using Cobbler's XMLRPC API. +been referred to as a 'lightweight CMDB' by some admins. To tie Ansible's inventory to Cobbler (optional), copy `this script `_ to /etc/ansible and `chmod +x` the file. cobblerd will now need to be running when you are using Ansible and you'll need to use Ansible's ``-i`` command line option (e.g. ``-i /etc/ansible/cobbler.py``). +This particular script will communicate with Cobbler using Cobbler's XMLRPC API. First test the script by running ``/etc/ansible/cobbler.py`` directly. You should see some JSON data output, but it may not have anything in it just yet.