It is possible to make a groups tree?

[k0ste]

Hi, in ini inventory we can make a parent-children relations like this:

[main:children]
tag1
tag2

[tag1]
host1
host2

[tag2]
host3
host4

The tree will be:

---
main:
  tag1:
    - host1
    - host2
  tag2:
    - host3
    - host4

This is possible to make a children of groups by nb_inventory? For example by tags of device or virtual machine object

Thanks!

[sc68cal]

You probably will have to look into add_host or group_by, or you will need to use a combination of nb_inventory and an INI file to create these hierarchies.

Ansible supports multiple -i parameters, so you can pass in both a dynamic inventory configuration as well as an INI file and as long as the hostnames all match it should work, but I have only used add_host to dynamically set groups in my playbooks.

[tobiicerb]

I have a problem with this as well, but with child groups. Is it possible to define child groups with the netbox inventory somehow? It does work with an additional file, but then I have to control my group definitions in two places, while I have to define the groups in netbox and then use another inventory to define the "relationship". The main reason for this is that variable precedence depends on the inventory source, if I understood this thread correctly: Child group variable do not override parent group variable

Example:
netbox_inventory:

plugin: netbox.netbox.nb_inventory
validate_certs: true
ansible_host_dns_name: yes
dns_name: yes
fetch_all: yes
config_context: true
interfaces: yes
vm_query_filters:
  - tag: production
  - status: active
device_query_filters:
  - id: -1

keyed_groups:
  - prefix: platform
    key: platform
  - prefix: tag
    key: tags
groups:
  linux: "'ubuntu' in platform"
  linuxwebserver: "'linuxwebserver' in tags"

Hosts file:

all:
  children:
    linux:
      hosts:
      children:
        linuxwebserver:

[k0ste]

Resolved via:

---
plugin: 'netbox.netbox.nb_inventory'
api_endpoint: '<endpoint>'
token: '<token>'
config_context: 'no'
site_data: 'yes'
interfaces: 'yes'
group_names_raw: 'yes'
use_extra_vars: 'yes'
fetch_all: 'no'
group_by:
  - 'device_roles'
keyed_groups:
  - key: 'device_role'
    parent_group: 'my_root_group_name'
    trailing_separator: false
    separator: ''
query_filters:
  - status: 'active'
  - cluster_id: 3
device_query_filters:
  - has_primary_ip: 'true'
vm_query_filters:
  - name__empty: 'true'