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added note about inventory_dir new behaviour (#30865)
* added note about inventory_dir new behaviour
(cherry picked from commit cd5cadfe69982b7668c15f25547c37ae5981db28)
Brian Coca authored on 2017/09/28 01:00:06Showing 2 changed files
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* corrected issues with slack callback plugin |
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* it is import_playbook .. not import_plays .. docs now reflect this |
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* fixed typo and missed include/import conversion in import_tasks docs |
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+* updated porting docs with note about inventory_dir |
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Ansible will not support Python 2.4 nor 2.5 on the target hosts anymore. Going forward, Python 2.6+ will be required on targets, as already is the case on the controller. |
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+Inventory |
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+Inventory has been refactored to be implemented via plugins and now allows for multiple sources. This change is mostly transparent to users. |
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+One exception is the ``inventory_dir``, which is now a host variable; previously it could only have one value so it was set globally. This means you cannot use it early in plays anymore to determine ``hosts:`` or similar keywords. |
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+The ``inventory_file`` remains unchaged, as it was always host specific. |
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Deprecated |
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