exemple: inventory refactory

example/ansible/inventory/multipass.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import json
+import re
+
+out = subprocess.run(["multipass", "list", "--format=json"], capture_output=True)
+if out.returncode != 0:
+    print(f"ERR executing multipass list: {out.returncode}")
+    sys.exit(out.returncode)
+
+instances = json.loads(out.stdout)
+ret = {
+    "_meta": {"hostvars": {}},
+    "linux": {"hosts": []}
+}
+
+for instance in instances['list']:
+    if instance['state'] != "Running":
+        continue
+
+    release = instance['release'].replace(' ', '').replace('.', '').lower()
+    if release not in ret:
+        ret[release] = {"hosts": []}
+
+    group = re.search('^[a-z]+', instance['name']).group()
+    if group not in ret:
+        ret[group] = {"hosts": []}
+
+    ret['_meta']['hostvars'][instance['name']] = {"ansible_host": instance['ipv4'][0] }
+    ret['linux']['hosts'].append(instance['name'])
+    ret[release]['hosts'].append(instance['name'])
+    ret[group]['hosts'].append(instance['name'])
+
+print(json.dumps(ret))