inventory_from_outputs Ansible Role does not permit setting Inventory Group Variables

[sean-freeman]

SUMMARY

inventory_from_outputs Ansible Role does not permit Inventory Group Variables, it is primarily a wrapper around the add_hosts Ansible Module but does not allow full use of the Ansible Module

For examples:

• if not using a Private Key stored in the default path (e.g. $HOME/.ssh, then the hosts in each Inventory Group are inaccessible without ansible_ssh_private_key_file variable set by the `add_hosts Ansible Module to a string for the Host/s SSH Private Key File path
• if using infrastructure provisioned on a Cloud Service Provider hyperscaler (aws, azure, gcp, oci, ayi etc etc), then the hosts in each Inventory Group are inaccessible without ansible_ssh_common_args variable set by the add_hosts Ansible Module to a string for the Bastion Host configuration (OS User, Host IP, Port, SSH Private Key File path); such as -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=3600s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o ForwardX11=no -o ProxyCommand='ssh -W %h:%p $BASTION_USER@$BASTION_IP -p $BASTION_PORT -i $BASTION_KEYFILE -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null'

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

cloud.terraform.inventory_from_outputs

COLLECTION VERSION

1.0.x

ACTUAL RESULTS

Cannot replicate, this bug represents a design decision that should be investigated and alterations accordingly