script - Executes an inventory script that returns JSON¶

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis ¶

The source provided must an executable that returns Ansible inventory JSON
The source must accept –list and –host <hostname> as arguments. –host will only be used if no _meta key is present. This is a performance optimization as the script would be called per host otherwise.

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
always_show_stderr (added in 2.5.1)	Default: yes	ini entries: [inventory_plugin_script ] always_show_stderr = yes env:ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_PLUGIN_SCRIPT_STDERR	Toggle display of stderr even when script was successful
cache	Default: no	ini entries: [inventory_plugin_script ] cache = no env:ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_PLUGIN_SCRIPT_CACHE	Toggle the usage of the configured Cache plugin.

Note

It takes the place of the previously hardcoded script inventory.
To function it requires being whitelisted in configuration, which is true by default.

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