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clarified inventory_dir changes for 2.4 (#31484)

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* clarified inventory_dir changes for 2.4

added example on how to restore (mostly) old behaviour for add_hosts

fixes #30901
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Brian Coca
2017-10-09 23:56:32 -04:00
committed by Toshio Kuratomi
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@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ Ansible will not support Python 2.4 or 2.5 on the target hosts anymore. Going fo
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.
Inventory has been refactored to be implemented via plugins and now allows for multiple sources. This change is mostly transparent to users.
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.
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 can no longer use it early in plays to determine ``hosts:`` or similar keywords.
This also changes the behaviour of ``add_hosts`` and the implicit localhost;
because they no longer automatically inherit the global value, they default to ``None``. See the module documentation for more information.
The ``inventory_file`` remains unchanged, as it was always host specific.