# Ansible host license across multiple inventories

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-host-license-across-multiple-inventories/23479>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 17, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-host-license-across-multiple-inventories/23479 "2017-01-17T18:42:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![driverA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@driverA](https://forum.ansible.com/u/driverA)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-host-license-across-multiple-inventories/23479/1 "2017-01-17T18:42:52Z")

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Hi everyone, the Ansible/Tower license model is based on hosts. What if I have a host that is a member of multiple inventories? Does Ansible assign a license to the existence of each host within an inventory or does it aggregate the host license based on an IP or hostname?  
thank you.