# Ansible Inventory Plugin

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-inventory-plugin/38649>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 12, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-inventory-plugin/38649 "2024-01-12T12:50:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kai\_Pistorius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/kai_pistorius/32/9635_2.png) [@Kai\_Pistorius](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Pistorius)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-inventory-plugin/38649/1 "2024-01-12T12:50:01Z")

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I am trying to develop a Ansible Inventory Plugin based on some examples I found on Github.  
This is my Yaml File:

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**Author:** ![Endre\_Szabo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbce88/32.png) [@Endre\_Szabo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Endre_Szabo)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-inventory-plugin/38649/2 "2024-01-12T13:23:06Z")

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You don't need to have that Yaml file parsed/verified from within your plugin.

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Pistorius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/kai_pistorius/32/9635_2.png) [@Kai\_Pistorius](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Pistorius)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-inventory-plugin/38649/3 "2024-01-12T13:55:59Z")

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I found the error. I had to enable the auto and script plugin.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-inventory-plugin/38649/4 "2024-01-12T15:50:56Z")

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either the auto (which will try to find your custom plugin) or your  
custom plugin need to be enabled.