# Group hosts by value from list object of inventory var **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 27, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-hosts-by-value-from-list-object-of-inventory-var/18093 "2015-04-27T10:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mook](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mook)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-hosts-by-value-from-list-object-of-inventory-var/18093/1 "2015-04-27T10:11:00Z")
Hi. I have an inventory like this: [test\_servers] 192.168.0.101 app\_roles=‘[“relay\_master”]’ 192.168.0.102 app\_roles=‘[“relay\_slave”,“cache”,“web\_master”]’ 192.168.0.103 app\_roles=‘[“relay\_slave”,“cache”,“web\_slave”]’ Is it possible to add servers that, for example, have “cache” in their app\_roles to a group (like with group\_by)? ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-hosts-by-value-from-list-object-of-inventory-var/18093/2 "2015-04-27T19:40:25Z")
yes, but I find it easier to just create groups for that [test\_servers] 192.168.0.101 [relay\_masters] 192.168.0.101 10.10.1.101 and then have the plays target the servers, using --limit to restrict to 'test\_servers': - hosts: relay\_masters or just make them separate inventories sharing group/host\_vars and choose with -i /inventories/testing ---
**Author:** ![Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mook](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mook)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-hosts-by-value-from-list-object-of-inventory-var/18093/3 "2015-04-28T09:14:33Z")
Came to the same conclusion. Thanks for confirming.