How do you specify an inventory file?

[Brandon_Ellis]

I’m using AWX 17.1. As it is, when trying to specify an inventory file, there is a dropdown list prepopulated.

I don’t want to use the prepopulated value but instead type in my own value. I’m trying to specify the config file for a custom inventory plugin. I’ve seen tutorials saying you can (and should) do this, but the drop-down box was replaced with a text box.

Is there any way in the UI to override this drop-down? Or do I need to use the API?

[Wei-Yen_Tan]

If you want to use a inventory file you pull it from a project

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[Wei-Yen_Tan]

Or is that another option you are looking at? Under sources I think there is a choice.

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[Brandon_Ellis]

I’m pulling from a project, ansible refuses to list all of the *.yml files in the “inventory file” dropdown and I have no way to specify the inventory file I want:

[Brandon_Ellis]

This doesn’t even look like the intended behavior of the form… It says I can “Enter a file within the input” if I don’t select from the dropdown

Can anyone confirm if this is on other versions than 17.1?

[Bubba_Shrimp]

In case you are facing the same problem as me, I learned that inventory files need to have an extension. After I appended .ini to my inventory file name, it was populated.

[Greens]

Unfortunately, this is a Known Issue with AWX v17 https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/9043

I’m staying with v15 for now while I figure out how to install v18