intersection of groups in inventory

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Hi,

In my inventory file I have “[linux]” and “[development]” groups. I want to patch the intersection of those groups. I know for one I can “ansible-playbook —limit linux patching.yml”, but how do I do the intersection?

Mike

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Something like this? https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/user_guide/intro_patterns.html#common-patterns

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Or Mike could add this to the inventory file

[patching:children]
linux
development

And use this group in patching.yml.

Regards
        Racke

4

Hi Mike,

The syntax is:

linux:&development

See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/intro_patterns.html#common-patterns for a handy cheatsheet of common patterns.

Alicia Cozine

She/Her

Lead Technical Writer, Ansible
Red Hat

acozine@redhat.com

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Something like this? https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/user_guide/intro_patterns.html#common-patterns

Hi,

In my inventory file I have “[linux]” and “[development]” groups. I want to patch the intersection of those groups. I
know for one I can “ansible-playbook —limit linux patching.yml”, but how do I do the intersection?

Mike

Or Mike could add this to the inventory file

[patching:children]
linux
development

And use this group in patching.yml.

Sorry misread the post, this what would be the union, not the intersectoin.

Regards
         Racke

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Works great. Thank you!

Mike