Inventory group of groups dont' work

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Hello,
I’m using AWX 2.1.0. I have an inventory like this:

`
[groupA]
host1
host2

[groupB]
host3
host4

[groupAB:children]
groupA
groupB

`

I would use “groupAB” in “limit” field on a template but jobs return error:

`
[WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: groupAB

ERROR! Specified hosts and/or --limit does not match any hosts

`

If I use command line and I run the same playbook with this inventory and “–limit=groupAB” option it works.

Is there something wrong in my configuration of is it a bug/limit of AWX?

2

We have had some issues related to this very recently, and I hope they are all resolved now.

To be sure, I replicated your steps, creating an SCM inventory source, then using it in a job template. Using the limit “groupAB” targeted all 4 hosts as expected. Repo I use to clone is here:

https://github.com/AlanCoding/Ansible-inventory-file-examples/blob/master/static/empty_group_with_children.ini

So this looks like a pretty clear case of it being fixed in current development branch of the code, but something that people running older AWX like 2.1.0 may hit, and will definitely notice.

3

Thank you Alan for the quick reply.

I noticed only now that there was a couple of minor bumps in AWX in last weeks.
I’ll try again after upgrading my instance.

Cheers

Alberto