I have plays that look like, eg
`
-
name: provision ec2 instance
… -
set_fact:
newly_created_ips: … -
import_playbook: …/configure/nomad-server.yml
`
Inside nomad-server.yml it looks like
`
- name: Configure nomad-client
hosts: nomad_client
…
`
What I want is to “dynamically” limit the inventory in nomad-client.yml to the set of hosts that actually just got created – not the full set of hosts that match nomad_client.
I could of course create a complicated hosts pattern or use a variable. That makes using the nomad-server.yml playbook more complex in other contexts.
What I really want to do is something akin to
`
- set_fact:
groups[‘nomad_client’]: “{{ newly_created_ips }}”
`
Of course the above does not work, but it shows the intent.
Can I create a module that has access to the inventory plugin being used? Or is there some way to “tell” the ec2 inventory plugin to change the set of hosts in nomad_server for the remainder of the play (maybe having to run -meta: refresh_inventory afterwords).