# Unable to use dynamic inventory plugin in automation platform

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-use-dynamic-inventory-plugin-in-automation-platform/3424>\
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**Created:** [January 22, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-use-dynamic-inventory-plugin-in-automation-platform/3424 "2024-01-22T10:28:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![slekkus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@slekkus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/slekkus)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-use-dynamic-inventory-plugin-in-automation-platform/3424/1 "2024-01-22T10:28:44Z")

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Goodday, I am new to Ansible AP and trying to work on a project, but having a hard time as I can not seem to find the info I need easily.  
The issue I currently face, is I need a dynamic inventory using the FreeIPA contributed plugin. So I see there’s an old script in contrib as a new plugin

[contrib-scripts/inventory/freeipa.py at main · ansible-community/contrib-scripts · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-community/contrib-scripts/blob/main/inventory/freeipa.py)

[ansible/contrib/inventory/freeipa.py at stable-2.9 · ansible/ansible · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/contrib/inventory/freeipa.py)

I create a dynamic inventory (sourced from project, a git where I have the following folder and file):  
inventories/clients\_and\_controllers.yml, where the contabnts of the .yml is a single line:

```auto
plugin: freeipa

```

also tried:

```auto
plugin: community.general.freeipa

```

Once I sync this plugin source, I get below error message. What am I missing?  
I am not an admin in Ansible AP. Do I need to install a collection, the contrib plugins? I do not know how and cannot find any documentation on this either.

EDIT:  
This is what I have in collections/requirements.yml

```auto
---
collections:
    - name: freeipa.ansible_freeipa
    - name: community.general

```

> ansible-inventory [core 2.15.6]
> 
> 1
> 
> config file = None
> 
> 2
> 
> configured module search path = [‘/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]
> 
> 3
> 
> ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
> 
> 4
> 
> ansible collection location = /runner/requirements\_collections:/root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections:/usr/share/automation-controller/collections
> 
> 5
> 
> executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible-inventory
> 
> 6
> 
> python version = 3.9.18 (main, Sep 7 2023, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.4.1 20230605 (Red Hat 11.4.1-2)] (/usr/bin/python3)
> 
> 7
> 
> jinja version = 3.1.2
> 
> 8
> 
> libyaml = True
> 
> 9
> 
> No config file found; using defaults
> 
> 10
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> host\_list declined parsing /runner/project/inventories/clients\_and\_controllers.yml as it did not pass its verify\_file() method
> 
> 11
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> script declined parsing /runner/project/inventories/clients\_and\_controllers.yml as it did not pass its verify\_file() method
> 
> 12
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> toml declined parsing /runner/project/inventories/clients\_and\_controllers.yml as it did not pass its verify\_file() method
> 
> 13
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> **[WARNING]: \* Failed to parse**
> 
> 14
> 
> **/runner/project/inventories/clients\_and\_controllers.yml with auto plugin:**
> 
> 15
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> **inventory config ‘/runner/project/inventories/clients\_and\_controllers.yml’**
> 
> 16
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> **specifies unknown plugin ‘freeipa.py’**
> 
> 17
> 
> File “/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/inventory/manager.py”, line 293, in parse\_source
> 
> 18
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> plugin.parse(self.\_inventory, self.\_loader, source, cache=cache)
> 
> 19
> 
> File “/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/auto.py”, line 53, in parse

TIA, slekkus