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| author | angystardust <angystardust@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-04-05 19:49:51 +0200 |
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| committer | scottb <dharmabumstead@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-04-05 10:49:51 -0700 |
| commit | 1f54775581c34b21662cdc82435386a1fc47ec14 (patch) | |
| tree | adf0780df4dac099ab4bd1e8a8e007cead898e50 | |
| parent | cdf9e39647406bf8eb6cbf3fa6dd2230ef7dc181 (diff) | |
| download | ansible-1f54775581c34b21662cdc82435386a1fc47ec14.tar.gz | |
Clarify the "refresh_inventory" meta task when using a dynamic inventory script (#37575)
Clarify the "refresh_inventory" meta task when using a dynamic inventory script since it was somehow documented in this old mailing list message:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/ImhePKKDBZM
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ansible/modules/utilities/helper/meta.py | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/helper/meta.py b/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/helper/meta.py index 7ca1cedf39..d15852196b 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/helper/meta.py +++ b/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/helper/meta.py @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ options: points to implicitly trigger handler runs (after pre/post tasks, the final role execution, and the main tasks section of your plays). - > C(refresh_inventory) (added in 2.0) forces the reload of the inventory, which in the case of dynamic inventory scripts means they will be - re-executed. This is mainly useful when additional hosts are created and users wish to use them instead of using the `add_host` module." + re-executed. If the dynamic inventory script is using a cache, Ansible cannot know this and has no way of refreshing it (you can disable the cache + or, if available for your specific inventory datasource (for es.: aws), you can use the an inventory plugin instead of an inventory script). + This is mainly useful when additional hosts are created and users wish to use them instead of using the `add_host` module." - "C(noop) (added in 2.0) This literally does 'nothing'. It is mainly used internally and not recommended for general use." - "C(clear_facts) (added in 2.1) causes the gathered facts for the hosts specified in the play's list of hosts to be cleared, including the fact cache." - "C(clear_host_errors) (added in 2.1) clears the failed state (if any) from hosts specified in the play's list of hosts." |