From 48a2b436a01a019692db1a4ba83f243aec5df130 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicole Rappe Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:54:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update Servers/Automation/Ansible/Inventories/Overview.md --- Servers/Automation/Ansible/Inventories/Overview.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Servers/Automation/Ansible/Inventories/Overview.md b/Servers/Automation/Ansible/Inventories/Overview.md index 2cb5972..b44d301 100644 --- a/Servers/Automation/Ansible/Inventories/Overview.md +++ b/Servers/Automation/Ansible/Inventories/Overview.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Host Inventories -When you are deploying playbooks, you target hosts that exist in "Inventories". These inventories consist of a list of hosts and their corresponding IP addresses, as well as any host-specific variables that may be necessary to declare to run the playbook. You can see an example inventory file below. Keep in mind the "Group Variables" section varies based on your environment. NTLM is considered insecure, but may be necessary when you are interacting with Windows servers that are not domain-joined. Otherwise you want to use Kerberos authentication. This is outlined more in the [AWX Kerberos Implementation](https://docs.bunny-lab.io/Servers/Automation/Ansible/AWX/AWX%20Kerberos%20Implementation/#job-template-inventory-examples) documentation. +When you are deploying playbooks, you target hosts that exist in "Inventories". These inventories consist of a list of hosts and their corresponding IP addresses, as well as any host-specific variables that may be necessary to declare to run the playbook. You can see an example inventory file below. + +Keep in mind the "Group Variables" section varies based on your environment. NTLM is considered insecure, but may be necessary when you are interacting with Windows servers that are not domain-joined. Otherwise you want to use Kerberos authentication. This is outlined more in the [AWX Kerberos Implementation](https://docs.bunny-lab.io/Servers/Automation/Ansible/AWX/AWX%20Kerberos%20Implementation/#job-template-inventory-examples) documentation. !!! note "Inventory Data Relationships" An inventory file consists of hosts, groups, and variables. A host belongs to a group, and a group can have variables configured for it. If you run a playbook / job template against a host, it will assign the variables associated to the group that host belongs to (if any) during runtime.