advanced_host_list – Parses a ‘host list’ with ranges

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Parses a host list string as a comma separated values of hosts and supports host ranges.
  • This plugin only applies to inventory sources that are not paths and contain at least one comma.

Examples

# simple range
# ansible -i 'host[1:10],' -m ping

# still supports w/o ranges also
# ansible-playbook -i 'localhost,' play.yml

Status

Authors

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/plugins/inventory/advanced_host_list.html