My setup:
Every physical server in the network has consul-client installed and I manage these servers using consul_dynamic_inventory script which I've edited to allow me the use of specific grouping options based on os major version for example and other stuff.
Example:
(base) ➜ ansible git:(master) ✗ ansible centos6 -m ping -e ansible_ssh_user=root
Sunday 08 March 2020 16:55:10 +0200 (0:00:00.101) 0:00:00.102 **********
agent-c6-06.node.company.consul | SUCCESS => {
"ansible_facts": {
"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
},
"changed": false,
"ping": "pong"
}
agent-c6-01.node.company.consul | SUCCESS => {
"ansible_facts": {
"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
},
"changed": false,
"ping": "pong"
}
agent-c6-05.node.company.consul | SUCCESS => {
"ansible_facts": {
"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
},
"changed": false,
"ping": "pong"
}
The above example is possible because I configured /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg "inventory" directive to point to that consul_dynamic_inventory script so I don't have to explicitly add the "-i inventory_file" to the command.
My problem:
I would like to add the "ansible_ssh_user=root" to the defaults so I don't have to provide that switch whenever I run ansible.
Usually, in order to add it to all hosts, in the inventory file I'd add:
[all:vars]
ansible_ssh_user=root
But since my inventory is actually a script, I'm not sure where to add it, as adding it to the script obviously breaks its run.
I've tried adding it under the following parts of ansible.cfg file:
[defaults]
[inventory]
[ssh_connection]
But to no avail.
My Question:
Where would be the right place to add it?
