Try converting it to YAML using ansible-inventory itself:
ansible-inventory -i inventory.ini --list --yaml --export
I think you probably want something like this:
all:
hosts:
localhost: {}
children:
foo_group:
children:
my_group_name:
hosts:
myhost: {}
vars:
my_var: foo
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:57 AM Tdev Feeds <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm converting our existing INI inventory to YAML. The reason is that I
> cannot seem to get variables like "{{ myvar }}" working within an INI
> inventory and have found no documentation that says INI format supports
> variables.
>
> Now, we have a group defined as "DEV". This worked in the INI format.
> HOWEVER, it causes errors in YAML format.
>
> all:
> hosts:
> localhost:
> children:
> foo_group:
> children:
> my_group_name:
> my_group_name:
> hosts:
> myhost:
> vars:
> my_var: foo
>
> In the example above, if I change "my_group_name" to "DEV" or "dev", I
> get the following error.
>
> ERROR! Attempting to decrypt but no vault secrets found
>
> I'm verifying the inventory using the following command.
>
> $ ansible-inventory -i inventory.yml --list
>
> Is this a bug or a reserved word? Why would it work in INI and not YAML?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
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