add_host - add a host (and alternatively a group) to the ansible-playbook in-memory inventory

• Synopsis
• Options
• Examples
• Notes
• This is a Core Module

Synopsis

Use variables to create new hosts and groups in inventory for use in later plays of the same playbook. Takes variables so you can define the new hosts more fully.

Options

Examples

# add host to group 'just_created' with variable foo=42
- add_host: name={{ ip_from_ec2 }} groups=just_created foo=42

# add a host with a non-standard port local to your machines
- add_host: name={{ new_ip }}:{{ new_port }}

# add a host alias that we reach through a tunnel (Ansible <= 1.9)
- add_host: hostname={{ new_ip }}
            ansible_ssh_host={{ inventory_hostname }}
            ansible_ssh_port={{ new_port }}

# add a host alias that we reach through a tunnel (Ansible >= 2.0)
- add_host: hostname={{ new_ip }}
            ansible_host={{ inventory_hostname }}
            ansible_port={{ new_port }}

Notes

This is a Core Module

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