Ansible Automation Ansible Inventory & Configuration Management 2

Question 1

What makes an inventory script 'dynamic' in Ansible?

Accepted Answer

It is executable and returns JSON inventory data when called

Answer

A dynamic inventory script must be executable and output valid JSON when called with --list or --host arguments.

Question 2

Which command-line argument does Ansible pass to a dynamic inventory script to retrieve all hosts and groups?

Accepted Answer

--list

Answer

Ansible calls the dynamic inventory script with --list to get a full JSON structure of all groups, hosts, and variables.

Question 3

In a YAML inventory file, how do you define a host with a variable?

Accepted Answer

hosts:
  server1:
    ansible_user: admin

Answer

YAML inventory uses a nested structure under 'hosts' where each host key can have variable key-value pairs beneath it.

Question 4

What special group in Ansible contains every host in the inventory?

Accepted Answer

all

Answer

The built-in 'all' group implicitly contains every host defined in the inventory.

Question 5

Which Ansible command can be used to verify and display the parsed inventory?

Accepted Answer

ansible-inventory --list

Answer

The ansible-inventory --list command outputs the fully parsed inventory as JSON, useful for debugging.

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