Programmatic Ansible 2.4.1 inventory creation

create_inventory.py

def create_inventory(host_list, variable_manager, loader):
  """
  Returns an inventory object for playbook execution.

  Args:
    host_list (list): list of IP addresses or hostnames
    variable_manager (ansible.vars.manager.VariableManager): Ansible variable
        manager for PlaybookExecutor
    loader (ansible.parsing.dataloader.DataLoader): Ansible data loader for
        PlaybookExecutor

  Returns: ansible.inventory.manager.InventoryManager for PlaybookExecutor
  """
  # create inventory and pass to var manager
  data = InventoryData()
  for host in host_list:
    data.add_host(host)
  data.reconcile_inventory()
  inventory = InventoryManager(loader=loader)
  inventory._inventory = data
  variable_manager.set_inventory(inventory)
  return inventory

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