Add support for extra vars in ansible.builtin.generator plugin #83271
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This pull request addresses issue #83270
Summary
Use Cases
VM Creation
ansible.builtin.generator
plugin to use extra vars, it will be possible to dynamically generate consistent hostnames based on variables provided at runtime. This ensures consistency across already existing virtual machines (that may be sourced from dynamic inventory plugin) and newly created virtual machines. This consistency is important for the use ofgroup_vars
andhost_vars
in the configuration phase.Issue Type
Component Name
plugins/inventory/generator.py
Additional Information
In
inventory.yaml
file:Running:
Should output: