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community.kubernetes.k8s – Kubernetes (K8s) inventory source

Note

This plugin is part of the community.kubernetes collection.

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.kubernetes.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.kubernetes.k8s.

Synopsis

  • Fetch containers and services for one or more clusters.
  • Groups by cluster name, namespace, namespace_services, namespace_pods, and labels.
  • Uses the kubectl connection plugin to access the Kubernetes cluster.
  • Uses k8s.(yml|yaml) YAML configuration file to set parameter values.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this inventory.

  • python >= 2.7
  • openshift >= 0.6
  • PyYAML >= 3.11

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
connections
string
Optional list of cluster connection settings. If no connections are provided, the default ~/.kube/config and active context will be used, and objects will be returned for all namespaces the active user is authorized to access.
api_key
string
Token used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_API_KEY environment variable.
ca_cert
string
Path to a CA certificate used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT environment variable.

aliases: ssl_ca_cert
client_cert
string
Path to a certificate used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_CERT_FILE environment variable.

aliases: cert_file
client_key
string
Path to a key file used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KEY_FILE environment variable.

aliases: key_file
context
string
The name of a context found in the config file. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_CONTEXT environment variable.
host
string
Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.
kubeconfig
string
Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the OpenShift client will attempt to load the default configuration file from ~/.kube/config.json. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.
name
string
Optional name to assign to the cluster. If not provided, a name is constructed from the server and port.
namespaces
string
List of namespaces. If not specified, will fetch all containers for all namespaces user is authorized to access.
password
string
Provide a password for authenticating with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PASSWORD environment variable.
username
string
Provide a username for authenticating with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_USERNAME environment variable.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether or not to verify the API server's SSL certificates. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL environment variable.

aliases: verify_ssl
plugin
string / required
    Choices:
  • k8s
token that ensures this is a source file for the 'k8s' plugin.

Examples

# File must be named k8s.yaml or k8s.yml

# Authenticate with token, and return all pods and services for all namespaces
plugin: community.kubernetes.k8s
connections:
  - host: https://192.168.64.4:8443
    api_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    validate_certs: false

# Use default config (~/.kube/config) file and active context, and return objects for a specific namespace
plugin: community.kubernetes.k8s
connections:
  - namespaces:
    - testing

# Use a custom config file, and a specific context.
plugin: community.kubernetes.k8s
connections:
  - kubeconfig: /path/to/config
    context: 'awx/192-168-64-4:8443/developer'

Authors

  • Chris Houseknecht <@chouseknecht>
  • Fabian von Feilitzsch <@fabianvf>

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/kubernetes/k8s_inventory.html