Ansible For Network Engineers. Part 2. The Ansible Inventory

Опубликовано: 09 Май 2026
на канале: Network Bright

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My Hosts File /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 ubuntu
192.168.1.93 R1
192.168.1.72 R2
192.168.1.159 R3
192.168.1.95 R4
192.168.1.223 R5
192.168.1.97 R6
192.168.1.110 R7
192.168.1.202 R8
192.168.1.175 SW1
192.168.1.173 SW2
192.168.1.162 BB1
192.168.1.167 BB2
192.168.1.196 F5
192.168.1.214 palo
192.168.1.155 ASA

My Ansible Inventory /etc/ansible/hosts

[iOS]

R1 ansible_host=192.168.1.93
R2 ansible_host=192.168.1.72
R3 ansible_host=192.168.1.159
R4 ansible_host=192.168.1.95
R5 ansible_host=192.168.1.223
R6 ansible_host=192.168.1.97
R8 ansible_host=192.168.1.202
SW1 ansible_host=192.168.1.175
SW2 ansible_host=192.168.1.173
BB1 ansible_host=192.168.1.162
BB2 ansible_host=192.168.1.167

R1 ansible_host=192.168.1.93

[ios:vars]

ansible_ssh_pass=cisco
ansible_user=cisco
ansible_network_os=iOS
ansible_connection=network_cli
ansible_password=cisco
auth_pass=cisco

[nxos]

R7 ansible_host=192.168.1.110

[nxos:vars]

ansible_ssh_pass=cisco
ansible_user=cisco
ansible_network_os=nxos
ansible_connection=network_cli
ansible_password=cisco

[firewalls]
ASA ansible_host=192.168.1.155

[firewalls:vars]
ansible_ssh_pass=cisco
ansible_user=cisco
ansible_network_os=cisco.asa.asa
ansible_connection=network_cli
ansible_password=cisco

[F5]
bigip1 ansible_host=192.168.1.196

[F5:vars]
ansible_connection=local
ansible_network_os=bigip

[paloalto]

palo ansible_host=192.168.1.214

[lab]
SW1
SW2
BB1
BB2
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
R8

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