16장. The awx-manage Utility

awx-manage is a mechanism by which an automation controller administrator can import inventory directly into automation controller.

To use awx-manage properly, you must first create an inventory in automation controller to use as the destination for the import.

For help with awx-manage, run the following command:

awx-manage inventory_import [--help]

The inventory_import command synchronizes an automation controller inventory object with a text-based inventory file, dynamic inventory script, or a directory of one or more, as supported by core Ansible.

When running this command, specify either an --inventory-id or --inventory-name, and the path to the Ansible inventory source (--source).

awx-manage inventory_import --source=/ansible/inventory/ --inventory-id=1

By default, inventory data already stored in automation controller blends with data from the external source.

To use only the external data, specify --overwrite.

To specify that any existing hosts get variable data exclusively from the --source, specify --overwrite_vars.

The default behavior adds any new variables from the external source, overwriting keys that already exist, but preserving any variables that were not sourced from the external data source.

awx-manage inventory_import --source=/ansible/inventory/ --inventory-id=1 --overwrite