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Fixed double-dash literals. Fixed broken :doc: links. Minor case fixes. Minor wording fixes.
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Script Conventions
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When the external node script is called with the single argument '--list', the script must return a JSON hash/dictionary of all the groups to be managed. Each group's value should be either a hash/dictionary containing a list of each host/IP, potential child groups, and potential group variables, or simply a list of host/IP addresses, like so::
When the external node script is called with the single argument ``--list``, the script must return a JSON hash/dictionary of all the groups to be managed. Each group's value should be either a hash/dictionary containing a list of each host/IP, potential child groups, and potential group variables, or simply a list of host/IP addresses, like so::
{
"databases" : {
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Before version 1.0, each group could only have a list of hostnames/IP addresses, like the webservers, marietta, and 5points groups above.
When called with the arguments '--host <hostname>' (where <hostname> is a host from above), the script must return either an empty JSON
When called with the arguments ``--host <hostname>`` (where <hostname> is a host from above), the script must return either an empty JSON
hash/dictionary, or a hash/dictionary of variables to make available to templates and playbooks. Returning variables is optional,
if the script does not wish to do this, returning an empty hash/dictionary is the way to go::
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.. versionadded:: 1.3
The stock inventory script system detailed above works for all versions of Ansible, but calling
'--host' for every host can be rather expensive, especially if it involves expensive API calls to
``--host`` for every host can be rather expensive, especially if it involves expensive API calls to
a remote subsystem. In Ansible
1.3 or later, if the inventory script returns a top level element called "_meta", it is possible
to return all of the host variables in one inventory script call. When this meta element contains
a value for "hostvars", the inventory script will not be invoked with "--host" for each host. This
a value for "hostvars", the inventory script will not be invoked with ``--host`` for each host. This
results in a significant performance increase for large numbers of hosts, and also makes client
side caching easier to implement for the inventory script.