--inventory-file=terraform-inventory does not yield hosts

[kevinlondon]

Following the README currently does not find the proper executable script for inventory. Instead, I found I had to use which terraform-inventory to reverse the path of the executable. Here's some example output (which has been trimmed):

$ terraform-inventory --list
{"db":["54.208.224.51"], . . . }
$ ansible -i terraform-inventory all -m ping
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available

$ ansible -i `which terraform-inventory` all -m ping
54.208.224.51 | . . .

I'm on Ansible 2.0.0.2 currently.

[adammck]

Oops! Sorry about that. Thanks for reporting.

[andrefbsantos]

I'm currently experiencing the same issue.

@kevinlondon I hacked terraform-inventory and manage to make it produce an host file which can be fed to Ansible, https://github.com/andrefbsantos/terraform-inventory/tree/add_inventory_option.

@adammck I made a pull request which provides the --inventory option to produce an host file which can fed to Ansible to remote provision. While it's not a solution for this particular issue, it allows the creation of an host file from the terraform state file and make a bridge between terraform and ansible.

[nicolaballotta]

Hi @adammck, any plan to fix this?

[adammck]

Yes, thanks for the reminder, @nballotta. I think this is just a documentation bug, right? It seems like ansible requires the full path to the dynamic inventory executable rather than searching the $PATH.

[nicolaballotta]

@adammck oh yes! Sorry I noticed now that with full path currently works :)