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diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/inventory_guide/index.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/inventory_guide/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b984eb --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/inventory_guide/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +.. _inventory_guide_index: + +############################ +Building Ansible inventories +############################ + +.. note:: + + **Making Open Source More Inclusive** + + Red Hat is committed to replacing problematic language in our code, documentation, and web properties. We are beginning with these four terms: master, slave, blacklist, and whitelist. We ask that you open an issue or pull request if you come upon a term that we have missed. For more details, see `our CTO Chris Wright's message <https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/making-open-source-more-inclusive-eradicating-problematic-language>`_. + +Welcome to the guide to building Ansible inventories. +An inventory is a list of managed nodes, or hosts, that Ansible deploys and configures. +This guide introduces you to inventories and covers the following topics: + +* Creating inventories to track list of servers and devices that you want to automate. +* Using dynamic inventories to track cloud services with servers and devices that are constantly starting and stopping. +* Using patterns to automate specific sub-sets of an inventory. +* Expanding and refining the connection methods Ansible uses for your inventory. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + intro_inventory + intro_dynamic_inventory + intro_patterns + connection_details
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