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 ====== Ansible inventory ======
+<code>
+It is written in an INI or YAML format, lists host and groups.
+Can be static of dynamic.
+Example of Collection of groups Dev:children
+# cat /etc/ansible/hosts
+[managedClients]
+[RHEL_Dev]
+lab-rhel-1
+lab-rhel-2
+[AIX_Dev]
+lab-aix-1
+lab-aix-2
+[Dev:children]
+RHEL_Dev
+AIX_Dev
+# ansible-inventory --graph
+@all:
+  |--@Dev:
+  |  |--@AIX_Dev:
+  |  |  |--lab-aix-1
+  |  |  |--lab-aix-2
+  |  |--@RHEL_Dev:
+  |  |  |--lab-rhel-1
+  |  |  |--lab-rhel-2
+  |--@local:
+  |  |--localhost
+# cat /etc/ansible/hosts
+[managedClients]
+[RHEL_Dev]
+lab-rhel-1 ansible_user=ansible
+lab-rhel-2 ansible_port=22
+[AIX_Dev]
+lab-aix-1  ansible_host=10.1.1.1
+lab-aix-2
+[Dev:children]
+RHEL_Dev
+AIX_Dev
+# ansible-inventory –list
+….
+ "hostvars": {
+            "lab-aix-1": {
+                "ansible_host": "10.1.1.1"
+            },
+            "lab-rhel-1": {
+                "ansible_user": "ansible"
+            },
+            "lab-rhel-2": {
+                "ansible_port": 22
+            }
+….
+</code>

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