Refactor inventory path in ansible.cfg

ansible/ansible.cfg

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [defaults]
-inventory = ./inventory/hosts
+inventory = ../inventory/hosts
 
 [ssh_connection]
 ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s

bin/read_system_id.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import configparser
+import json
+import os
+
+from fabric import Connection
+
+script_path = os.path.realpath(__file__)
+
+def parse_ansible_inventory(inventory_file):
+    parser = configparser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
+    parser.read(inventory_file)
+
+    inventory_dict = {}
+
+    for section in parser.sections():
+        hosts = []
+        
+        for option in parser.options(section):
+            hosts.append(option)
+
+        inventory_dict[section] = hosts
+
+    return inventory_dict
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Run a command on a group of hosts')
+parser.add_argument('group', type=str, help='Group of hosts to run the command on')
+parser.add_argument('host', type=str, help='Host to run the command on', default=None, nargs='?')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+remote_user = os.environ.get('ANSIBLE_USER', None)
+if remote_user is None:
+    raise ValueError("ANSIBLE_USER environment variable not set")
+
+inventory_file = f'{os.path.dirname(script_path)}/../inventory/hosts'
+inventory_dict = parse_ansible_inventory(inventory_file)
+
+ids = {}
+for host in inventory_dict[args.group]:
+    if args.host is not None and args.host != host:
+        continue
+    result = Connection(host, remote_user).run('sudo read_system_id', hide=True)
+    ids[host]=(str(result.stdout).strip())
+    
+
+print(json.dumps(ids))

requirements.txt

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ ansible
 ansible-lint
 ansible-playbook-grapher
 passlib
+fabric