Add support for ranged patterns like webservers[0-49] for hitting the first 50 webservers.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Ansible Changes By Release
 * setup module now detects interfaces with aliases
 * new 'ansible_all_ipv4_addresses' and 'ansible_all_ipv6_addresses' facts -- which are simple lists
 * better handling of VM guest type detection in setup module
+* adds ranged patterns like dbservers[0-49] for usage with patterns or --limit
 
 0.6 "Cabo" -- August 6, 2012
 

lib/ansible/inventory/__init__.py

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Inventory(object):
         if self._restriction is not None:
             hosts = [ h for h in hosts if h.name in self._restriction ]
 
-        return hosts
+        return sorted(hosts, key=lambda x: x.name)
 
     def _get_hosts(self, patterns):
         """ 
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ class Inventory(object):
         by_pattern = {}
         for p in patterns:
             (name, enumeration_details) = self._enumeration_info(p)
-            by_pattern[p] = self._hosts_in_unenumerated_pattern(name)
+            hpat = self._hosts_in_unenumerated_pattern(name)
+            hpat = sorted(hpat, key=lambda x: x.name)
+            by_pattern[p] = hpat
 
         ranged = {}
         for (pat, hosts) in by_pattern.iteritems():
@@ -156,17 +158,32 @@ class Inventory(object):
         if not "[" in pattern:
             return (pattern, None)
         (first, rest) = pattern.split("[")
-        rest.replace("]","")
+        rest = rest.replace("]","")
         if not "-" in rest:
             raise errors.AnsibleError("invalid pattern: %s" % pattern)
         (left, right) = rest.split("-",1)
         return (first, (left, right))
 
     def _apply_ranges(self, pat, hosts):
+        """
+        given a pattern like foo, that matches hosts, return all of hosts
+        given a pattern like foo[0:5], where foo matches hosts, return the first 6 hosts
+        """ 
+
         (loose_pattern, limits) = self._enumeration_info(pat)
         if not limits:
             return hosts
-        raise Exception("ranges are not yet supported")
+
+        (left, right) = limits
+        enumerated = enumerate(hosts)
+        if left == '':
+            left = 0
+        if right == '':
+            right = 0
+        left=int(left)
+        right=int(right)
+        enumerated = [ h for (i,h) in enumerated if i>=left and i<=right ]
+        return enumerated
 
     # TODO: cache this logic so if called a second time the result is not recalculated
     def _hosts_in_unenumerated_pattern(self, pattern):
@@ -252,7 +269,7 @@ class Inventory(object):
         return [ h.name for h in self.get_hosts(pattern) ]
 
     def list_groups(self):
-        return [ g.name for g in self.groups ]
+        return sorted([ g.name for g in self.groups ], key=lambda x: x.name)
 
     def get_restriction(self):
         return self._restriction

test/TestInventory.py

@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ class TestInventory(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         os.chmod(self.inventory_script, 0644)
 
-    def compare(self, left, right):
-        left = sorted(left)
-        right = sorted(right)
+    def compare(self, left, right, sort=True):
+        if sort:
+            left = sorted(left)
+            right = sorted(right)
         print left
         print right
         assert left == right
 
-
     def simple_inventory(self):
         return Inventory(self.inventory_file)
 
@@ -152,13 +152,32 @@ class TestInventory(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_complex_exclude(self):
         inventory = self.complex_inventory()
-
         hosts = inventory.list_hosts("nc:florida:!triangle:!orlando")
-        expected_hosts = ['miami', 'rtb_c', 'rtp_a', 'rtp_b']
+        expected_hosts = ['miami', 'rtp_a', 'rtp_b', 'rtp_c']
         print "HOSTS=%s" % sorted(hosts)
         print "EXPECTED=%s" % sorted(expected_hosts)
         assert sorted(hosts) == sorted(expected_hosts)
 
+    def test_complex_enumeration(self):
+
+
+        expected1 = ['rtp_a', 'rtp_b']
+        expected2 = ['rtp_c', 'tri_a']
+        expected3 = ['rtp_b', 'rtp_c', 'tri_a', 'tri_b', 'tri_c']
+        expected4 = ['orlando', 'rtp_c', 'tri_a']
+
+        inventory = self.complex_inventory()
+        print "ALL NC=%s" % inventory.list_hosts("nc")
+        hosts = inventory.list_hosts("nc[0-1]")
+        self.compare(hosts, expected1, sort=False)
+        hosts = inventory.list_hosts("nc[2-3]")
+        self.compare(hosts, expected2, sort=False)
+        hosts = inventory.list_hosts("nc[1-99999]")
+        self.compare(hosts, expected3, sort=False)
+        hosts = inventory.list_hosts("nc[2-3]:florida[1-2]")
+        self.compare(hosts, expected4, sort=False)
+
+
     ###################################################
     ### Inventory API tests
 

test/complex_hosts

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ d=10002
 [rtp]
 rtp_a
 rtp_b
-rtb_c
+rtp_c
 
 [rtp:vars]
 a=1