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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# (c) 2013, Jesse Keating <jesse.keating@rackspace.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible,
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+inventory: rax
+short_description: Rackspace Public Cloud external inventory script
+description:
+  - Generates inventory that Ansible can understand by making API request to Rackspace Public Cloud API
+  - |
+    When run against a specific host, this script returns the following variables:
+        rax_os-ext-sts_task_state
+        rax_addresses
+        rax_links
+        rax_image
+        rax_os-ext-sts_vm_state
+        rax_flavor
+        rax_id
+        rax_rax-bandwidth_bandwidth
+        rax_user_id
+        rax_os-dcf_diskconfig
+        rax_accessipv4
+        rax_accessipv6
+        rax_progress
+        rax_os-ext-sts_power_state
+        rax_metadata
+        rax_status
+        rax_updated
+        rax_hostid
+        rax_name
+        rax_created
+        rax_tenant_id
+        rax__loaded
+
+    where some item can have nested structure.
+  - credentials are set in a credentials file
+version_added: None
+options:
+  creds_file:
+    description:
+     - File to find the Rackspace Public Cloud credentials in
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  region_name:
+    description:
+      - Region name to use in request
+    required: false
+    default: DFW
+author: Jesse Keating
+notes:
+  - Two environment variables need to be set, RAX_CREDS and RAX_REGION.
+  - RAX_CREDS points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax
+  - RAX_REGION defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)
+requirements: [ "pyrax" ]
+examples:
+    - description: List server instances
+      code: RAX_CREDS=~/.raxpub RAX_REGION=ORD rax.py --list
+    - description: List server instance properties
+      code: RAX_CREDS=~/.raxpub RAX_REGION=ORD rax.py --host <HOST_IP>
+'''
+
+import sys
+import re
+import os
+import argparse
+
+try:
+    import json
+except:
+    import simplejson as json
+
+try:
+    import pyrax
+except ImportError:
+    print('pyrax required for this module')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# Setup the parser
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='List active instances',
+                            epilog='List by itself will list all the active \
+                            instances. Listing a specific instance will show \
+                            all the details about the instance.')
+
+parser.add_argument('--list', action='store_true', default=True,
+                            help='List active servers')
+parser.add_argument('--host',
+                    help='List details about the specific host (IP address)')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# setup the auth
+try:
+    creds_file = os.environ['RAX_CREDS_FILE']
+    region = os.environ['RAX_REGION']
+except KeyError, e:
+    sys.stderr.write('Unable to load %s\n' % e.message)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+try:
+    pyrax.set_credential_file(os.path.expanduser(creds_file),
+                              region=region)
+except Exception, e:
+    sys.stderr.write("%s: %s\n" % (e, e.message))
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# Execute the right stuff
+if not args.host:
+    groups = {}
+
+    # Cycle on servers
+    for server in pyrax.cloudservers.list():
+        # Define group (or set to empty string)
+        try:
+            group = server.metadata['group']
+        except KeyError:
+            group = 'undefined'
+
+        # Create group if not exist and add the server
+        groups.setdefault(group, []).append(server.accessIPv4)
+
+    # Return server list
+    print(json.dumps(groups))
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+# Get the deets for the instance asked for
+results = {}
+# This should be only one, but loop anyway
+for server in pyrax.cloudservers.list():
+    if server.accessIPv4 == args.host:
+        for key in [key for key in vars(server) if
+                    key not in ('manager', '_info')]:
+            # Extract value
+            value = getattr(server, key)
+    
+            # Generate sanitized key
+            key = 'rax_' + re.sub("[^A-Za-z0-9\-]", "_", key).lower()
+            results[key] = value
+
+print(json.dumps(results))
+sys.exit(0)