creating meta groups that include environment specific groups, but with name minus 'group_suffix' set in dog.yml

Author: dgulinobw

.tool-versions

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-direnv 2.32.1
-python 3.7.5
+direnv 2.35.0
+python 3.11.11
+pipenv 2024.4.1

Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ HOSTNAME=github.com
 NAMESPACE=relaypro-open
 NAME=community.dog
 BINARY=${NAME}
-VERSION=1.0.4
+VERSION=1.0.5
 OS_ARCH=linux_amd64
 
 github_release:

Pipfile

@@ -4,15 +4,14 @@ verify_ssl = true
 name = "pypi"
 
 [packages]
-ansible = "2.13.6"
-api-client = {git = "https://github.com/Phonebooth/api-client.git"}
+ansible = "==8.7.0"
 boto = "2.49.0"
 boto3 = "1.26.13"
 botocore = "1.29.13"
 credstash = "1.17.1"
-dog-api-python = {git = "https://github.com/relaypro-open/dog_api_python.git"}
+dog-api-python = {editable = true, git = "https://github.com/relaypro-open/dog_api_python.git", ref = "6bd2cf07b6352030e0fae22891a9f7d6c08db81f"}
 
 [dev-packages]
 
 [requires]
-python_version = "3.7.5"
+python_version = "3.11.11"

galaxy.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace: community
 name: dog
-version: 1.0.4
+version: 1.0.5
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Drew Gulino

plugins/inventory/dog_inventory.py

@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@
             - name of dog fact entry
         type: str
         required: false
+    group_suffix:
+        version_added: "1.0.5"
+        description:
+            - environment specific suffix at the end of group names. example group name = 'test_qa', group_suffix = '_qa' 
+        type: str
+        required: false
     unique_id_key:
         description:
             - The key to be used as the server's name
@@ -203,6 +209,14 @@ def _populate(self, client):
             self.groups = dog_groups
 
         for group_name, group in self.groups.items():
+            #create another generic group and add environment specific group as child
+            if re.fullmatch(r'.*' + self.group_suffix + '$', group_name):
+                group_group_name = re.sub(r'' + self.group_suffix + '$', '', group_name)
+                group_group = {
+                            "name": group_group_name,
+                            "children":[group_name]
+                        }
+                self.parse_group(group_group_name, group_group)
             self.parse_group(group_name, group)
 
         for host in hosts:
@@ -382,6 +396,7 @@ def verify_file(self, path):
     def _create_client(self):
         self.dog_env = self.get_option("dog_env")
         self.dog_fact = self.get_option("dog_fact")
+        self.group_suffix = self.get_option("group_suffix")
         if self.dog_env is None:
             print("ERROR: dog_env opion not set in dog.yml")
             exit