Convenience Bash function to connect to a server by its Ansible name

gistfile1.sh

function ssha () {
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]
    then
        echo "Usage: ssha <ansible-hostname> [ssh arguments]" >&2
        return 1
    fi

    local inventory=/path/to/your/inventory # CHANGE THIS LINE
    local ansible_name="$1"
    shift
    local host=$(ansible -i "$inventory"  --list-hosts "$ansible_name" | head -n 1)
    if [ -z "$host" ]
    then
        return 1
    else
        # Arghh, leading whitespace in Ansible's output
        host="${host#"${host%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
        ssh "$host" "$@"
    fi
}

Better use ansible configuration instead of inventory file, because there can be more than one inventory file:

function ssha () {
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]
    then
        echo "Usage: ssha <ansible-hostname> [ssh arguments]" >&2
        return 1
    fi

    local ansible_dir=~/projects/ops-hosting-cm # CHANGE THIS LINE
    local ansible_name="$1"
    shift
    local host=$(cd "$ansible_dir" && ANSIBLE_CONFIG="$ansible_dir/ansible.cfg" ansible --list-hosts "$ansible_name" | head -n 1)
    if [ -z "$host" ]
    then
        return 1
    else
        # Arghh, leading whitespace in Ansible's output
        host="${host#"${host%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
        ssh "$host" "$@"
    fi
}