An example of Red Hat Ansible inventory in the YAML format

hosts.ini

[localhost]
localhost ansible_connection = local

[datastore]
10.20.30.40  # Datastore

[portal]
10.20.30.50  # Portal

[server]
10.20.30.60  # Server

[filetier]
10.20.30.70  # Filetier1
10.20.30.80  # Filetier2

[windows:children]
datastore
portal
server
filetier

[windows:vars]
ansible_become_method = runas
ansible_become_user = Administrator
ansible_connection = psrp
ansible_password = "{{ win_passwd }}"
ansible_port = 5985
ansible_psrp_proxy = socks5://localhost:8712 # To create Socks5 tunnel: ssh -D 8712 -i sandbox-bastion-linux.pem [email protected]
ansible_user = lmaly

hosts.yml

---
all:
  children:
    localhost:
      hosts:
        localhost:
          ansible_connection: local
    datastore:
      hosts:
        10.20.30.40
    filetier:
      hosts:
        10.20.30.70
        10.20.30.80
    portal:
      hosts:
        10.20.30.50
    server:
      hosts:
        10.20.30.60
    windows:
      children:
        datastore:
        filetier:
        portal:
        server:
      vars:
        ansible_become_method: runas
        ansible_become_user: Administrator
        ansible_connection: psrp
        ansible_password: "{{ win_passwd }}"
        ansible_port: 5985
        ansible_psrp_proxy: socks5://localhost:8712 # To create Socks5 tunnel: ssh -D 8712 -i sandbox-bastion-linux.pem [email protected]
        ansible_user: lmaly