gistfile1.txt

[markus@dell myinv]$ ansible -vvv -i testinv.py all -m ping
ansible 2.7.0
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/markus/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.7.0 (default, Sep 15 2018, 19:13:07) [GCC 8.2.1 20180831]
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
 [WARNING]:  * Failed to parse /home/markus/git/myinv/testinv.py with script plugin: Invalid data from file, expected dictionary and got:  None

  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/script.py", line 159, in parse
    self._populate_host_vars([host], got)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/__init__.py", line 179, in _populate_host_vars
    raise AnsibleParserError("Invalid data from file, expected dictionary and got:\n\n%s" % to_native(variables))

 [WARNING]:  * Failed to parse /home/markus/git/myinv/testinv.py with ini plugin: /home/markus/git/myinv/testinv.py:4: Expected key=value host variable assignment, got: json

  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/ini.py", line 132, in parse
    self._parse(path, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/ini.py", line 210, in _parse
    hosts, port, variables = self._parse_host_definition(line)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/ini.py", line 308, in _parse_host_definition
    self._raise_error("Expected key=value host variable assignment, got: %s" % (t))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/ini.py", line 137, in _raise_error
    raise AnsibleError("%s:%d: " % (self._filename, self.lineno) + message)

 [WARNING]: Unable to parse /home/markus/git/myinv/testinv.py as an inventory source

 [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available

 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

[markus@dell myinv]$ ~/.local/bin/ansible -vvv -i testinv.py all -m ping
ansible 2.7.0
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/home/markus/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/markus/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /home/markus/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.15 (default, Jun 27 2018, 13:05:28) [GCC 8.1.1 20180531]
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
Parsed /home/markus/git/myinv/testinv.py inventory source with script plugin
META: ran handlers
<10.109.2.112> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<10.109.2.112> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o 'IdentityFile="/home/markus/.ssh/id_ed25519"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/markus/.ansible/cp/393cf8d877 10.109.2.112 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo ~root && sleep 0'"'"''
<10.109.2.112> (0, '/root\n', '\n                WARNING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS DENIED\n\n')
<10.109.2.112> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<10.109.2.112> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o 'IdentityFile="/home/markus/.ssh/id_ed25519"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/markus/.ansible/cp/393cf8d877 10.109.2.112 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465="` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465 `" ) && sleep 0'"'"''
<10.109.2.112> (0, 'ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465=/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465\n', '')
Using module file /home/markus/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/ping.py
<10.109.2.112> PUT /home/markus/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3028xjYJk2/tmpQmDDxn TO /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465/AnsiballZ_ping.py
<10.109.2.112> SSH: EXEC sftp -b - -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o 'IdentityFile="/home/markus/.ssh/id_ed25519"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/markus/.ansible/cp/393cf8d877 '[10.109.2.112]'
<10.109.2.112> (0, 'sftp> put /home/markus/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3028xjYJk2/tmpQmDDxn /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465/AnsiballZ_ping.py\n', '')
<10.109.2.112> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<10.109.2.112> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o 'IdentityFile="/home/markus/.ssh/id_ed25519"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/markus/.ansible/cp/393cf8d877 10.109.2.112 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'chmod u+x /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465/ /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465/AnsiballZ_ping.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<10.109.2.112> (0, '', '')
<10.109.2.112> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<10.109.2.112> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o 'IdentityFile="/home/markus/.ssh/id_ed25519"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/markus/.ansible/cp/393cf8d877 -tt 10.109.2.112 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'/usr/bin/python /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465/AnsiballZ_ping.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<10.109.2.112> (0, '\r\n{"invocation": {"module_args": {"data": "pong"}}, "ping": "pong"}\r\n', 'Shared connection to 10.109.2.112 closed.\r\n')
<10.109.2.112> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<10.109.2.112> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o 'IdentityFile="/home/markus/.ssh/id_ed25519"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/markus/.ansible/cp/393cf8d877 10.109.2.112 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'rm -f -r /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1539780269.54-271240318619465/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'"'"''
<10.109.2.112> (0, '', '')
10.109.2.112 | SUCCESS => {
    "changed": false, 
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "data": "pong"
        }
    }, 
    "ping": "pong"
}
META: ran handlers
META: ran handlers

testinv.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import json
import os
import pprint
import sys

def get_inventory():
    
    inventory = {"kinesis": {"hosts": ["10.109.2.112"], "vars": {"ansible_ssh_user": "root", "ansible_ssh_private_key_file": "~/.ssh/id_ed25519"}}}

    print(json.dumps(inventory))


if len(sys.argv) == 2:
    if sys.argv[1] == "--list":
        get_inventory()