diff --git a/steward/ansible/executor.py b/steward/ansible/executor.py
index c2fdefa..4fbdbff 100644
--- a/steward/ansible/executor.py
+++ b/steward/ansible/executor.py
@@ -316,9 +316,13 @@ def build_extra_vars_file(merged: dict | None, tmpdir: str) -> tuple[list[str],
def ansible_env(creds: dict | None, base_env) -> dict:
- """Return a copy of base_env with ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING set from creds."""
+ """Return a copy of base_env with ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING set from creds,
+ and the interpreter found quietly (#5334): Ansible still discovers each
+ host's Python, but no longer warns about it on every run. A target or group
+ that sets ansible_python_interpreter still wins."""
env = dict(base_env)
env["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING"] = "True" if (creds or {}).get("host_key_checking") else "False"
+ env.setdefault("ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER", "auto_silent")
return env
diff --git a/steward/ansible/inventory_gen.py b/steward/ansible/inventory_gen.py
index 2dcce90..2c4ec76 100644
--- a/steward/ansible/inventory_gen.py
+++ b/steward/ansible/inventory_gen.py
@@ -1,6 +1,36 @@
"""Ansible --list inventory generation from DB records."""
from __future__ import annotations
+import re
+
+_UNSAFE = re.compile(r"[^a-z0-9_]+")
+
+
+def ansible_group_name(name: str) -> str:
+ """A Steward group's name as Ansible accepts it (#5334): lower case, each
+ run of anything but letters, digits and _ made one _, never starting with
+ a digit. "Docker Swarm" is docker_swarm, which a play can name in
+ `hosts:`; the display name stays as typed everywhere else."""
+ safe = _UNSAFE.sub("_", name.lower()).strip("_") or "group"
+ return f"g_{safe}" if safe[0].isdigit() else safe
+
+
+def _group_names(targets: list) -> dict[str, str]:
+ """{display name: Ansible name} for every group these targets are in. Two
+ names that clean to the same thing ("Web servers", "web-servers") get _2,
+ _3 in name order, so neither group's hosts or vars fold into the other's."""
+ out: dict[str, str] = {}
+ taken: set[str] = set()
+ for name in sorted({g.name for t in targets for g in t.groups}):
+ base = safe = ansible_group_name(name)
+ n = 1
+ while safe in taken or safe in ("all", "ungrouped", "_meta"):
+ n += 1
+ safe = f"{base}_{n}"
+ taken.add(safe)
+ out[name] = safe
+ return out
+
def generate_inventory(targets: list) -> dict:
"""Build an Ansible --list JSON inventory from a list of AnsibleTarget objects.
@@ -13,6 +43,7 @@ def generate_inventory(targets: list) -> dict:
group vars (sorted alphabetically by group name) → target ansible_vars → ansible_host
"""
inv: dict = {"all": {"hosts": []}, "_meta": {"hostvars": {}}}
+ names = _group_names(targets)
for target in targets:
inv["all"]["hosts"].append(target.name)
@@ -27,12 +58,13 @@ def generate_inventory(targets: list) -> dict:
inv["_meta"]["hostvars"][target.name] = merged
for group in target.groups:
- if group.name not in inv:
- inv[group.name] = {
+ key = names[group.name]
+ if key not in inv:
+ inv[key] = {
"hosts": [],
"vars": dict(group.ansible_vars or {}),
}
- inv[group.name]["hosts"].append(target.name)
+ inv[key]["hosts"].append(target.name)
return inv
diff --git a/steward/ansible/inventory_routes.py b/steward/ansible/inventory_routes.py
index 4b4bb8d..8839d2e 100644
--- a/steward/ansible/inventory_routes.py
+++ b/steward/ansible/inventory_routes.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import select
from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
from steward.ansible import guards
+from steward.ansible.inventory_gen import ansible_group_name
from steward.auth.middleware import require_role
from steward.core.audit import audit_request as _audit
from steward.models.ansible_inventory import AnsibleGroup, AnsibleTarget
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ async def group_detail(group_id: str):
return await render_template(
"ansible/inventory/group_detail.html",
group=group,
+ ansible_name=ansible_group_name(group.name),
used=used,
all_targets=all_targets,
member_ids=member_ids,
diff --git a/steward/templates/ansible/inventory/group_detail.html b/steward/templates/ansible/inventory/group_detail.html
index a5fb922..430a662 100644
--- a/steward/templates/ansible/inventory/group_detail.html
+++ b/steward/templates/ansible/inventory/group_detail.html
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@
{% set can_edit = session.user_role in ('operator', 'admin') %}
{{ ansible_tabs("inventory") }}
{{ page_header(group.name) }}
+{#- The name a play uses for it (#5334): Ansible takes only letters, digits and _. #}
{%- set members = group.targets|sort(attribute='name') %}
{%- if members %}{{ members|length }} member{{ 's' if members|length != 1 }}:
{% for t in members %}{{ t.name }}{{ ", " if not loop.last }}{% endfor %}
{%- else %}no members{% endif %}
+ · plays call it {{ ansible_name }}
{%- if used %} · scheduled by {% for s in used %}{{ s.name }}{{ ", " if not loop.last }}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/core/test_ansible_inventory_page.py b/tests/core/test_ansible_inventory_page.py
index 25ed180..57c5286 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_ansible_inventory_page.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_ansible_inventory_page.py
@@ -102,11 +102,13 @@ async def test_a_group_page_names_its_members_and_what_runs_on_it(app):
async with app.test_request_context("/ansible/inventory/groups/g1"):
session["user_role"] = "operator"
page = await render_template(
- "ansible/inventory/group_detail.html", group=swarm, used=[NS(id="s1", name="Nightly prune")],
+ "ansible/inventory/group_detail.html", group=swarm, ansible_name="docker_swarm",
+ used=[NS(id="s1", name="Nightly prune")],
all_targets=[d2, util], member_ids={"t1"}, ansible_vars_yaml="")
main = page[page.index("VDNT-Docker02' in main
assert 'scheduled by Nightly prune' in main
+ assert "plays call it docker_swarm" in main # #5334
# Deleting a group a schedule runs on says so before it goes.
assert 'data-confirm="Delete group Docker Swarm? 1 schedule aimed at it would find nothing to run on."' in main
assert not hex_colours(main), hex_colours(main)
diff --git a/tests/core/test_inventory_gen.py b/tests/core/test_inventory_gen.py
index bf2e357..fc829c8 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_inventory_gen.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_inventory_gen.py
@@ -138,3 +138,30 @@ def test_describe_scope_names_what_a_run_targeted():
assert describe_scope("steward:group:g1", targets, groups) == "group Docker Swarm"
assert describe_scope("steward:target:abcdef0123", targets, groups) == "target abcdef01 (deleted)"
assert describe_scope("repo:homelab:hosts.yml", targets, groups) == "homelab/hosts.yml"
+
+
+# ── Group names Ansible accepts (#5334) ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_a_group_name_is_cleaned_for_ansible():
+ from steward.ansible.inventory_gen import ansible_group_name
+ assert ansible_group_name("Docker Swarm") == "docker_swarm"
+ assert ansible_group_name("web-servers (prod)") == "web_servers_prod"
+ assert ansible_group_name("2nd floor") == "g_2nd_floor"
+ assert ansible_group_name("!!!") == "group"
+ assert ansible_group_name("already_fine") == "already_fine"
+
+
+def test_the_inventory_uses_the_clean_names_and_keeps_clashing_groups_apart():
+ swarm = _group("Docker Swarm", {"role": "swarm"})
+ a, b = _group("Web servers", {"tier": "a"}), _group("web-servers", {"tier": "b"})
+ inv = generate_inventory([_target("d1", "10.0.0.1", groups=[swarm]),
+ _target("w1", "10.0.0.2", groups=[a]),
+ _target("w2", "10.0.0.3", groups=[b])])
+ assert "Docker Swarm" not in inv and inv["docker_swarm"]["hosts"] == ["d1"]
+ assert inv["docker_swarm"]["vars"] == {"role": "swarm"}
+ # "Web servers" sorts before "web-servers", so it keeps the plain name.
+ assert inv["web_servers"] == {"hosts": ["w1"], "vars": {"tier": "a"}}
+ assert inv["web_servers_2"] == {"hosts": ["w2"], "vars": {"tier": "b"}}
+ import yaml
+ children = yaml.safe_load(inventory_to_yaml(inv))["all"]["children"]
+ assert set(children) == {"docker_swarm", "web_servers", "web_servers_2"}
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_ansible_inventory.py b/tests/integration/test_ansible_inventory.py
index 711f4e0..38db75c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_ansible_inventory.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_ansible_inventory.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def test_ansible_run_scope_column_exists():
def test_create_target_and_group_and_fetch():
"""Can create a target+group, assign membership, and fetch via fetch_scope_targets."""
from steward.models.ansible_inventory import AnsibleTarget, AnsibleGroup
- from steward.ansible.inventory_gen import fetch_scope_targets, generate_inventory
+ from steward.ansible.inventory_gen import ansible_group_name, fetch_scope_targets, generate_inventory
app = _make_app()
target_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def test_create_target_and_group_and_fetch():
targets = await fetch_scope_targets(db, f"steward:group:{group_id}")
inv = generate_inventory(targets)
assert target_name in inv["all"]["hosts"]
- assert target_name in inv[group_name]["hosts"]
+ assert target_name in inv[ansible_group_name(group_name)]["hosts"] # test_group_… (#5334)
assert inv["_meta"]["hostvars"][target_name]["ansible_host"] == "10.0.99.1"
assert inv["_meta"]["hostvars"][target_name]["ansible_user"] == "ubuntu"
assert inv["_meta"]["hostvars"][target_name]["env"] == "test"
diff --git a/tests/test_ansible_credentials.py b/tests/test_ansible_credentials.py
index 9311c50..beda3a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_ansible_credentials.py
+++ b/tests/test_ansible_credentials.py
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ def test_ansible_env_host_key_checking_toggle():
assert ansible_env({"host_key_checking": True}, {})["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING"] == "True"
assert ansible_env({"host_key_checking": False}, {})["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING"] == "False"
assert ansible_env({}, {})["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING"] == "False"
+ # Interpreter discovery stays, without its warning on every run (#5334);
+ # an interpreter set in the environment is left as it is.
+ assert ansible_env({}, {})["ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER"] == "auto_silent"
+ assert ansible_env({}, {"ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER": "/usr/bin/python3"})["ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER"] == "/usr/bin/python3"
assert ansible_env(None, {})["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING"] == "False"