Smart Inventory Filter Key That Contains a Dot

[jmarci]

ISSUE TYPE

Smart Inventory Filter

SUMMARY

Issues building a Smart Inventory with a key that contains a dot(.).

ENVIRONMENT

• AWX version: 8.0.0
• AWX docker
• Ansible version: 2.8.8
• Operating System: CentOS
• Web Browser: Chrome

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Gathering services with service_facts module

• name: populate service facts
  service_facts:
  },
  "docker.service": {
  "name": "docker.service",
  "state": "running",
  "source": "systemd",
  "status": "enabled"
  },

• debug:
  var: ansible_facts.services['docker.service'].state

TASK [debug] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [awx] => {
"ansible_facts.services['docker.service'].state": "running"
}

Attempting to build Smart Inventory filter with following on service(s) key that contains a dot(.).
ansible_facts.services['docker.service'].state:running

EXPECTED RESULTS

Functioning filter.

ACTUAL RESULTS

Filter not functioning.

[ryanpetrello]

@chrismeyersfsu is there some workaround syntax for this? I thought I remembered there being one, but I can't find any docs that call it out.

[kedark3]

@blomquisg KK here, we'd like to know if there's a fix/workaround too :)

[joppino]

You can specify dots by using the urlencode syntax, so:

ansible_facts.services.docker%2Eservice.state.running

will work and create a filter that will be shown with the dot in the name.

[TheRealHaoLiu]

Smart inventories is deprecated in favor of constructed inventory

Check it out #13303