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Generate ansible directory structures

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# Ansible Generator

## Description
Ansible Generator is a python program designed to simplify creating a new
ansible playbook by creating the necessary directory structure for the user
based on ansible's best practices, as outlined in [content organization best practices](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_best_practices.html#content-organization).

## Installation


### PIP
```
pip install -U ansible-generator
```

### Source

#### Without Make
```
git clone https://github.com/kkirsche/ansible-generator.git
cd ansible-generator
pip install -U wheel
python setup.py bdist_wheel --universal
pip install -U dist/*.whl
```
#### With Make
```
git clone https://github.com/kkirsche/ansible-generator.git
cd ansible-generator
make wheel
pip install -U dist/*.whl
```

## Usage

### Help Text

```
usage: ansible-generate [-h] [-a] [-i INVENTORIES [INVENTORIES ...]] [-v]
[projects [projects ...]]

Generate an ansible playbook directory structure

positional arguments:
projects

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-a, --alternate-layout
-i INVENTORIES [INVENTORIES ...], --inventories INVENTORIES [INVENTORIES ...]
-v, --verbose
```

#### Defaults

* `alternate-layout` --- False
* `verbose` --- False
* `inventories` `['production', 'staging']`

### Example

#### Current directory

```
ansible-generate
```

#### New-project

```
ansible-generate playbook_name
```

#### Alternate Layout

```
ansible-generate -a playbook_name
```

#### Custom Inventories

```
ansible-generate -i production staging lab -a test
```

#### Output
```
~/Downloads ❯❯❯ ansible-generate -i production staging lab -a test
creating directory /Users/example/Downloads/test/roles
creating directory /Users/example/Downloads/test/inventories/production/group_vars
creating directory /Users/example/Downloads/test/inventories/production/host_vars
creating directory /Users/example/Downloads/test/inventories/staging/group_vars
creating directory /Users/example/Downloads/test/inventories/staging/host_vars
creating directory /Users/example/Downloads/test/inventories/lab/group_vars
creating directory /Users/example/Downloads/test/inventories/lab/host_vars
creating file /Users/example/Downloads/test/inventories/production/hosts
creating file /Users/example/Downloads/test/inventories/staging/hosts
creating file /Users/example/Downloads/test/inventories/lab/hosts
creating file /Users/example/Downloads/test/site.yml
```


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