moved ansible inventory generation out of Vagrant

templates/Vagrantfile.template

@@ -13,20 +13,9 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   num_webserver = #{numWebserver}
   num_loadbalancer = #{numLoadbalancers}
 
-  ansible_groups = {
-    "loadbalancer" => [],
-    "webserver" => []
-  }
-  ansible_vars = {}
-
   (1..num_webserver).each do |nth|
-    machine_id = "#{customerName}-bloated-debian-web%d" % [nth]
-    ansible_groups["webserver"] << machine_id
-    
+    machine_id = "#{customerName}-bloated-debian-web%d" % [nth]   
     machine_ip = increment_ip()
-    ansible_vars[machine_id] = {
-      "ipv4_address" => machine_ip
-    }
 
     config.vm.define machine_id do |web| 
       web.vm.box = "ubuntu/focal64"
@@ -40,25 +29,12 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
         vb.gui = false
         vb.name = machine_id
       end
-
-      if nth == num_webserver
-        config.vm.provision "ansible" do |ansible|
-          ansible.playbook = "./playbooks/install_nginx.yml"
-          ansible.groups = ansible_groups
-          ansible.host_vars = ansible_vars
-        end
-      end
     end
   end
 
   (1..num_loadbalancer).each do |nth|
-    machine_id = "#{customerName}-bloated-debian-lb%d" % [nth]
-    ansible_groups["loadbalancer"] << machine_id
-    
+    machine_id = "#{customerName}-bloated-debian-lb%d" % [nth]  
     machine_ip = increment_ip()
-    ansible_vars[machine_id] = {
-      "ipv4_address" => machine_ip
-    }
 
     config.vm.define machine_id do |web|
       web.vm.box = "ubuntu/focal64"
@@ -72,14 +48,6 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
         vb.gui = false
         vb.name = machine_id
       end
-
-      if nth == num_loadbalancer
-        config.vm.provision "ansible" do |ansible|
-          ansible.playbook = "./playbooks/install_loadbalancer.yml"
-          ansible.groups = ansible_groups
-          ansible.host_vars = ansible_vars
-        end
-      end
     end
   end
 end

templates/ansible.cfg.template

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [defaults]
 private_key_file = "./.ssh/id_rsa"
 remote_user = "vagrant"
-inventory = ./.vagrant/provisioners/ansible/inventory/vagrant_ansible_inventory
+inventory = ./inventory
+host_key_checking = False