Request - Feature parity with "expand_csv_tags" functionality of ec2 inventory script

[dmhii]

SUMMARY

Request - Feature parity with "expand_csv_tags" functionality of ec2 inventory script.

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Idea

COMPONENT NAME

aws_ec2.py

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

It would be useful to have the expand_csv_tags functionality from the old inventory script ported to the plugin. That is currently our only blocker from migrating to the ec2 plugin.

I was following a separate issue that awx raised (as they listed this as a potential blocker as well), but it looks like they might have moved on.

ansible/awx#3472

[flowerysong]

I don't have time to finish this right now and get it in shape for merging, but it can be done fairly easily with a custom filter: flowerysong@72f998e

[goneri]

Thank you @flowerysong for your contribution. We agree this is the right way to address the problen. This being said, your filter is generical enough to be included in a more common collection. Like community.general for instance.

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[flowerysong]

This is a very specific set of transformations and I don't see any way in which it would be generically useful, but feel free to do whatever. Since this isn't functionality I need it's not likely to be something I work on myself in the foreseeable future.

[goneri]

Yes indeed, the module is more specific than I initially thought.

[goneri]

We can address this with either @flowerysong filter plugin, or a new use_contrib_script_compatible_expand_csv_tags for the inventory plugin that would reproduce the same behaviour.

@jillr, @tadeboro, @tremble, do you have an opinion?

[tadeboro]

We can address this with either @flowerysong filter plugin, or a new use_contrib_script_compatible_expand_csv_tags for the inventory plugin that would reproduce the same behaviour.

I would probably go with the custom filter option because it keeps the inventory plugin free of custom data processing logic.