Reattempting Linode dynamic inventories.

roles/inventory/linode/tasks/main.yaml

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----
-- name: Get Linode inventory using local module
-  linode_inventory:
-  register: linode_result
-
-- name: Write inventory to file
-  copy:
-    dest: /tmp/linode_inventory.json
-    content: "{{ linode_result | to_nice_json }}"
-    mode: '0644'
-

roles/inventory/linode/tasks/main.yml

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+---
+# Main tasks for linode_inventory role
+
+- name: Validate required variables
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - linode_api_token is defined
+      - linode_api_token | length > 0
+    fail_msg: "linode_api_token must be defined and not empty"
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: Ensure output directory exists
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ linode_inventory_output_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Check if Python requests module is available
+  ansible.builtin.command: python3 -c "import requests"
+  register: python_requests_check
+  failed_when: false
+  changed_when: false
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Install Python requests if not available
+  ansible.builtin.pip:
+    name: requests
+    state: present
+  when: python_requests_check.rc != 0
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Copy Linode inventory script
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: linode_inventory.py
+    dest: "{{ linode_inventory_output_dir }}/linode_inventory.py"
+    mode: '0755'
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Execute Linode inventory script
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: python3 {{ linode_inventory_output_dir }}/linode_inventory.py --list
+  environment:
+    LINODE_API_TOKEN: "{{ linode_api_token }}"
+  register: linode_inventory_result
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  changed_when: true
+
+- name: Parse inventory JSON
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    linode_inventory_data: "{{ linode_inventory_result.stdout | from_json }}"
+
+- name: Save inventory to file
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    content: "{{ linode_inventory_data | to_nice_json }}"
+    dest: "{{ temp_inventory_path }}"
+    mode: '0644'
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Display inventory summary
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: |
+      Linode Dynamic Inventory Summary:
+      Total hosts discovered: {{ linode_inventory_data._meta.hostvars | length }}
+      Groups created: {{ linode_inventory_data.keys() | reject('equalto', '_meta') | list | length }}
+      Inventory saved to: {{ temp_inventory_path }}
+
+- name: Show discovered hosts
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "Host: {{ item.key }} ({{ item.value.ansible_host }}) - Region: {{ item.value.linode_region }} - Status: {{ item.value.linode_status }}"
+  loop: "{{ linode_inventory_data._meta.hostvars | dict2items }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+
+- name: Create static inventory file (optional)
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: inventory.ini.j2
+    dest: "{{ linode_inventory_output_dir }}/linode_static_inventory.ini"
+    mode: '0644'
+  when: inventory_format == "ini"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
+# AWX/Tower specific tasks
+- name: Create inventory update script for AWX
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: awx_inventory_update.sh.j2
+    dest: "{{ linode_inventory_output_dir }}/awx_inventory_update.sh"
+    mode: '0755'
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  when: awx_integration | default(false)
+
+- name: Clean up temporary script
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ linode_inventory_output_dir }}/linode_inventory.py"
+    state: absent
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  when: cleanup_temp_files | default(true)