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# k8s – Kubernetes (K8s) inventory source

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Examples
- Status

## Synopsis

- Fetch containers and services for one or more clusters
- Groups by cluster name, namespace, namespace_services, namespace_pods, and labels
- Uses k8s.(yml|yaml) YAML configuration file to set parameter values.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this inventory.

- python >= 2.7
- openshift >= 0.6
- PyYAML >= 3.11

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Configuration | Comments
--- | --- | --- | ---
connections - |  |  | Optional list of cluster connection settings. If no connections are provided, the default ~/.kube/config and active context will be used, and objects will be returned for all namespaces the active user is authorized to access.
plugin - / required | Choices: k8s |  | token that ensures this is a source file for the 'k8s' plugin.

## Examples

    # File must be named k8s.yaml or k8s.yml

    # Authenticate with token, and return all pods and services for all namespaces
    plugin: k8s
    connections:
      - host: https://192.168.64.4:8443
        token: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        validate_certs: false

    # Use default config (~/.kube/config) file and active context, and return objects for a specific namespace
    plugin: k8s
    connections:
      - namespaces:
        - testing

    # Use a custom config file, and a specific context.
    plugin: k8s
    connections:
      - kubeconfig: /path/to/config
        context: 'awx/192-168-64-4:8443/developer'

## Status

- This inventory is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This inventory is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Chris Houseknecht <@chouseknecht>
- Fabian von Feilitzsch <@fabianvf>

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