lookup plug in file too distributed

Question

My lookup plugin is very complex and distributed to be set in a single .py file. What do I do?

Answer 1

Hey @laksha, you can wrap it into a package and add a small helper file, users will only have to do the following:

1. pip install my_super_lookup

2. Create ~/.ansible/plugins/lookup/easy_name.py:

   import my_super_lookup
   LookupModule = my_super_lookup.LookupModule

3. Use with_easy_name: or lookup('easy_name',...) in playbooks