Thanks for your comment. You mean to say that instead of sending the trimmed hostname only something like prefix 5 digits mac add+ last 3 digits of hostname.
Thanks again for your help On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 11:01, Evan Hisey <[email protected]> wrote: > Something that was done at current job was use the last 5 digits of the > mac address was a prefix for the host names. The mac pretty much > guarentees a unique name with added bonus of assisting network finding on > the network when there is a connectivity issue > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 8:56 PM Prady A <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Experts, >> >> Not exactly an ansible issue but any thought would be greatly appreciated. >> We use AD for Password synchronization between different kinds of >> systems. For password synchronization we also use mainframe system which >> accepts only 8 charters as a hostname. >> So now we are trimming the hostname and sending it to the mainframe >> system. >> Ex: *domain: ansible_hostname[:3] }}{{ ansible_hostname[-5:] }} * >> Earlier based on the datacenter the hostnames were given(EX:VANC+1001). >> Since the datacenter names are quite different, by trimming also there are >> no duplicates. >> But now the hostname will be decided on the business unit so less number >> of combinations in hostnames. >> For Ex: for BU's : abcd, abcf, abciq >> hostnames will be >> abc*d*10001 >> abc*f*10001 >> abc*iq*10001 >> For above all the hostnames the above ansible will return me the same >> hostname. which will be duplicated in the mainframe system. >> *domain: ansible_hostname[:3] }}{{ ansible_hostname[-5:] }} * >> abc10001 >> abc10001 >> abc10001 >> >> Any insight would be greatly helpful. >> >> Regards >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEuB3Aq14AaNqJGGcKC%3D-C0CH4dkGRC6uOsCzFe-f4YysYyKiQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEuB3Aq14AaNqJGGcKC%3D-C0CH4dkGRC6uOsCzFe-f4YysYyKiQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEcFzYz5Zdb-yx3jrxLMLNKWnMBfzuqmvfASDUj8uYZqtqxeGg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEcFzYz5Zdb-yx3jrxLMLNKWnMBfzuqmvfASDUj8uYZqtqxeGg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEuB3AoDRdcrm%2BUS0Zq-mt5s%3DAW-WJcGr9cyT-a%3DMcWezbsF9Q%40mail.gmail.com.
