constructed inventory source skip

changelogs/fragments/checkmode.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+    - added mandatory check to workflow launch name option
+    - added improvements to checkmod where it will run faster with the async tasks. In addition added an additional fail check at end of dispatch that will likely fail if dependencies are missing, as expected.
+...

changelogs/fragments/constructed.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - The role 'inventory_sources' will now skip when the source parameter is `constructed`. These sources are auto created and not meant to be edited. However they can still be synced with the inventory_source_update.
+...

roles/inventory_sources/README.md

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ The role will strip the double space between the curly bracket in order to provi
 |`description`|`False`|no|The description to use for the inventory source.|
 |`inventory`|""|yes|Inventory the group should be made a member of.|
 |`organization`|""|no|Organization the inventory belongs to.|
-|`source`|""|no|The source to use for this group.|
+|`source`|""|no|The source to use for this group. If set to `constructed` this role will be skipped as they are not meant to be edited.|
 |`source_path`|""|no|For an SCM based inventory source, the source path points to the file within the repo to use as an inventory.|
 |`source_vars`|""|no|The variables or environment fields to apply to this source type.|
 |`enabled_var`|""|no|The variable to use to determine enabled state e.g., "status.power_state".|

roles/inventory_sources/tasks/main.yml

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
   poll: 0
   register: __inventory_source_job_async
   changed_when: not __inventory_source_job_async.changed
+  when: __controller_source_item.source != "constructed"
   vars:
     __operation: "{{ operation_translate[__controller_source_item.state | default(controller_state) | default('present')] }}"
     ansible_async_dir: '{{ controller_configuration_async_dir }}'

tests/configs/differential_items.yml

@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ differential_items:
       - name: satlab-admin-inventory
         organization: Default
         state: absent
+      - name: test_constructed
+        organization: Default
+        state: absent
       - name: Test Inventory - Smart
         organization: Default
         state: absent

tests/configs/inventories.yml

@@ -22,4 +22,9 @@ controller_inventories:
     description: created by Ansible Playbook
     kind: smart
     host_filter:  "name__icontains=localhost"
+  - name: test_constructed
+    organization: Default
+    kind: constructed
+    input_inventories:
+      - localhost
 ...

tests/configs/inventory_sources.yml

@@ -40,5 +40,7 @@ controller_inventory_sources:
     organization: Satellite
     source: scm
     state: absent
-    # more options can be provided but for scm source we are using, we need only this much.
+  - name: "Auto-created source for: test_constructed"
+    inventory: test_constructed
+    source: constructed
 ...

tests/configs_export_model/differential_items.yml

@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ differential_expected:
       credential:
       default_environment:
       description: ansible-examples
-      local_path: _19__test_inventory_source_project
+      local_path: _20__test_inventory_source_project
       name: Test Inventory source project
       natural_key:
         name: Test Inventory source project
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ differential_expected:
         type: credential
       default_environment:
       description: ansible-examples
-      local_path: _20__test_inventory_source_project_with_credential
+      local_path: _21__test_inventory_source_project_with_credential
       name: Test Inventory source project with credential
       natural_key:
         name: Test Inventory source project with credential