NAME

Rex::Group::Lookup::DBI - read hostnames and groups from a DBI source

DESCRIPTION

With this module you can define hostgroups out of an DBI source.

SYNOPSIS

use Rex::Group::Lookup::DBI;
groups_dbi "dsn", "user", "password", "SQL request";

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

groups_dbi($dsn, $user, $password, $sql)

With this function you can read groups from DBI source. Example:

groups_dbi( 'DBI:mysql:rex;host=db01',
  user             => 'username',
  password         => 'password',
  sql              => "SELECT * FROM HOST",
  create_all_group => TRUE);

Database sample for MySQL

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `HOST` (
  `ID` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `GROUP` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
  `HOST` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
);

Data sample for MySQL

INSERT INTO `HOST` (`ID`, `GROUP`, `HOST`) VALUES
  (1, 'db', 'db01'),
  (2, 'db', 'db02'),
  (3, 'was', 'was01'),
  (4, 'was', 'was02');