Repository: ansible/ansible

Issue:
openstack inventory plugin can create group with an 'empty name'  when region is not specified in clouds.yml
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##### SUMMARY
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When region_name is not specified the openstack inventory plugin create empty named group because plugin have not any check for an empty value:

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/openstack.py#L257

as soon as 'cloud_' group also created:

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/openstack.py#L260 

the empty group can lead to unexpected behavior:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42040
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##### COMPONENT NAME
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`contrib/inventory/openstack_inventory.py`
##### ANSIBLE VERSION
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```
ansible 2.5.5
  config file = /Users/igor.tiunov/Sources/ansible-openstack-bug/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/Users/igor.tiunov/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.14 (default, Mar  9 2018, 23:57:12) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.39.2)]
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##### CONFIGURATION
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DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/Users/igor.tiunov/Sources/ansible-openstack-bug/ansible.cfg) = [u'/Users/igor.tiunov/Sources/ansible-openstack-bug/openstack.yml']
DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(env: ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE) = /Users/igor.tiunov/tmp/.vault
INVENTORY_ENABLED(/Users/igor.tiunov/Sources/ansible-openstack-bug/ansible.cfg) = ['openstack']
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Max OSX and rhel/windows instances on openstack
##### STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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1. Create clouds.yaml like this:
https://github.com/ITD27M01/ansible-openstack-bug/blob/master/clouds.yaml
https://docs.openstack.org/os-client-config/latest/user/configuration.html
2. Run ansible-invetnory --list
3. See the empty group in inventory:
https://github.com/ITD27M01/ansible-openstack-bug/blob/master/openstack-inventory.json#L2
https://github.com/ITD27M01/ansible-openstack-bug/blob/master/openstack-inventory.json#L260
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##### EXPECTED RESULTS
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Empty group is not created
##### ACTUAL RESULTS
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Empty group is created
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Files identified in the description:
* [lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/openstack.py](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/openstack.py)

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cc @emonty @gtema 
@ITD27M01 , please verify if this fixes your problem. In positive case I will create followup PRs for 2.6 and 2.7/devel
@gtema 

Can you please check the following also:

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/openstack.py#L264
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/openstack.py#L289


I personally do not think it is a good idea, since that might break group parsing scripts/playbooks by people relying on that structure
In this way the groups like \_nova, cloud_\_nova and cloud_ will be created:

https://github.com/ITD27M01/ansible-openstack-bug/blob/master/openstack-inventory.json#L239-242

Resolving patch:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/openstack.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/openstack.py
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/openstack.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/openstack.py
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ def _get_groups_from_server(self, server_vars, namegroup=True):
         groups.append(cloud)
 
         # Create a group on region
-        groups.append(region)
+        if region:
+            groups.append(region)
 
         # And one by cloud_region
         groups.append("%s_%s" % (cloud, region))


Test patch: