parse_hosts_json_file

The parse_hosts_json_file function takes one argument:

src: a string that contains the path to the JSON file.

The function returns a table that contains the parsed hosts.

Usage Example

hosts.json:

[
  {
    "name": "server1",
    "user": "user1",
    "address": "10.20.30.41",
    "tags": ["webserver", "database"]
  },
  {
    "name": "server2",
    "user": "user2",
    "address": "10.20.30.42",
    "tags": ["webserver"]
  },
  {
    "name": "server3",
    "user": "user3",
    "address": "10.20.30.43",
    "tags": ["database"]
  }
]

main.lua:

local hosts = komandan.parse_hosts_json_file("/path/to/hosts.json")

This will return the table hosts that contains the parsed hosts.