macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install ansible-cmdblocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install ansible-cmdb with Homebrew, Nix, zypper
Generates static HTML overview page from Ansible facts. Version 1.31 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#ansible-cmdb.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#ansible-cmdbnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/an/ansible-cmdb/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install ansible-cmdbopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · ansible-cmdb · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Generates static HTML overview page from Ansible facts
Project links
Commands and aliases
- ansible-cmdb
history
Project history and usage
Ansible-CMDB is a small companion utility for Ansible users who want static inventory and host-fact reports without running a database-backed CMDB service. It consumes facts gathered by Ansible and renders them as HTML, CSV, SQL, JSON, Markdown, or plain-text output.
Project history
The project is maintained in the fboender/ansible-cmdb repository and its manual page identifies the command as a tool to generate host overviews from Ansible facts. Its documentation describes an implementation centered on parsing fact directories and, optionally, Ansible inventory data, then rendering the result through templates.
The 1.x release line was already established by 2015, when the bundled man page was dated 2015-11-11. GitHub releases show continued 1.x maintenance through v1.31, including packaging, variable parsing, and template fixes.
Adoption history
Ansible-CMDB became useful in the gap between ad hoc Ansible fact gathering and heavier infrastructure inventory systems. Its adoption pattern is package-nerdy rather than platform-centric: it appears in Homebrew, Nix, SUSE/openSUSE packaging, and PyPI-oriented workflows because it is a single CLI that can be dropped into cron jobs or documentation pipelines.
The project has a long-lived GitHub footprint with thousands of stars and hundreds of forks, but its release cadence is modest compared with core Ansible tools. That matches its role as a stable reporting add-on rather than an automation engine.
How it is used
The canonical workflow is to run Ansible setup with `--tree` to write fact files, then run `ansible-cmdb out/ > overview.html`. Passing `-i` lets the tool read inventory files or dynamic inventory scripts so host and group variables appear in the report.
Users choose templates with `-t`, add template parameters with `-p`, and can output split HTML for large inventories. It is commonly used when a team wants a browsable snapshot of hosts and facts without deploying AWX, NetBox, ServiceNow, or a custom database.
Why package nerds care
For package maintainers, Ansible-CMDB is a classic Unix-shaped adjunct: one executable, generated static output, no daemon, and broad packaging across Python and OS repositories. Its value is that it turns Ansible's existing fact cache into artifacts that can be archived, published, diffed, or shipped as build output.
It also illustrates how the Ansible ecosystem produced small single-purpose tools around the core CLI before more integrated platforms became common.
Timeline
- 2015: Bundled manual page documents `ansible-cmdb` as a fact-to-overview generator.
- 2017: v1.19 release posts describe static HTML host overview generation and multiple templates.
- 2018: v1.26/v1.26.1 releases focus on packaging and template improvements.
- 2021: v1.31 release fixes PyPI license metadata and template issues.
Related projects
- Ansible provides the fact gathering data consumed by Ansible-CMDB.
- AWX and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform provide heavier web UI, inventory, and job orchestration workflows.
- NetBox, ServiceNow CMDB, and other inventory systems overlap with the infrastructure documentation use case but are not drop-in static report generators.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ansible-cmdb | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.31
manager updated2026-07-10
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:ansible-cmdb |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.31 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/fboender/ansible-cmdb |
| Repository | https://github.com/fboender/ansible-cmdb |
| Last updated | 2026-07-10T16:05:17-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
ansible-cmdb
nix profile install nixpkgs#ansible-cmdb- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ansible Cmdb
zypper95%
ansible-cmdb 1.31-3.3
Ansible Configuration Management Database
https://github.com/fboender/ansible-cmdb
sudo zypper install ansible-cmdb- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/Python
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: ansible-cmdb
- 6 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ansible Cmdb
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation