Strip SRV prefix from inventory host keys

test_inventory_keys.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import unittest
+from wif2ansible.models import Server, Flow
+from wif2ansible.inventory import generate_inventory
+
+class TestInventoryKeys(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_inventory_keys_are_hostnames(self):
+        # Create a server with Ref, Hostname, IP
+        s1 = Server(reference="SERVER_REF_01", hostname="server01", ip_address="192.168.1.10", platform="windows")
+        
+        # Create a flow matching this server
+        f1 = Flow(flow_id="1", source_ip="192.168.1.10", destination_ip="10.0.0.1", ports=[80])
+        
+        servers = {"SERVER_REF_01": s1}
+        flows = [f1]
+        
+        inventory = generate_inventory(servers, flows)
+        
+        # Verify stricture
+        hosts = inventory['all']['hosts']
+        
+        # Key should be REFERENCE "SERVER_REF_01" (or hostname/ip fallback)
+        self.assertIn("SERVER_REF_01", hosts)
+        self.assertNotIn("192.168.1.10", hosts)
+        
+        # Check variables
+        host_vars = hosts["SERVER_REF_01"]
+        self.assertEqual(host_vars['ansible_host'], "192.168.1.10")
+        self.assertEqual(host_vars['ansible_connection'], "winrm")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()

wif2ansible/excel_reader.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import openpyxl
 from openpyxl.worksheet.worksheet import Worksheet
 from typing import List, Dict, Tuple, Optional
 from .models import Server, Flow
-from .parsers import parse_ports, parse_ip, clean_header
+from .parsers import parse_ports, parse_ip, clean_header, clean_reference
 
 from openpyxl.utils import get_column_letter
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def read_servers(filename: str) -> Dict[str, Server]:
         
         s = Server(
             reference=ref, 
-            hostname=ref, 
+            hostname=clean_reference(ref), 
             platform=plat,
             ip_address=ip_addr,
             production_ip=prod_ip_addr

wif2ansible/inventory.py

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ def generate_inventory(servers: Dict[str, Server], flows: List[Flow]) -> Dict[st
         match_count += 1
         
         # Prepare host entry if new
-        # We use the IP as the key in inventory 'hosts'
-        host_key = server.ip_address
+        # We use the Reference/Hostname as the key in inventory 'hosts'
+        host_key = server.reference or server.hostname or server.ip_address
         
         if host_key not in inventory_hosts:
             host_vars = server.get_ansible_vars()

wif2ansible/models.py

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ class Server:
              # Default ssh is usually fine, but being explicit doesn't hurt
              pass
         
+        if self.ip_address:
+            vars['ansible_host'] = self.ip_address
+            
         return vars
 
 @dataclass

wif2ansible/parsers.py

@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@ def parse_ports(port_str: str) -> List[int]:
             
     return sorted(list(ports))
 
+def clean_reference(ref: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Cleans a server reference string.
+    Specifically removes 'SRV###' type prefixes if present.
+    Example: 'SRV123 MyServer' -> 'MyServer'
+    """
+    if not ref:
+        return ""
+        
+    s = str(ref)
+    # Remove SRV followed by digits and whitespace
+    s = re.sub(r'SRV\d+\s*', '', s, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+    # Remove leading/trailing whitespace
+    return s.strip()
+
 def parse_ip(ip_str: str) -> List[str]:
     """Finds all IPv4 addresses in a string."""
     if not ip_str: