pushing limit to inventory sources

awx/main/migrations/0175_constructed_inventory.py

@@ -79,4 +79,14 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 max_length=32,
             ),
         ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='inventorysource',
+            name='limit',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default='', help_text='Enter host, group or pattern match'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='inventoryupdate',
+            name='limit',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default='', help_text='Enter host, group or pattern match'),
+        ),
     ]

awx/main/models/inventory.py

@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ class InventorySourceOptions(BaseModel):
     host_filter = models.TextField(
         blank=True,
         default='',
-        help_text=_('Regex where only matching hosts will be imported.'),
+        help_text=_('This field is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Regex where only matching hosts will be imported.'),
     )
     overwrite = models.BooleanField(
         default=False,
@@ -945,6 +945,11 @@ class InventorySourceOptions(BaseModel):
         blank=True,
         default=1,
     )
+    limit = models.TextField(
+        blank=True,
+        default='',
+        help_text=_("Enter host, group or pattern match"),
+    )
 
     @staticmethod
     def cloud_credential_validation(source, cred):

awx/main/tasks/jobs.py

@@ -1539,6 +1539,11 @@ class RunInventoryUpdate(SourceControlMixin, BaseTask):
 
         args.append('-i')
         args.append(container_location)
+        # Added this in order to allow older versions of ansible-inventory https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79596
+        # limit should be usable in ansible-inventory 2.15+
+        if inventory_update.limit:
+            args.append('--limit')
+            args.append(inventory_update.limit)
 
         args.append('--output')
         args.append(os.path.join(CONTAINER_ROOT, 'artifacts', str(inventory_update.id), 'output.json'))