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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2021 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# inventory.py
+# create an inventory file for a site, in YAML format
+# currently aether specific
+
+import nbhelper
+from ruamel import yaml
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    extra_args = {
+        "--generic": {
+            "action": "store_true",
+            "help": "Use generic output, instead of Aether-specific",
+        },
+    }
+
+    args = nbhelper.initialize(extra_args)
+    tenant = nbhelper.Tenant()
+
+    routers = {}
+    servers = {}
+    switches = {}
+
+    for device in tenant.get_devices():
+
+        dev_name = device.data["name"]
+
+        dev_vars = {
+            "ansible_host": str(device.primary_ip),
+        }
+
+        if device.data.device_role.slug == "router":
+            routers[dev_name] = dev_vars
+
+        elif device.data.device_role.slug == "server":
+            servers[dev_name] = dev_vars
+
+        elif device.data.device_role.slug == "switch":
+            switches[dev_name] = dev_vars
+
+    if args.generic:
+        groups = {
+            "routers": {"hosts": routers},
+            "servers": {"hosts": servers},
+            "switches": {"hosts": switches},
+        }
+    else:
+        groups = {
+            "aethermgmt": {"hosts": routers},
+            "aethercompute": {"hosts": servers},
+            "aetherfabric": {"hosts": switches},
+        }
+
+    yaml_out = {"all": {"children": groups}}
+
+    print(yaml.safe_dump(yaml_out, indent=2))