Vidyasagar Bula

@Sneedes , thanks for all the details. By default, we are creating groups based on the defined tags in inventory plugin. You are also creating your own custom groups using...

@Sneedes @litewhatever , I understand your pain point is you are seeing a lot of unnecessary groups. You want a way to disable any of the default groups creation?

@litewhatever , thanks for the logs. we will review it internally about using these special characters in the group names

@Sneedes , thanks for the PR. We are actually adding an option `default_groups` in the next release(2.38.0). Below is the description of this option. OCI Inventory plugin creates some groups...

@slmjy , default_group option disables/enables creation of groups based on freeform/defined tags but it doesnt support for specific tags. these scenarios which you covered in your PR can be achieved...

@slmjy , currently in the inventory plugin result, we create groups based on ["availability_domain", "compartment_name", "region", "freeform_tags", "defined_tags"] by default. you will not be able to disable these groups using...

@slmjy , we have added the option `default_groups` in the recent release v2.38.0. You can install the latest version using the command `ansible-galaxy collection install oracle.oci --force`. Please try it...

@slmjy , thanks alot for the details. We are considering extending the option default_groups to configure the include and exclude for each default group. each group can have sub options...

@slmjy , Please let me know if you have any inputs for the above mentioned design