If you really mean passing parameters to roles:
roles:
# short form
- webserver
# long form
- { role: dbserver, port: 4200, foo: [ 1,2,3] }
vars_files of course works too, I'd need to see your vars_file to see
what you might have wrong in it.
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Adam Bozanich <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm having trouble figuring out how to pass non-string parameters to roles.
>
> I've tried a few different methods, with the most recent using
> "vars_files" in the play:
>
> https://github.com/boz/ansible-deploy/blob/multiplay/playbook.yml#L45
>
> This only seems to import the variables into the play; the variables
> defined in the vars file aren't visible in the roles.
>
> Ideally I'd be able to parametrize roles with a reference to a compound
> variable. I've tried this, but the roles only receive a stringified
> version of the hash that I pass in.
>
> The only other options I can see at this point are either passing in a
> large amount of parameters every time or creating an extra role for every
> "abstract" role that I want to invoke. Neither of these sound very
> appealing and so I'm hoping that there's something that I'm missing. Ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> -Adam
>
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