Thanks, Michael.
I had wanted to be able to pass an entire dict by name into a role, but
apparently that isn't possible.
I've gotten things to work with vars_files, I'll try restructuring things
to work with this.
Cheers,
-Adam
On Monday, March 24, 2014 7:49:04 AM UTC-7, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
>
>
> 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]<javascript:>
> > 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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