Thanks! Somehow I missed that vars (and IDE missed it as well..)
On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 1:38:48 PM UTC-4, Kai Stian Olstad wrote: > > On 06. april 2017 19:32, Anthony Cheng wrote: > > Are you sure that it actually works? It didn't when I tested it (looks > > like order matters). > > Yes I'm sure, if not I would not have written it. > > > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html#variables-defined-in-a-playbook > > > > > On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 1:22:43 PM UTC-4, Kai Stian Olstad wrote: > >> > >> On 06. april 2017 18:57, Anthony Cheng wrote: > >>> Is it possible to set variable before hosts in playbook? > >>> > >>> Something like this doesn't work: > >>> > >>> var: > >>> VARHOSTNAME: test > >>> > >>> - hosts: "{{ VARHOSTNAME }}" > >>> gather_facts: true > >>> become: yes > >>> > >>> I know I can set variable in vars file or pass in environment values > at > >>> command line but wanted to know if i can just define variable directly > >> at > >>> the playbook level. > >> > >> You can have vars as part of the play > >> > >> - hosts: "{{ VARHOSTNAME }}" > >> gather_facts: true > >> become: yes > >> vars: > >> VARHOSTNAME: test > >> > > Take notice that I wrote vars: not var: as you did. > > > -- > Kai Stian Olstad > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/91173ae4-7fe1-40e7-bf37-66d4d9a47d1c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
