Hi, As of 2.0 the precedence is
- role defaults [1] <http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html#id8> - inventory vars [2] <http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html#id9> - inventory group_vars - inventory host_vars - playbook group_vars - playbook host_vars - host facts - registered vars - set_facts - play vars - play vars_prompt - play vars_files - role and include vars - block vars (only for tasks in block) - task vars (only for the task) - extra vars http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html#variable-precedence-where-should-i-put-a-variable Prior to 1.5.4 we kept default variables in the playbooks group_vars/all.yml and overrode in the group specific group_vars, followed by the inventory We have worked round the 1.5.4 -> pre 2.0 precedence but do struggle with default values that don't aren't defined in a role. I appreciate that that is the preferred approach but this would mean that we would have to include the role default everywhere we use it. I have situation whereby I want to override a variable stored in group_vars/some_group.yml in an inventory. We have informix_server_host which on most of our ec2 environments defaults to localhost. On a handle for boxes I need to add the db server host. I would like to set a localhost default and override in the specific inventory but this isn't possible. If I remove the value from group_vars/ I need to set localhost in every inventory or set localhost in the role default and include that defaults file in every place this is used. I would have thought that inventory vars would be one of the most specific behind extra vars and task vars. It feels like we are doing something wrong, but we are forced into duplicating variables everywhere at the moment. Sorry for waffling but i'd be keen to hear if anybody has a good approach to handling defaults that are common to many inventories but need to be overriden on an inventory basis. Many thanks James -- 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/0c74b3bd-cb07-4323-9edd-bbd232beab0e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
