(ie, vars set by --extra-vars on the command-line cannot be overridden) On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 12:19:16 PM UTC-8, Matt Davis wrote: > > The problem is that vars set on the command-line have the highest possible > precedence. If you were to set the initial value in inventory, or someplace > else with a lower precedence than a play/task var, it'd work fine > (verified). > > See > http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html#variable-precedence-where-should-i-put-a-variable > for > more details. > > -Matt > > On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 10:28:33 AM UTC-8, davidfof wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> I have role that contains several tasks that should be run by different >> Ansible users. The playbook that uses this role should run on Windows hosts >> and I do this using a command similar to the following: >> >> >> ansible-playbook --limit windows -i hosts --extra-vars >> "ansible_user=my_username ansible_password=my_password" site.yaml >> >> Most of the tasks in the role should be done through the user specified >> in the command above while others should use another Windows user. For >> these other tasks, I try to override the user credential variables as shown >> below: >> >> >> >> >> - include: task_for_other_windows_user.yml >> vars: >> ansible_user: "{{other_windows_user_name}}" >> ansible_password: "{{other_windows_user_pw}}" >> >> >> This unfortunately doesn't work as the playbook appears to use the same >> user initially defined, on all the plays. How do I implement what I'm >> trying to achieve here? >> >
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