Greetings,
I found an unexpected behavior when role variables, with default values
defined, are overwritten by role parameters in the playbook. I would like
to confirm whether its a bug or working as designed before opening an issue
on github.
Here is the test case. I have defined a role to configure multiple
instances of a given service. Whenever the instance configuration changes,
I need to reload that specific instance informing the path of its
configuration file.
roles/some_role/defaults.yml:
instance_name: "default"
instance_conf_file: "/etc/servicename-{{instance_name}}.conf"
instance_param1: "some value"
instance_param2: "some other value"
roles/some_role/tasks.yml:
- template:
dest: {{instance_conf_file}}
src: some_role_conf.j2
notify:
- reload conf
roles/some_role/handers.yml:
- name: reload conf
command: some command to reload {{instance_name}} {{instance_conf_file}}
In the main playbook, I call the role multiple times with different values
for instance parameters, like this:
- hosts: all
roles:
# first instance "default"
- role: some_role
# second instance
- role: some_role
instance_name: "i2"
instance_param1: "abc"
# third instance
- role: some_role
instance_name: "i3"
instance_param1: "xyz"
When configuration of either "i2" or 'i3" is modified, notification to
"reload conf" actually goes to handler of first instance (variables in
"reload conf" are filled with default values).
I would expect that, like for tasks, variables in role/handlers.yml were
evaluated considering the current role environment.
Should I open a bug or this is the intended behavior? If this is the
intended behavior, are there any other means to pass instance parameters to
handlers?
Any help is appreciated.
Best regards,
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