I also have the need to set environment specific role defaults.
I am using include_vars for this purpose which works fine as long as you
don't want to overwrite some of this role default variables via host_vars.
Because that is not going to work, because host_vars are overwritten by
included vars.
Therefore after the include_vars for my role defaults, I include the
hostvars explicitly again like this:
- name: Include hostname specific vars
include_vars:
file: "host_vars/{{ inventory_hostname }}.yml"
It works, but I am not sure if this is only working by accident.
Regrads
Daniel
Am Mittwoch, 30. April 2014 22:41:29 UTC+2 schrieb Michael DeHaan:
>
> Well, sort of, but unfortunately, no :)
>
> While the default does control what variable gets loaded with "set_fact"
> (this could have been done without the default) it is still going to get
> loaded at a level that is not the same as defaults, so inventory can't
> override what you have loaded there.
>
> I'd find "include_vars" cleaner personally, if that's all you want
>
> - include_vars: "{{ ansible_os_distribution }}.yml"
>
> Which allows vars/RedHat.yml and vars/Debian.yml in the role.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:54 AM, "F.L. Jonathan Araña Cruz" <
> jonh...@faita.net <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> On 28/04/14 23:01, Matt Willsher wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to write generic roles for particular applications and keep
>> hitting across the same problem:
>>
>> I want to set role default based on the operating system or other facts,
>> like include_vars, but this doesn't appear to be supported.
>>
>> The only option I see practically available for template is to use the
>> template logic to handle defaults, but that, while flexible, is not as
>> elegant as being able to set by-fact defaults.
>>
>> The code I'm working at present on is
>> https://github.com/WillsherPartners/ansible-sshd , where there is a
>> large set of defaults and a template. sshd_subsystem_sftp varies depending
>> on OS, but I still want to give the person using the role to option to
>> override the value if they see fit.
>>
>> Are there any plans for include_vars: (include_defaults?) functionality
>> in Ansible, or is there some other way to tackle per-os defaults?
>>
>>
>> I asked for this a few weeks back. Finally I managed to implement a
>> pattern in my role to workaround this
>>
>> https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/6756
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt
>>
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