so, that is a clear yes (and great little exercise) then. I'll have to figure out, why it does't work atm
thx for sharing > On 01/20/2022 5:39 PM Vladimir Botka <vbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:15:42 +0100 (CET) > dulhaver via Ansible Project <ansible-project@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > As far my understanding goes the /tasks/main.yml should read the variables > > from /defaults/main.yml no matter what (without any vars_files: > > declaration. Is that understanding correct? > > Yes. This is correct. For example > > shell> tree roles > roles > └── role01 > ├── defaults > │ └── main.yml > └── tasks > └── main.yml > > 3 directories, 2 files > > shell> cat roles/role01/defaults/main.yml > test_var: Hello > > shell> cat roles/role01/tasks/main.yml > - debug: > var: test_var > > shell> cat playbook.yml > - hosts: localhost > roles: > - role01 > > shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml > > gives (abridged) > > TASK [role01 : debug] > ********************************** > ok: [localhost] => > test_var: Hello > > > If this is not working for you provide "Minimal nonworking example" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_working_example > > -- > Vladimir Botka > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/20220120173923.6b4ce819%40gmail.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/763249847.669891.1642704440807%40office.mailbox.org.
