As the subject says. I have some host variables defined in my hosts inventory file. How do I access them in my playbook?
Here is an example. Based on all my research I was expecting foo
and bar
to be part of hostvars
. I can put host specific variables in separate var files, but I would love to keep them in my inventory file "attached" to a host. I don't want to use it in templates.
ansible version: 1.3.2, ansible_distribution_version: 6.4
bash $
bash $ ansible --version
ansible 1.3.2
bash $
bash $ cat test_inv.ini
[foobar]
someHost foo="some string" bar=123
someOtherHost foo="some other string" bar=456
bash $
bash $ cat test.yml
---
- name: test variables...
hosts: all
vars:
- some_junk: "1"
# gather_facts: no # foo and bar are unavailable whether I gather facts or not.
tasks:
- debug: msg="hostvars={{hostvars}}"
- debug: msg="vars={{vars}}"
- debug: msg="groups={{groups}}"
- debug: msg="some_junk={{some_junk}}"
# - debug: msg="???? HOW DO I PRINT values of host specific variables foo and bar defined in inventory file ???"
bash $
bash $
bash $ ansible-playbook -i test_inv.ini test.yml
PLAY [test variables...] ******************************************************
GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
ok: [someHost]
TASK: [debug msg="hostvars={{hostvars}}"] *************************************
ok: [someHost] => {"msg": "hostvars={'someHost': {u'facter_operatingsystem': u'RedHat', u'facter_selinux_current_mode': u'enforcing', u'facter_hostname': u'someHost', 'module_setup': True, u'facter_memoryfree_mb': u'1792.70', u'ansible_distribution_version': u'6.4' // ...........snip...........// u'VMware IDE CDR10'}}"}
TASK: [debug msg="vars={{vars}}"] *********************************************
ok: [someHost] => {"msg": "vars={'some_junk': '1', 'delegate_to': None, 'changed_when': None, 'register': None, 'inventory_dir': '/login/sg219898/PPP/automation/ansible', 'always_run': False, 'ignore_errors': False}"}
TASK: [debug msg="groups={{groups}}"] *****************************************
ok: [someHost] => {"msg": "groups={'ungrouped': [], 'foobar': ['someHost'], 'all': ['someHost']}"}
TASK: [debug msg="some_junk=1"] ***********************************************
ok: [someHost] => {"msg": "some_junk=1"}
PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
someHost : ok=5 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
bash $
Doing the following should work:
debug: msg="foo={{foo}}"
The foo
variable will be evaluated in the context of the current host. Tested locally with ansible 1.3.4.