Vars defined in host file not getting the value when the value is supplied as extra vars during playbook run

[ishan jain]

My host file looks something like this:

[Group]

host.com

[Group:vars]

vars="{{src}}/varsFile.yaml

And in my playbook:

---

- hosts: "{{remote_hosts}}"

  vars_files:

     - "{{vars}}"

  gather_facts: yes

  tasks:

      ......

Now when i run this with the command:

ansible-playbook -i host playbook.yaml -e src=/opt/config

The playbook run fails as some variable (defined in varsFile.yaml) is not found.

But when i use the command:

ansible-playbook -i host playbook.yaml -e src=/opt/config -e vars=/opt/config/varsFile.yaml

Everything runs perfectly fine.

How can i make sure that when i provide this "src" as extra var, it can be used in multiple locations in my playbooks and host variables ?