include_vars not working correctly in case of remote hosts

[vikram patil]

Hello All,

   I am trying to setup ansible script which fetches config file from S3 and stores on remote node in home directory for User. In next task I would like to include_vars from this file but somehow include_vars fails to find file on remote machine as it always looks in 

my local machine.

- hosts: XYZcompute.amazonaws.com

  connection: ssh

  remote_user: ubuntu

  gather_facts: False

  vars:

    remote_env:

         ...

  roles:

    - python

    - uwsgi

  tasks:

   - shell: echo $HOME

     register: USER_HOME

     ignore_errors: True

   - name: Access file from s3

     s3: bucket=MYBUCKET object={{CONFIGURATION_ENV}}.yml dest=~/{{CONFIGURATION_ENV}}.yml mode=get force=true

     environment: remote_env

   - name: "Loading vars"

     include_vars: '~/{{CONFIGURATION_ENV}}.yml'

     delegate_to:  XYZ.compute.amazonaws.com

lets say I am invoking above playbook from user vikram include_vars fails saying 

file could not read: /home/vikram/production.yml

but I want ansible to load variables from /home/ubuntu/production.yml

-Vikram

[Sankalp Khare]

The end-goal is to get the variables loaded into your ansible run. How about separating out your task into two distinct activities:

1. Fetching the file from S3 on the machine where you are doing the ansible run, and loading variables from it
2. Uploading a copy of the file to the remote host's home directory as well (if that is part of your requirements)

Just my two cents.

[Michael DeHaan]

include_vars always runs on your local machine, this is what it does :)

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