Setting a variable just for a task

[Jim McMahon]

Is there a way to set a variable just for a task?  Say the task uses the template module and I want to set a variable just for that task that is not specific to the host I'm on.  

[Mark McCoy]

You should be able to put this variable in the rolename/defaults/main.yml file. This way there is a default value and if you do need to override it for a particular host or group you can do that easily.

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Mark McCoy

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Jim McMahon <jmcm...@flatworldknowledge.com> wrote:

Is there a way to set a variable just for a task?  Say the task uses the template module and I want to set a variable just for that task that is not specific to the host I'm on.  

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[Dag Wieers]

You can define a variable (conditionally) inside the template, or use
set_fact in the previous task, or include_vars in a previous task.

It depends on what you would like to achieve, and why.

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Dag

[Jim McMahon]

I thought about using the set_fact in the previous task. It just seems more natural to set it in the same task, but that’s not possible.

Thanks,

Jim