How can we access the variables defined in host_vars/* files into playbook

[Chandramohan Reddy]

Hey there,

I am facing below error when i am trying to access the variables defined in host_vars/ansible.com.

I have defined variable name in host vars file called "ansible.com" like

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my_company: cisco

After when i am trying to access the variables inside main.yml under tasks folder facing below error.

Can anyone support how to fix the issue.

[root@gitserver tasks]# ls

group_vars  host_vars  main.retry  main.yml

[root@gitserver tasks]# ansible-playbook main.yml

PLAY [localhost] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

ok: [localhost]

TASK [prints host_vars] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'ntp_server' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/home/git/roles/zabbix_agent/tasks/main.yml': line 16, column 6, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n#     debug: msg=\"My Company name is {{ my_company }}\"\n   - name: prints host_vars\n     ^ here\n\nexception type: <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleUndefinedVariable'>\nexception: 'ntp_server' is undefined"}

        to retry, use: --limit @/home/git/roles/zabbix_agent/tasks/main.retry

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

localhost                  : ok=5    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

[Brian Coca]

Your play is targeting 'localhost', but you defined the variable for
the 'ansible.com' host, either move the file to 'localhost' to match
the host name or use the hostvars[<hostname>][<varname>] method to
access variables defined in other hosts.


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Brian Coca