Re: [ansible-project] group_vars still needs for vars: in playbook

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On lørdag 11. november 2017 18.40.01 CET Federico Olivieri wrote:
> Hi all,
> I moved host variables from inventory to group_vars/all:
>
> In one example I have seen that, once moved the variable, it is possible to
> remove vars: from playbook (like the playbook automagically discover the
> group_vars/all. If I do that is not going to works. Still I need for vars:
> into playbook. Please see below
> vars:
> # cisco_asa:
> # host: "{{ ansible_host }}"
> # username: "{{ username }}"
> # password: "{{ password }}"
> # authorize: "yes"
> # auth_pass: "{{ auth_pass }}"
> # transport: cli
> # timeout: 60
> snmp_host: [10.42.9.61, 10.42.9.62]
>
> tasks:
> - name: add new TSDP IPs
> asa_config:
> lines:
> - snmp-server host transit {{ item }} community 0 SaNu9eSu
> # provider: "{{ cisco_asa }}"

You still need to provide the provider, how else is the module going to know where to connect?
The difference is only where you specify cisco_asa, the task asa_config should be equal in both cases.


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Kai Stian Olstad