vars_files, include_vars don't work with role vars

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I want to separate vars in a role structure from vars/main.yml into different files using vars_files or include_vars as per Variable File Separation, with something like

---
- vars_files: external_vars.yml

but I get this message

ERROR! The vars/main.yml file for role 'foo' must contain a dictionary of variables

If I omit the dash for the list it still doesn't work and get another message, which I haven't saved for this post.

I use ansible 2.3.2.0.

Shouldn't either work in such a case? Is there any other way to accomplish this?

[Brian Coca]

The vars/main.yml cannot contain keywords, it (like all vars files)
MUST be a dictionary, not a list.

There is no way to do 'includes' inside a vars file. What you are
doing is just not supported.




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Brian Coca

[1.61803]

On Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 4:04:20 PM UTC+1, Brian Coca wrote:

The vars/main.yml cannot contain keywords, it (like all vars files) MUST be a dictionary, not a list.
There is no way to do 'includes' inside a vars file. What you are doing is just not supported.

Since you triaged #32328, could you turn it into a feature request? Role vars separation would be a useful addition.