# Adding "all" to group\_vars examples in ansible documentation **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-all-to-group-vars-examples-in-ansible-documentation/12611 "2013-04-01T06:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jaime\_Gago1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@Jaime\_Gago1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jaime_Gago1)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-all-to-group-vars-examples-in-ansible-documentation/12611/1 "2013-04-01T06:34:37Z")
If I may, in the doc about group\_vars (1) the "all" option to have vars for all hosts is not referenced, I understand from the non-newbie perspective this is quite implicit, from the newbie perspective though it didn't strike me and it's only when looking at the LAMP simple playbook (2) that I got the "all" file trick. Thus I'm thinking a couple lines about the group\_vars/all file option in the "Splitting Out Host and Group Specific Data" could be useful. My 2cts. J. (1)[http://ansible.cc/docs/patterns.html#groups-of-groups-and-group-variables](http://ansible.cc/docs/patterns.html#groups-of-groups-and-group-variables) (2)[https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples/blob/master/lamp\_simple/group\_vars/all](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples/blob/master/lamp_simple/group_vars/all) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-all-to-group-vars-examples-in-ansible-documentation/12611/2 "2013-04-01T12:53:26Z")
It is mentioned a bit in the variable precedence sections, but I agree, that's not obvious enough and should call it out in a few more places as a place to put in defaults. We're starting a technical FAQ and will make sure we also highlight it there too.