# Best practices for folder structure in Ansible **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [November 21, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-practices-for-folder-structure-in-ansible/26092 "2017-11-21T07:11:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![akazia.info](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@akazia.info](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akazia.info)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-practices-for-folder-structure-in-ansible/26092/1 "2017-11-21T07:11:29Z")
Hello experts, after going over the ansible documentation I have found this mix of recommendations a good starting point to setup a brand new structure. Here is the idea: 1. Inventory: I split it into two so that I can decouple prod from staging. Concerning the variables would place here only complete global stuff which is independent from tasks. e.g windwos login creds … ok? 2. site.yml incudes playbooks I have webservers.yml as example for one playbook here, I tend to use for the playbooks the same names as I have in the inventory for the groups of host - is that ok? 3. webservers.yml only defines the groups to act on and “calls” roles. - name: apply the webserver configuration hosts: webservers roles: - javajdk - … 1. the roles should be more or less self standing, so I want to define needed variables “in” the substructur (pls see roles/var) Questions I have: - it this approach simple and flexible enough to server lager environments? - is the location for variable declaration ok - do the naming pattern fit . ├── inventories │ ├── production │ │ │ │ │ … │ └── staging │ ├── group\_vars │ │ └── windows.yml │ ├── hosts │ └── host\_vars │ └── hostname1 ├── roles │ └── javajdk │ ├── defaults │ │ └── main.yml │ ├── files │ │ ├── … │ │ └── webapps.zip │ ├── handlers │ │ └── main.yml │ ├── meta │ │ └── main.yml │ ├── README.md │ ├── tasks │ │ └── main.yml │ ├── templates │ ├── tests │ │ ├── inventory │ │ └── test.yml │ └── vars │ └── main.yml ├── site.yml └── webservers.yml All the best and thanks a lot Michael