# group\_vars are not getting loaded

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-vars-are-not-getting-loaded/32523>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-vars-are-not-getting-loaded/32523 "2020-03-24T19:04:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muralikrishna\_Gutha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Muralikrishna\_Gutha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Muralikrishna_Gutha)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-vars-are-not-getting-loaded/32523/1 "2020-03-24T19:04:47Z")

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Hello All,

I am having issues with group\_vars not getting loaded into AWX any help or insight is appreciated.

With AWX, group\_vars are not loaded group\_vars folder is inside the inventory. The inventory files live under the inventories directory below an example project structure.

```auto
inventories
├── group_vars
│ ├── local.yml
│ └── preprod.yml
├── local
│ └── local.yml
└── preprod
    ├── admin.yml
    └── cassandra.yml

```

In tower, i have defined inventories “INVENTORIES/preprod\_inventory/SOURCES/preprod” is defined with the source type ‘Sourced from a Project’. When job is executed inside tower, vars defined in \<file\_name\>\*.yaml are not getting loaded.

**Environment:**  
AWX: 9.3.0  
Ansible: 2.9.5