host_vars with .yml

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Hi,

I’m wondering why Ansible picks my variable file when it’s called host_vars/local, but not host_vars/local.yml.

Can I set a configuration flag to change this behavior?

Thanks,
Warren.

2

no, this is the matching order precedence "", ".yml", ".yaml",
".json", so local will be picked up if it exists in preference over
local.yml

3

I understand the order of precedence, but local.yml doesn’t get picked up even if there is no local.

4

Ok, I’m wrong. The host_vars directory was at the wrong place. It does pick the .yml file. Sorry for not checking properly.