hosts_vars subdirectories

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Hi folks,

Is there a way to organize the host_vars directory into subdirectories ?
If not, where to ask for it ?

We have a large number of hosts (500+) and our usage actually suffer from this flat organization.

I would suggest to treat any files from /hosts_vars// to be treated as they where sitting at the top level /host_vars/
So we could organize our hosts_vars by location/role (I’m not referring to the group_vars… that we intensively use in conjunction !) :
hosts_vars/

  • boston
    – (list of baremetal in boston)
  • newyork
    – (list of baremetal in newyork)
  • clients
    – (list of clients’s VM)
    (… and so on)

If someone knows a hack or point me to the right direction to adapt ansible to that, we will be glad to post a MR !

If this has already been discussed, please point me to the thread so I can convince you from my user story to allow that :slight_smile:

Regards,

Vincent

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in 2.4 this is controlled by a vars plugin (host_group_vars) you can
override with your own version of it that 'ignores' the top directory
and matches subdirs