# Including var file in playbook and pass it to role

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-var-file-in-playbook-and-pass-it-to-role/18813>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 21, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-var-file-in-playbook-and-pass-it-to-role/18813 "2015-07-21T12:48:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eugene\_Knoxville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eugene\_Knoxville](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eugene_Knoxville)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-var-file-in-playbook-and-pass-it-to-role/18813/1 "2015-07-21T12:48:48Z")

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Hello,

Have some troubles with including var files. What I need? I keep authorized\_keys files for each user in a separate file. For exmpl, let’s say that hostname is f22.

Playbook f22.yml:

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**Author:** ![Eugene\_Knoxville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eugene\_Knoxville](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eugene_Knoxville)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-var-file-in-playbook-and-pass-it-to-role/18813/2 "2015-07-21T14:51:53Z")

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I put vars in host\_vars/f22 file - and It Works! 🙂