# Overriding ansible.cfg with extra vars **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Developer\ **Created:** [July 24, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/overriding-ansible-cfg-with-extra-vars/28130 "2018-07-24T05:23:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hackmabrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@hackmabrain](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hackmabrain)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/overriding-ansible-cfg-with-extra-vars/28130/1 "2018-07-24T05:23:43Z")
I define a custom ansible.cfg, and export it as below in the ```auto export ANSIBLE_CONFIG="../aws_ansible.cfg" ``` when I run it, this is picked up but when I pass the inventory as an arg, it fails to recognize the arg or take precedence although there is no inventory specified in the `aws_ansible.cfg`. ```auto export ANSIBLE_CONFIG=../aws_ansible.cfg ansible-playbook demo.yml -i ./inventories/dev1 --verbose Using /projects/demo/aws_ansible.cfg as config file ``` If I specify the inventory within `aws_ansible.cfg` it would work, but I would like to pass it as an argument. Please advice if also `extra-vars` would take precedence over what are specified in `aws_ansible.cfg` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/overriding-ansible-cfg-with-extra-vars/28130/2 "2018-07-24T01:14:01Z")
I'm not sure i can answer your question because it seems based on a misconception extra vars are variables, the config file does not use variables, these are not equivalent things. That said, there are some configuration items (mostly connection related) that are overridable via a variable, it doesn't matter where the variable came from, just that it exists.