# Playbook cannot find out the variable which set in global vars file. **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 10, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-cannot-find-out-the-variable-which-set-in-global-vars-file/12659 "2013-04-10T07:37:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rella.guo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@rella.guo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rella.guo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-cannot-find-out-the-variable-which-set-in-global-vars-file/12659/1 "2013-04-10T07:37:14Z")
I define the global variable in group\_vars/all. But playbook cannot find out the variable. Please see the red part. My ansible is 1.1. /etc/ansible/hosts is: 192.168.126.149 /etc/ansible/group\_vars/all is: test: hello my playbook is: ---
**Author:** ![Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-cannot-find-out-the-variable-which-set-in-global-vars-file/12659/2 "2013-04-10T07:48:54Z")
​the variable is not resolved in the "name of the task"​, which is what you see here (as you didn't set a name, the literal task entry is used as a name) you need to execute ansible-playbook verbosely (with the -v switch) then you should see the value in the extra info (I think there is an issue/PR addressing this, as to show the debug message by default)   Serge ---
**Author:** ![rella.guo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@rella.guo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rella.guo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-cannot-find-out-the-variable-which-set-in-global-vars-file/12659/3 "2013-04-10T08:02:22Z")
Thank you. But when I use vars file in playbook, the task debug can show variable value. ---
**Author:** ![benno\_joy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@benno\_joy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/benno_joy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-cannot-find-out-the-variable-which-set-in-global-vars-file/12659/4 "2013-04-10T08:09:06Z")
hey Guo, did you put a -vv in the command line, if not try with ansible -vv or ansible-playbook -vv ---
**Author:** ![rella.guo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@rella.guo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rella.guo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-cannot-find-out-the-variable-which-set-in-global-vars-file/12659/5 "2013-04-11T09:13:41Z")
ansible-playbook --help There is no -w. Then I try: $ sudo ansible-playbook main.yml -K -k -w [sudo] password for agilairedev: Usage: ansible-playbook playbook.yml ansible-playbook: error: no such option: -w ---
**Author:** ![PhilEv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PhilEv](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PhilEv)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-cannot-find-out-the-variable-which-set-in-global-vars-file/12659/6 "2013-04-11T11:13:46Z")
it a double ‘v’ aka v followed by a v not a w ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-cannot-find-out-the-variable-which-set-in-global-vars-file/12659/7 "2013-04-11T14:09:24Z")
Yeah, this variable is “inventory scope” and tasks are at a higher scope, it is fine if it does not show up in the name of the task, it is still usable in action lines, templates, and so on.