# Query on maintaining playbooks

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/query-on-maintaining-playbooks/33864>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 22, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/query-on-maintaining-playbooks/33864 "2020-09-22T10:57:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rubod\_singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@rubod\_singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rubod_singh)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/query-on-maintaining-playbooks/33864/1 "2020-09-22T10:57:10Z")

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HI Team,

we have currently 4 ansible servers each for one environment - dev,  
test, qa and PROD

What should be the best approach for maintaining the playbooks via SCM ?

please confirm.

appreciate the response.

Thanks  
Rubod

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**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/query-on-maintaining-playbooks/33864/2 "2020-09-22T11:22:02Z")

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Hello Rubod,

my two cents: the playbooks shouldn't differ between your environments.

This can be accomplished with conditions / variables in the playbooks / tasks.

The varying values are in the corresponding inventory for each environment. You  
can put the inventories in separate repositories or in separate directories of  
a single repository.

Regards  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Racke

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**Author:** ![rubod\_singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@rubod\_singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rubod_singh)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/query-on-maintaining-playbooks/33864/3 "2020-09-22T11:48:55Z")

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Thank you