# troubles accessing .ansible.cfg vars in jinja templates **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [October 15, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubles-accessing-ansible-cfg-vars-in-jinja-templates/13683 "2013-10-15T15:57:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kesten\_Broughton2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kesten\_Broughton2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kesten_Broughton2)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubles-accessing-ansible-cfg-vars-in-jinja-templates/13683/1 "2013-10-15T15:57:19Z")
I’ve posted a gist: [https://gist.github.com/darKoram/6993766](https://gist.github.com/darKoram/6993766) ---
**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubles-accessing-ansible-cfg-vars-in-jinja-templates/13683/2 "2013-10-15T16:49:19Z")
The ansible\_managed variable is a special variable passed through to templates, the other configuration settings are not. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubles-accessing-ansible-cfg-vars-in-jinja-templates/13683/3 "2013-10-15T18:25:53Z")
The configuration setting “hostfile” isn’t surfaced to templates as an output variable. This is actually true of most configuration settings. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubles-accessing-ansible-cfg-vars-in-jinja-templates/13683/4 "2013-10-15T18:26:03Z")
Also, what James said 🙂