Using multiple vars_files

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My main question is how do I assign values of variables in var1 to dest1 and var2 to dest2

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- hosts: localhost
  vars_files:
    - vars/var1.yml
  tasks:
        - name: Ansible Template
          template:
            src: template.j2
            dest: dest1

- hosts: localhost
  vars_files:
    - vars/var2.yml
  tasks:
       - name: Ansible Template
          template:
            src: template.j2
            dest: dest2

Other options: include_vars before each one or add to task's vars:
myvar: '{{lookup("file", "vars/varX.yml"}}}'

3

I intend to use the same playbook. Not different playbooks like you suggest

4

It is one playbook but two play.
A playbook can have multiple plays in it.

5

Can you give an example since one variable-file overwrites both plays for me

6

Brian gave you an example that work perfectly.
So the most productive is that you show us your code so we review it for potentially errors.

7

#file: nyc.yml
region: nyc
db_server: sql

#file: sg.yml
region: sg
db_server: db2

#file: templates/temp.j2

location = {{ region }}

db_server = {{ db_server }}

ansible-playbook:

  • hosts: localhost
    vars_files:
  • vars/nyc.yml
  • vars/sg.yml

tasks:

  • name: Populating template
    template:
    src: temp.j2
    dest: {{ items }}
    with_items:
  • des/nyc.yml
  • des/sg.yml

I want to populate des/nyc.yml from var/nyc.yml and des/sg.yml from var/sg.yml. How do I link var files to a particular file. Coz only the last loaded var file populates both des/nyc.yml and des/sg.yml.

8

As Brian said you can use to plays.

But this in your playbook file and run it.

- hosts: localhost
  vars_files:
    - vars/nyc.yml
  tasks:
    - name: Populating template
      template:
        src: temp.j2
        dest: /what/ever/dest/you/need1

- hosts: localhost
  vars_files:
    - vars/sg.yml
  tasks:
    - name: Populating template
      template:
        src: temp.j2
        dest: /what/ever/dest/you/need2