Variable in role not overriden by inventory

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Hello

I have the following directory and I run ansible 2.4.1.0 with python 2.7 , on Redhat 6/7 server

inventories/
production/
hosts.prod # inventory file
group_vars/
all
host_vars/

dev/
hosts.dev # inventory file
group_vars/
all
host_vars/
stagehost1
stagehost2

roles/
common_configuration
tasks/
main.yml
vars/
main.yml

playbook/
all.yml

for the role common_configuration

my task is

  • name: set timezone , default to Europe/verlin but can be override by inventory
    timezone:
    name: “{{ timezone }}”
    notify:
  • restart crond

and my variable in the role is
timezone: Europe/verlin

( I konw this value is not a legit timezone but it’s for testing purpose)

In my dev inventory, I set in all.yml the variable with a different string.

timezone: Europe/Paris

Here how I call my playbook

ansible-playbook -u lebrett-adm -k --become -i /etc/ansible/inventories/dev/hosts.dev playbook/all.yml --limit matching

As far I understand variable precedence , role variable should be overriden by inventory . But in my case , it stay with role variable.

TASK [common_configuration : set timezone , default to Europe/Paris but can be override by inventory] *************************************************************************************************
fatal: [srvamsdev-mat02]: FAILED! => {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “msg”: “Error message:\ngiven timezone "Europe/verlin" is not available”}
fatal: [srvamsdev-mat01]: FAILED! => {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “msg”: “Error message:\ngiven timezone "Europe/verlin" is not available”}
to retry, use: --limit @/etc/ansible/playbook/all.retry

For testing, I have deleted variable in role and ansible use variable in my dev inventory.

Am i doing something wrong ?

Regards

Thibaud LEBRET

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Not if it's the variables is in vars directory, they have very high priority[1].

If you have them in default is it will have the lowest priority and you can overwrite them everywhere.

[1] http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_variables.html#variable-precedence-where-should-i-put-a-variable

3

I will try again tomorow but I understant my mistake.

4

I understand ,

I read too quickly the first time.

Thanks for the reply.