Question:
I have created my own custom library, I added my custom library in the common folder of my repository. In that I need to pass variables dynamically. It’s a confidential password, so I am using “vault” in ansible.
In that my requirement is how to pass include_vars in the tasks\main.yml before hosts.
e.g: mytasks.yml
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- include_vars: sample_vault.yml - include: sample_tasks.yml - hosts: localhost tasks: name: "free task" command: ls -a |
my directory structure like this:
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myfolder - common -library -my file.py - sample_tasks.yml - mytasks -mytasks.yml(my main master playbook file) -sample_vault.yml (note:i create this using vault for confidential purpose) - roles -myrole |
Here I need to run sample_tasks file using a variables passed in sample_vault.yml file before I execute the hosts tasks using ansible. If I use extra variable means password is visible so I don’t need that.
When I use include_vars in my tasks/main.yml file, it shows the following error:
ERROR! ‘include_vars’ is not a valid attribute for a Play
Answer:
You can’t use include_vars this way, it’s only available for use under tasks.
If sample_tasks.yml is a list of tasks, you also can’t use it on playbook level.
You can use vars_files like this:
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- hosts: localhost vars_files: - sample_vault.yml tasks: name: "free task" command: ls -a |
Or pass a file as extra variables:
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ansible-playbook --ask-vault-pass -e @sample_vault.yml myplaybook.yml |