a couple of things: 1/ your group is called win-mssql but the file is win-mssql_.ini (with an extra underscore) 2/ don't use .ini as an extension, those are supposed to be configuration to dynbamic scripts, and are not parsed by ansible directly 3/ group_vars files must be yaml, not ini
On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 at 14:08, lalo andres <aidewu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello comunity > I'm trying to set up "group_vars" in inventory, but for some reason it > does not work. > I've tried with .ini and .yml files, in both I get the same error: > > ERROR! failed to combine variables, expected dicts but got a 'dict' and a > 'AnsibleUnicode': > {} > > > my ansible.conf is a default and my my file struct is: > > [image: Capture.PNG] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > my inventory in .ini: > [win-mssql] > lab-sql1.DOMAIN.cl <http://lab-sql1.domain.cl/> > > and .yml: > win-mssql: > hosts: > lab-sql1.e-contact.cl: > > > my archive of groups vars in ini: > ansible_user=svc-ansible-...@domain.cl > ansible_password=PASS > ansible_port=5986 > ansible_connection=winrm > ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=ignore > ansible_winrm_transport=kerberos > ansible_winrm_service=HOST > > > and .yml > --- > ansible_user:svc-ansible-...@domain.cl > ansible_password:PASS > ansible_port:5986 > ansible_connection:winrm > ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation:ignore > ansible_winrm_transport:kerberos > ansible_winrm_service:HOST > > the commad to validate work > > ansible all -i /etc/ansible/_inventories/staging/eco-SQL-dev.yml -m > win_ping -vvvvv > > > the command work when the groups vars are defined in inventory but no in > archive of groups vars: > > win-mssql: > hosts: > lab-sql1.e-contact.cl: > vars: > ansible_user: svc-ansible-...@domain.cl > ansible_password: PASS > ansible_port: 5986 > ansible_connection: winrm > ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation: ignore > ansible_winrm_transport: kerberos > ansible_winrm_service: HOST > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ansible-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.