Generally geographic variance is dealt with by group variables. "I'd like to avoid using "limit" in the command line so that I don't have to execute the same playbook twice with different arguments."
Then if you write the playbook to target both, it of course will, unless they are in different inventories, so you may want to split inventories. On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Mike Titus <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm having trouble figuring out the "Ansible way" of handling groups of > servers with overlapping roles. By overlapping I mean that a playbook for > a type of application server (e.g. haproxy) will deploy to servers in two > different cloud environments, and each cloud environment has its own set of > "common" configuration tasks. So each server gets one of two different > common setup roles, plus one of N application roles. > > /inventory/production: > [hap-a] > 1.2.3.4 etc. > > [hap-b] > 2.3.4.5 etc. > > [cloud1:children] > [hap-a] > [etc] > > [cloud2:children] > [hap-b] > [etc] > > /playbook.yml: > - name: HAProxy > hosts: > - hap-a > - hap-b > user: somebody > sudo: yes > > roles: > - { role: common-?, tags: [ 'common' ] } > - { role: haproxy, tags: [ 'haproxy' ] } > > My problem is that there need to be two "common" roles, one for cloud1 and > one for cloud2. What's the latest "best practice" for this? I'd like to > avoid using "limit" in the command line so that I don't have to execute the > same playbook twice with different arguments. Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> CTO, AnsibleWorks, Inc. http://www.ansibleworks.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
