include_vars creates fact scoped variables.

Sorry, you're not going to be able to get it to work every which sort of
different way.

I would not assume OS specific defaults *or* instead just put hosts in a
group based on the OS, if you really need that capability, and then could
use group_vars/ files to do this.




On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Matt Willsher <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'd like the included vars injected with the same precedence as those in
> defaults/main.yml rather than the precedence of vars/main.yml. The
> documentation is not clear on the what precendence  include_vars get.
>
> From my testing, vars coming from include_vars have a higher precedence
> than inventory vars so they can not be overridden by inventory vars.
>
> Taking:
>
> 1. -e variables always win
> 2. then comes "most everything else"
> 3. then comes variables defined in inventory
> 4. then comes facts discovered about a system
> 5. then "role defaults", which are the most "defaulty" and lose in priority 
> to everything.
>
> I'd like the included vars to have the precedence of 5, rather than 2
>
>
> On 29 Apr 2014 00:55, "Michael DeHaan" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm a little confused by this because you seem to be saying a feature
> isn't supported that is actually part of Ansible, but it's actually a
> module already in Ansible:
> >
> > http://docs.ansible.com/include_vars_module.html
> >
> > It also works with the "when" operator for per-OS variant usage.
> >
> > Were you perhaps reading an old thread talking about a language feature
> when it didn't exist?
> >
> > Sorry for confusion...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Matt Willsher <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to write generic roles for particular applications and keep
> hitting across the same problem:
> >>
> >> I want to set role default based on the operating system or other
> facts, like include_vars, but this doesn't appear to be supported.
> >>
> >> The only option I see practically available for template is to use the
> template logic to handle defaults, but that, while flexible, is not as
> elegant as being able to set by-fact defaults.
> >>
> >> The code I'm working at present on is
> https://github.com/WillsherPartners/ansible-sshd , where there is a large
> set of defaults and a template.  sshd_subsystem_sftp varies depending on
> OS, but I still want to give the person using the role to option to
> override the value if they see fit.
> >>
> >> Are there any plans for include_vars: (include_defaults?) functionality
> in Ansible, or is there some other way to tackle per-os defaults?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Matt
> >>
> >>
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