thanks for the quick answer.
I think I did not express myself properly:
I was actually wondering how to change the remote (user) when executing an
included tasks file.
My playbook already defines the remote_user (root), but I just want to run
one of my included tasks as another user:
- hosts: ansible-localhost
remote_user: root
tasks:
- include: tasks/some_tasks.yml
- include: tasks/some_other_tasks_to_be_run_with_user_toto.yml
remote_user: toto
The goal would be to avoid to repeat the "remote_user" for all the tasks in
my included file:
---
- name: task 1
remote_user: toto
sometask: ...
- name: task 2
remote_user: toto
sometask2: ...
- name: task 3
remote_user: toto
sometask3: ...
...
thanks a lot for your time
regards,
ozb
On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 2:31:12 PM UTC+2, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
> While a keyword in ansible for a task or play, remote_user is not a magic
> variable here any more than "antelope_jetpack" is likely to work. It's
> just the wrong variable name is all :)
>
> You can set "ansible_ssh_user" in inventory as a variable to control the
> remote user, which could also be set here.
>
> Generally people set this at play level instead.
>
> - hosts: postgresql_steps
> remote_user: postgres
>
> Etc
>
> Though usually most people would do this kind of thing with "sudo_user"
> instead, and just pass the connecting user on the command line or assume
> the default.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:31 AM, A. J. <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm new to ansible and have been unable to achieve the following:
>> I would like to include tasks in my playbook and run them with another
>> user that's running the playbook.
>>
>> I have tried the following, without success:
>>
>> - include: mytasks.yml remote_user=toto
>>
>> I have also tried this (from the documentation)
>>
>> - include: mytasks.yml
>> vars:
>> remote_user: toto
>>
>> but again, when running the playbook, the tasks are executed with the
>> playbook remote user and not the one defined next to the include.
>>
>> I'm using ansible 1.5.4.
>>
>> Is there anyway to do this ? or do I have to specify the remote_user for
>> each and every task in the tasks file ?
>> thanks a lot,
>> regards,
>> ozb.
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