Removing the core plugin is unsupported and would create a legion of issues if you were to file bugs on a version of ansible that ran different code than everyone else is running.
I would recommend using it as implemented. On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:04 PM, kesten broughton < [email protected]> wrote: > Serge, thanks for pointing me to the help. > > It seems that group_vars.py plugin runs after my plugin which gives the > wrong precedence for what i need. > Just to close the loop on this thread, my solution was to add > self.priority = 1 in the constructor of VarsModule for my deploy_vars.py > plugin and then this in > lib/ansible/inventory/__init__.py > > #self._vars_plugins = [ x for x in > utils.plugins.vars_loader.all(self) ] # original line replaced by the > lines below > # 21ct KB add priority to all deploy_vars to have higher > precedence than group_vars > # higher priority value = higher precedence > unsorted_plugins = [ x for x in > utils.plugins.vars_loader.all(self) if not hasattr(x,'priority')] > sorted_plugins = [ x for x in utils.plugins.vars_loader.all(self) > if hasattr(x,'priority')] > sorted_plugins = sorted(sorted_plugins, key=lambda t: > t.__getattribute__('priority')) > # last in list has highest precedence > self._vars_plugins = (unsorted_plugins or []) + (sorted_plugins or > []) > > thanks for your assistance on this. > > kesten > > On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 12:52:04 PM UTC-5, Serge van Ginderachter wrote: > >> >> On 1 April 2014 19:33, Kesten Broughton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> However, i'm not clear if dropping my group_vars into >>> ansible/plugins/vars_plugins/group_vars.py will run before, after or >>> instead of lib/ansible/inventory/vars_plugins/group_vars.py? >>> Is there a way to specify ordering / precedence of files in a plugin >>> directory? Maybe just point me to the plugin loader code? >>> >> >> They will all run, and the order is not really defined, nor >> configureable, though i *think* the core plugin will run first. >> >> Plugin loader code is in lib/ansible/utils/plugins.py. >> The vars plugin get initialized in lib/ansible/inventory/__init__.py (at >> the end of the Inventory constructor) >> >> -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/fb1c6e10-1342-4868-9048-17433bc92540%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/fb1c6e10-1342-4868-9048-17433bc92540%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgxD3BUeKYu0rkJxkjrkGjRkH933Sb7RFOYdE_Fa7dME%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
