Variables defined in vars is available to included playbooks but variables included via vars_files is not.
Files to reproduce - https://github.com/j-manu/debug/tree/master/ansible Run command "ansible-playbook -i inventory site.yml" -- 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/f11eb8e6-2868-4e13-9b83-29ecca3dbb00%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.