Groups at the same level of depth will definitely override each other. What you need to do is consider using role variables, or vars_files, or "vars", etc, or name the variable something like "app2_port"
There are some good tips on http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_variables.html On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Christo Buschek < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm fairly new to Ansible, so maybe what I'm trying to do is bad anyway. > > I use ansible to deploy all of our web applications. I use a special > deploy playbook for every app. Now every app can be deployed to staging or > production. For each of those environments I use a separate inventory such > as `envs/staging'. Inside the inventory I use one group for every app and > set certain environment specific variables in this way" > > [app1] > app.example.com > [app1:vars] > app-port=3000 > app_domain=sub1.example.com > > > [app2] > app.example.com > [app2:vars] > app-port=3001 > app_domain=sub2.example.com > > I would deploy an app like that: ansible-playbook -i envs/staging > deploys/app2.yml -K > > Now this doesn't work unfortunately. In my example it always takes the > configuration of app1, even if I deploy app2. In my playbook for app2 I do > have the following line: hosts: app2. > > So my question would be, why is the playbook for app2 taking configuration > options defined for app1? Do I use inventory variables wrong? Do > otherpeople use ansible to deploy apps and how do they keep the > environments separated? > > > *UnlockYourBrain GmbH* > c/o Smart Mobile Factory GmbH > > Französische Str. 24 > > 10117 Berlin > > Germany > > > *www.unlockyourbrain.com <http://www.unlockyourbrain.com/>* > > Download at *Google Play > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.unlockyourbrain&referrer=utm_source%3DMA%26utm_medium%3Demail%20footer%26utm_term%3Dgen%26utm_content%3Dgen%26utm_campaign%3Dgen>* > > Like us on *Facebook* > > > Geschäftsführer: Felix Nienstädt, Simon Smend > > Unternehmenssitz: Berlin > > Eingetragen am Handelsgericht Charlottenburg unter HRB 149905 B > > -- > 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/c9a37542-c877-4b0d-884a-2a3aed53a2da%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/c9a37542-c877-4b0d-884a-2a3aed53a2da%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%2BnsWgzj39PM5vZaM-8YL%3D3_B_%3D0ttLR8hzntwAja4sCoOy69A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
