You can also specify a JSON or YAML file with --extra-vars, which is also supported with ansible-pull.
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Jesse Keating <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 7, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Jesse Keating <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I've got a situation where I'm applying roles to a system locally, much > in the style of ansible-pull. The role has a number of defaults, but I wish > to override those defaults with custom details specific to this particular > environment. My wish is to provide those overrides via an external file to > the role, something we can iterate on without having to change the role > code itself (as it is distributed through a different method). > > > > I'm looking for ideas on how to make this work. I had originally thought > to make use of ansible local facts, in /etc/ansible/facts.d/*.fact files > However that results in variables named > ansible.local.<filename>.<blockname>.<key> which obviously cannot override > a role default as-is. > > > > Any thoughts you all might have would be appreciated! > > > > -jlk > > and having just sent this, I remembered about include_vars, which I could > put in my role's entry point to load variables from an external file. That > would likely work, but I'm still curious how others would solve this issue. > > -jlk > > -- > 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/FD0976BA-5969-42F4-B0C4-8850AD5325C2%40j2solutions.net > . > 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/CAMFyvFhCdkZ_5SgDXeeb150dxA4NOj7qoGa-1wsUCMfnMSdWnw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
