On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:15:22 PM UTC+1, Michael DeHaan wrote: > > Correct, you could symlink a main.yml but not stick another file in there > with a different name. > > The reason for this is some folks use those for conditional includes (of > vars/) directories, so auto-loading them would cause more confusion than > it's worth. >
I see, so I think the idea of symlinking the 'main.yml's is ruled out too (as the web role may need to declare some defaults itself). If it is not currently possible to achieve what I need, I can imagine several ways ansible could be extended to allow that: - allowing some form of include command inside defaults/main.yml (which may work for vars too). I see the problem in the file being just a yaml dict, not a more generic structure. I guess conditional stuff couldn't be executed either as you don't know the vars yet to test them... - adding an include_defaults, like include_vars but with the variables precedence at lower level. This may also allow for conditionals or ignore_errors; - allowing multiple files in vars/defaults, disabled by default for the people who add files there for conditional inclusions as you explained. E.g. there could be a "role_vars_glob" defaulting to "main.yml" that somebody could set to "*.yml" if required. Then symlinks could be used. I think the first solution is the one that would make more sense but I guess it's harder to implement. So probably the second idea is more manageable (if include_vars proved to be a good idea, include_defaults should work too). The third feels more an hack to allow another hack, but it may be the easiest to implement. Would any of these approaches be a welcome improvement? Or there is something just fundamentally wrong in my deployment approach (it could be, it is the first time I use ansible for such a complex task - but that's what it's for, isn't it?). Is there a way to use just vars/main.yml and include_vars in the tasks but then be able to override them from the inventory? Sometimes I think group vars should be more powerful than role vars (that's why I'm trying to use defaults instead). I'll be happy to try and hack on ansible if any of these approaches make sense; or to change my deployment configuration if there is better way to organize my rules. Thank you for any comment. -- Daniele -- 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/3fedcaa6-ad1c-41b8-8444-13b37ce80e6f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
