Role variables are definitely a thing. Where you can move top level playbook things to vars/ or defaults/ in a role it can be a good idea.
Simple playbooks like "fix shellshock" could use vars or vars_files fine, or even if you find other uses, that's fine too. We're not particularly dogmatic about it. On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Josh Smift <[email protected]> wrote: > MH> I’m not sure why I’d ever want to use vars/ then. Sure I could be > MH> convinced of a use-case > > A use case I've seen, which doesn't seem all that uncommon, is when you > want to use a given role with multiple inventories, each of which has its > own inventory/group/host vars structure. Putting the default in the role > lets you have it in one place, and be confident that it's consistent > across your various inventories unless you explicitly override it. > > -Josh ([email protected]) > > > > This email is intended for the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may > contain information that is PRIVILEGED or CONFIDENTIAL. Any unauthorized > use, distribution, copying, or disclosure by any person other than the > addressee(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in > error, please notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the > message and any attachments from your system. > > -- > 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/21631.38923.225316.18272%40gargle.gargle.HOWL > . > 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%2BnsWgz1b7H7zE%2Byo7OcaS95Q2JtXnS1xYOjLimgN-fA99yTXw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
