Perfect, thanks Tomasz! This did the trick for me:
$ tree
.
└── inventories
├── group_vars
│ └── all.yml
├── production
│ ├── group_vars -> ../group_vars
│ └── hosts
└── staging
On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 5:28:10 PM UTC+1, Tomasz Kontusz wrote:
>
> group_vars/ should live inside production/. I don't know any simple way to
> share those vars (you can always symlink some of them)
>
> Niko Felger <[email protected] <javascript:>> napisał:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to use a group_vars/ directory alongside inventory
>> *directories* (as opposed to files)?
>>
>> Take this simplified example, which has an inventory file (staging) and
>> an inventory directory (production):
>>
>> $ tree
>> .
>> └── inventories
>> ├── group_vars
>> │ └── all.yml
>> ├── production
>> │ └── hosts
>> └── staging
>>
>> staging and production/hosts both contain a single host:
>>
>> [localhost]
>> 127.0.0.1
>>
>> group_vars/all.yml defines a variable example_var:
>>
>> ---
>> example_var: present
>>
>> Running the staging inventory *file* picks up group_vars:
>>
>> $ ansible -i inventories/staging all -m debug -a 'msg="{{hostvars}}"'
>> 127.0.0.1 | success >> {
>> "msg": "{'inventory_hostname': '127.0.0.1', *'example_var':
>> 'present'*, 'inventory_hostname_short': '127', 'group_names':
>> ['localhost']}"
>> }
>>
>> But running the production inventory *directory* doesn't pick them up
>> (no example_var in the output):
>>
>> $ ansible -i inventories/production/ all -m debug -a 'msg="{{hostvars}}"'
>> 127.0.0.1 | success >> {
>> "msg": "{'inventory_hostname': '127.0.0.1',
>> 'inventory_hostname_short': '127', 'group_names': ['localhost']}"
>> }
>>
>> How can I have the group_vars be picked up without having to duplicate
>> them under inventories/production/group_vars?
>>
>> I want to use an inventory directory to mix static and dynamic inventory,
>> with one inventory directory per environment (dev/stage/prod), and some
>> shared vars. Maybe there's a better way to do this though?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Niko
>>
>>
>> PS: I asked a similar (and quite long-winded) question yesterday. Since I
>> didn't get an answer, I thought I'd come up with a more specific
>> formulation, I hope that's fine! I'm new to this list -- if there's
>> anything I can do to make answering my questions easier, please let me know!
>>
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