Hello Adam,
I allready have set it to "merge", actually that's the reason i posted this
question (because it doesn't seem to merge).
Have you tried the example above? I tested it under ansible==1.8.4. Maybe i
am missing something obvious.
On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 7:41:11 PM UTC+3, Adam Hamsik wrote:
>
> Have a look at hash_behaviour in ansible.cfg and set it to merge. But be
> aware that it's usually sign of bad design.
>
> On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:56:52 PM UTC+2, Michail Alexakis wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> any answer to this question?
>>
>>
>> On Friday, May 8, 2015 at 9:51:13 PM UTC+3, Michail Alexakis wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello list,
>>>
>>> I have encountered some not expected results when i tried to include
>>> (with include_vars) multiple var files in the beginning of a play.
>>>
>>> I normally use the "merge" hash behavior (ansible.cfg) because it seems
>>> more natural to me: i usually have highly nested variable dicts
>>> and i wish to add or override just parts of them based on the group/host
>>> hierarchy.
>>>
>>> Now, i tried to include some variables in the beginning of a play (at
>>> "pre_tasks" phase, but i don't thing it's relevant), to override some
>>> parts of existing dicts with piece of information regarding other
>>> present hosts (e.g. IPs for standby servers). It didn't succeed.
>>>
>>> Consider the following example:
>>>
>>> ```
>>> # vars file: play_vars/baz-a.yml
>>> baz:
>>> a: 1
>>> ```
>>>
>>> ```
>>> # vars file: play_vars/baz-b.yml
>>> baz:
>>> b: 2
>>> ```
>>>
>>> ```
>>> ---
>>> # playbook: play.yml
>>> - hosts: all
>>>
>>> pre_tasks:
>>> - include_vars: play_vars/baz-a.yml
>>> - include_vars: play_vars/baz-b.yml
>>>
>>> tasks:
>>> - debug: var=baz
>>> ```
>>>
>>> When playing play.yml, i get: "baz": {"b": 2} while expecting "baz":
>>> {"a":1, "b":2}.
>>> Is this normal? Note, this is happening under hash_behavior=merge.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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