the remote_user: directive can be used at play and task level to
change this, no need to use vars: unless your hosts have those set in
inventory (which overrides remote_user).

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Bence Takács <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need to switch users in a playbook: first I need to do some tasks as a
> root user then I need to change to a limited user and do the rest with that.
>
> My playbook looks like this:
>>
>> - name: Preparation
>>   vars:
>>     - ansible_ssh_user: root
>>     - ansible_ssh_private_key_file: ~/.ssh/site-root
>>   ...
>>
>> - name: Main play
>>   vars:
>>     - ansible_ssh_user: ci
>>     - ansible_ssh_private_key_file: ~/.ssh/site-ci
>>
>>   ...
>
>
> This works but I feel that nasty (poor design):
> - redundant configuration (in hosts and 2 plays)
> - need to switch and then switch back
>
> What is the Best practice to achieve that?
>
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