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? > > -- > 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/f7a68ea4-c6a6-43e6-b415-f6d367cdb199%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Brian Coca -- 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/CAJ5XC8nhyRNQteUFVT_qiCOAGj6pMDFNq6R7Hwa1GxWOv6Xf9w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
