Are you sure that it actually works?  It didn't when I tested it (looks 
like order matters).

On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 1:22:43 PM UTC-4, Kai Stian Olstad wrote:
>
> On 06. april 2017 18:57, Anthony Cheng wrote: 
> > Is it possible to set variable before hosts in playbook? 
> > 
> > Something like this doesn't work: 
> > 
> > var: 
> >  VARHOSTNAME: test 
> > 
> > - hosts: "{{ VARHOSTNAME }}" 
> >   gather_facts: true 
> >   become: yes 
> > 
> > I know I can set variable in vars file or pass in environment values at 
> > command line but wanted to know if i can just define variable directly 
> at 
> > the playbook level. 
>
> You can have vars as part of the play 
>
> - hosts: "{{ VARHOSTNAME }}" 
>    gather_facts: true 
>    become: yes 
>    vars: 
>      VARHOSTNAME: test 
>
> -- 
> Kai Stian Olstad 
>

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