I encountered the same problem. I solved it by use vars_files in playbook.
The directory structure looks like
playbook.yml
vars/main.yml
And the playbook.yml looks like
---
hosts: all
vars_files:
- vars/main.yml
tasks:
....
roles:
...
On Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 6:20:54 PM UTC+8, Mauricio Tavares wrote:
>
> So I am running ansible 2.3.0.0. What I want to do is to have my
> handlers/main.yml file to include another file (where some handlers
> are defined) whose name depends on a variable defined somewhere else.
> i.e.
>
> - include: stuff"{{ myvariable }}".yml
>
> where myvariable is defined in the file group_vars/all. I also have
>
> [defaults]
> handler_includes_static = True
>
> defined in my ansible.cfg file per
> https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/13485. But when I run it I
> get the following message:
>
> ERROR! Error when evaluating variable in include name: stuff"{{
> myvariable }}".yml.
>
> When using static includes, ensure that any variables used in their
> names are defined in
> vars/vars_files or extra-vars passed in from the command line. Static
> includes cannot use
> variables from inventory sources like group or host vars.
>
> Where does it want me to define myvariable then? Somewhere in, say,
> roles/role_in_question/vars/main.yml?
>
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