I’ve read variables don’t survive across “hosts” lines. 

Mike

> On Aug 22, 2019, at 14:26, Mohtashim S <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I wish to obtain the value of "f_APP" variable of Play 2 into Play 3.
> 
> 
> 
> Below is my playbook which case be used as a testcase:
> 
> 
> 
> - name: "Play 1"
>   hosts: localhost
>   tasks:
> 
>    - add_host: name={{ item }}
>                         groups=dest_nodes
>                         ansible_user={{ USER }}
>      with_items: "{{ Dest_IP.split(',') }}"
> 
> 
> - name: "Play 2"
>   hosts: dest_nodes
>   user: "{{ USER }}"
>   tasks:
> 
>    - set_fact:
>        f_APP: "Yellow"
> 
> - name: "Play 3"
> 
>   hosts: localhost
>   user: "{{ USER }}"
> 
>   vars:
>     dbfiledet: "{{ hostvars['dest_nodes']['f_APP'] }}"
> 
>   tasks:
>    - debug: msg="{{ dbfiledet.stdout }}"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I get the below error for my attempt:
> 
> 
> 
> playbook RUN command:
> 
> 
> 
> ansible-playbook variabletest.yml -e "USER=user1 
> Dest_IP=10.17.44.26,10.17.54.26"
> 
> [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note 
> that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'
> 
> 
> 
> PLAY [Play 1]
> 
> 
> 
> TASK [Gathering Facts] 
> **************************************************************************************************************************************
>  ok: [localhost]
> 
> 
> 
> TASK [add_host] 
> *********************************************************************************************************************************************
>  changed: [localhost] => (item=10.17.44.26) changed: [localhost] => 
> (item=10.17.54.26)
> 
> 
> 
> PLAY [Play 2]
> 
> 
> 
> TASK [Gathering Facts] 
> **************************************************************************************************************************************
>  ok: [10.17.54.26] ok: [10.17.44.26]
> 
> 
> 
> TASK [set_fact] 
> *********************************************************************************************************************************************
>  ok: [10.17.44.26] ok: [10.17.54.26]
> 
> 
> 
> PLAY [Play 3]
> 
> 
> 
> TASK [Gathering Facts] 
> **************************************************************************************************************************************
>  ok: [localhost]
> 
> 
> 
> TASK [debug] 
> ************************************************************************************************************************************************
>  fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an 
> undefined variable. The error was: \"hostvars['dest_nodes']\" is 
> undefined\n\nThe error appears to be in 'variabletest.yml': line 36, column 
> 6, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax 
> problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - debug: msg=\"{{ 
> dbfiledet.stdout }}\"\n ^ here\nWe could be wrong, but this one looks like it 
> might be an issue with\nmissing quotes. Always quote template expression 
> brackets when they\nstart a value. For instance:\n\n with_items:\n - {{ foo 
> }}\n\nShould be written as:\n\n with_items:\n - \"{{ foo }}\"\n"}
> 
> 
> 
> PLAY RECAP
> 
> 
> 
> 10.17.44.26 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 
> ignored=0
> 
> 10.17.54.26 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 
> ignored=0 localhost
> 
> : ok=3 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0
> 
> rescued=0 ignored=0
> 
> 
> 
> I'm on the latest version of ansible and python 2.7.5
> 
> 
> 
> Can someone suggest what is wrong and how can i get the value for the 
> variable in Play 3 please ?
> 
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