On 4/24/20 10:01 AM, jean-christophe manciot wrote:
> Yes, of course: you can define the variable anywhere, including in the hosts 
> file.
> There are 2 differences though:
> 
>   * the precedence
>     
> <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_variables.html#variable-precedence-where-should-i-put-a-variable>.
>   * the way the variables are defined: the inventory file is not a yaml file 
> (ini format). Refer to this post
>     
> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29856738/how-to-define-hash-dict-in-ansible-inventory-file>
>  for how to define
>     your dictionary(ies) in the hosts file.
> 

The second statement is correct only if you refer to the host file (defaults to 
/etc/ansible/host). The inventory for
your playbook can be written completely in YAML.

Regards
        Racke

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