Ansible – Variables – Adding variables in playbook

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Posted By: admin February 23, 2024

Variables hold values that can be used when playbooks are executed. It can be defined in:

  • Inventory file (host scope)
  • Playbook (play scope)
  • Defined globally (global scope)

Play scope

In the below example variables are defined in the playbook

[root@centos9vm ~]# cat shijuplaybook.yml

==== ==== ==
– – –
– name: shiju sample playbook
    hosts: testGRP
    vars:
      – theUser: shiju400
    tasks:
      – name: Add a user shiju100
          ansible.builtin.user:
              name: “{{ theUser }}”
              state: present

==== ==== ==
[root@centos9vm ~]# ansible-navigator run -m stdout shijuplaybook.yml –syntax-check
playbook: /root/shijuplaybook.yml

[root@centos9vm ~]# ansible-navigator run -m stdout shijuplaybook.yml