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Variables in Playbooks

The document provides instructions for creating and executing Ansible playbooks using variable files. It outlines the steps to create three YAML files: variable.yaml, setup_variable.yaml, and cli_variable.yaml, each demonstrating different ways to set and print variables. Additionally, it explains how to run these playbooks with command-line arguments to pass variables dynamically.

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Variables in Playbooks

The document provides instructions for creating and executing Ansible playbooks using variable files. It outlines the steps to create three YAML files: variable.yaml, setup_variable.yaml, and cli_variable.yaml, each demonstrating different ways to set and print variables. Additionally, it explains how to run these playbooks with command-line arguments to pass variables dynamically.

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L09-10 Exercise 4 - Variables in Playbooks

 Create a file variable.yaml in master terminal window and add the following text to
it.
---
- hosts: all
remote_user: test
tasks:
- name: Set variable 'name'
set_fact:
name: Test machine
- name: Print variable 'name'
debug:
msg: '{{ name }}'

 Let's run it in the usual way:


$ ansible-playbook -i client.test.org, variables.yaml
$ ansible all -i client.test.org, -m setup

 Create a file setup_variable.yaml in master terminal window and add the following
text to it
---
- hosts: all
remote_user: test
tasks:
- name: Print OS and version
debug:
msg: '{{ ansible_distribution }} {{
ansible_distribution_version }}'

 Run it with the following:


$ ansible-playbook -i client.test.org, setup_variables.yaml
 As you can see, it printed the OS name and version, as expected, it's also possible to
pass a variable using a command-line argument

 Create a file cli_variable.yaml in master terminal window and add the following text
to it
---
- hosts: all
remote_user: test
tasks:
- name: Print variable 'name'
debug:
msg: '{{ name }}'

 Execute it with the following:


$ ansible-playbook -i client.test.org, cli_variables.yaml -e
'name=test01'

 In case we forgot to add the additional parameter to specify the variable, we would
have executed it as:
$ ansible-playbook -i client.test.org, cli_variables.yaml

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