How to include vars file in a vars file with ansible?

Question

Is it possible to include a vars file in Ansible into another vars file dynamically?

I.e. I have vars file:

---
definitions:
- { product: web_v2, suite:         


        

Answer 1

Unfortunately, vars files do not have include statements.

You can either put all the vars into the definitions dictionary, or add the variables as another dictionary in the same file.

If you don't want to have them in the same file, you can include them at the playbook level by adding the vars file at the start of the play:

---
- hosts: myhosts

  vars_files:
    - default_step.yml

or in a task:

---
- hosts: myhosts

  tasks:
    - name: include default step variables
      include_vars: default_step.yml