include_vars – Load variables from files, dynamically within a task

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• See Also
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Loads YAML/JSON variables dynamically from a file or directory, recursively, during task runtime.
• If loading a directory, the files are sorted alphabetically before being loaded.
• This module is also supported for Windows targets.
• To assign included variables to a different host than inventory_hostname, use delegate_to and set delegate_facts=yes.

Parameters

Notes

See Also

Examples

- name: Include vars of stuff.yaml into the 'stuff' variable (2.2).
  include_vars:
    file: stuff.yaml
    name: stuff

- name: Conditionally decide to load in variables into 'plans' when x is 0, otherwise do not. (2.2)
  include_vars:
    file: contingency_plan.yaml
    name: plans
  when: x == 0

- name: Load a variable file based on the OS type, or a default if not found. Using free-form to specify the file.
  include_vars: "{{ lookup('first_found', possible_files) }}"
  vars:
    possible_files:
      - "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yaml"
      - "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yaml"
      - default.yaml

- name: Bare include (free-form)
  include_vars: myvars.yaml

- name: Include all .json and .jsn files in vars/all and all nested directories (2.3)
  include_vars:
    dir: vars/all
    extensions:
        - json
        - jsn

- name: Include all default extension files in vars/all and all nested directories and save the output in test. (2.2)
  include_vars:
    dir: vars/all
    name: test

- name: Include default extension files in vars/services (2.2)
  include_vars:
    dir: vars/services
    depth: 1

- name: Include only files matching bastion.yaml (2.2)
  include_vars:
    dir: vars
    files_matching: bastion.yaml

- name: Include all .yaml files except bastion.yaml (2.3)
  include_vars:
    dir: vars
    ignore_files: [bastion.yaml]
    extensions: [yaml]

- name: Ignore warnings raised for files with unknown extensions while loading (2.7)
  include_vars:
    dir: vars
    ignore_unknown_extensions: True
    extensions: ['', 'yaml', 'yml', 'json']

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

• This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Core Team. [core]

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

• Allen Sanabria (@linuxdynasty)