TIL that you can pass variables to Ansible’s import_playbook module


Using Ansible’s import_playbook module I was always under the impression that the module accepts no parameters and boldly stated so! However another commentor helpfully pointed out that I was wrong.

Here’s an example. The first playbook (importer_playbook.yml):

- import_playbook: imported-playbook.yml
  vars:
    foo: hunter2

… simply imports a second playbook (imported_playbook.yml):

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - debug:
      var: foo

Running the importer-playbook results in this:

> ansible-playbook importer-playbook.yml
PLAY [localhost] 
********************************************
TASK [debug] 
********************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "foo": "hunter2"
}

PLAY RECAP 
********************************************
localhost                  : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

It’s even stated in the documentation as an example. However I did not scroll this far down. :(



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