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  mysuite  include  default step yml   -   product  prod2  suite  mysuite2  include  default step yml     I want the contents of default step yml to be added to the dictionary  Note this is in a vars file so the documentation on how to include a vars file from a task doesn t seem to apply   All I can think of is to template this file with jinja and use its    include    function  and then afterwards use include vars from the main task but that seems complicated

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I know it s an old post but I had the same issue today  what I did is simple   changing my script that send my playbook from my local host to the server  before sending it with maven command  I did this    cat common vars yml  gt  vars yml cat snapshot vars yml  gt  gt  vars yml   or   cat release vars yml  gt  gt  vars yml mvn

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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

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You can put your servers in the default step group and those vars will apply to it     inventory file  default step  prod2 web v2   Then just move your default step yml file to group vars default step yml

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

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