How can I write variables inside the tasks file in ansible

Question

I have this play yml  --- - hosts  127 0 0 1   connection  local   sudo  false    tasks       - include  apache yml   My Apache look like this   vars      url  czxcxz  - name  Download apache   shell  wget   url      This is giving me error   If I remove vars then it works  But I want to include the vars inside tasks so that I can keep different vars for different tasks separate

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In Your example  apache yml is tasklist  but not playbook  In depends on desired architecture  You can do one of    Convert apache yml to role  Then define tasks in roles apache tasks mail yml and variables in roles apache defaults mail yml  vars in defaults can be overriden when role applied  Set vars in play yml playbook   play yml  --- - hosts  127 0 0 1   connection  local   sudo  false    vars      url  czxcxz    tasks       - include  apache yml   apache yml  - name  Download apache   shell  wget   url

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Variable definitions are meant to be used in tasks  But if you want to include them in tasks probably use the register directive  Like this   - name  Define variable in task    shell  echo  http   www my url com    register  url  - name  Download apache   shell  wget    item      with items  url stdout   You can also look at roles as a way of separating tasks depending on the different roles roles  This way you can have separate variables for each of one of your roles   For example you may have a url variable for apache1 and a separate url variable for the role apache2

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NOTE  Using set fact as described below sets a fact variable onto the remote servers that the task is running against  This fact variable will then persist across subsequent tasks for the entire duration of your playbook    Also  these facts are immutable  for the duration of the playbook   and cannot be changed once set     ORIGINAL ANSWER  Use set fact before your task to set facts which seem interchangeable with variables   - name  Set Apache URL   set fact      apache url   http   example com apache   - name  Download Apache   shell  wget    apache url      See http   docs ansible com set fact module html for the official word

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I know  it is long ago  but since the easiest answer was not yet posted I will do so for other user that might step by   Just move the var inside the  name  block   - name  Download apache   vars      url  czxcxz   shell  wget   url

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Whenever you have a module followed by a variable on the same line in ansible the parser will treat the reference variable as the beginning of an in-line dictionary  For example   - name  some example   command     myapp    -a foo   The default here is to parse the first part of    myapp    -a foo as a dictionary instead of a string and you will get an error   So you must quote the argument like so   - name  some example   command      myapp    -a foo

[ansible] How can I write variables inside the tasks file in ansible

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