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Variable Precedence in ansible.
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The last listed variables wins prioritization

  • role defaults [1]

  • inventory file or script group vars [2]

  • inventory group_vars/all

  • playbook group_vars/all

  • inventory group_vars/*

  • playbook group_vars/*

  • inventory file or script host vars [2]

  • inventory host_vars/*

  • playbook host_vars/*

  • host facts

  • play vars

  • play vars_prompt

  • play vars_files

  • role vars (defined in role/vars/main.yml)

  • block vars (only for tasks in block)

  • task vars (only for the task)

  • role (and include_role) params

  • include params

  • include_vars

  • set_facts / registered vars

  • extra vars (always win precedence)

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