ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.15.2 / vars / host_group_vars In charge of loading group_vars and host_vars | "added in version" 2.4 of ansible.builtin" Authors: unknownansible.builtin.host_group_vars (v2.15.2) — vars
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Install with pip install ansible-core==2.15.2
Loads YAML vars into corresponding groups/hosts in group_vars/ and host_vars/ directories.
Files are restricted by extension to one of .yaml, .json, .yml or no extension.
Hidden (starting with '.') and backup (ending with '~') files and directories are ignored.
Only applies to inventory sources that are existing paths.
Starting in 2.10, this plugin requires enabling and is enabled by default.
stage: choices: - all - task - inventory description: - Control when this vars plugin may be executed. - Setting this option to V(all) will run the vars plugin after importing inventory and whenever it is demanded by a task. - Setting this option to V(task) will only run the vars plugin whenever it is demanded by a task. - Setting this option to V(inventory) will only run the vars plugin after parsing inventory. - If this option is omitted, the global C(RUN_VARS_PLUGINS) configuration is used to determine when to execute the vars plugin. env: - name: ANSIBLE_VARS_PLUGIN_STAGE ini: - key: stage section: vars_host_group_vars type: str version_added: '2.10' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin _valid_extensions: default: - .yml - .yaml - .json description: - Check all of these extensions when looking for 'variable' files which should be YAML or JSON or vaulted versions of these. - This affects vars_files, include_vars, inventory and vars plugins among others. elements: string env: - name: ANSIBLE_YAML_FILENAME_EXT ini: - key: yaml_valid_extensions section: defaults type: list