Ansible - hostvars from single host

Question

i have in the inventory host with own variables:

children:     
    webserver:
      vars:        
      hosts:
        web01.local:
          function: live
          location: lca         
        web02.local:
          function: test
          location: lcb

now i would like to create a playbook, which installs the snmpd service on each of the hosts (all) and stores the value "location" from the inventory.

How can I access this variable "location" in the playbook?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '22 at 13:32

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If your playbook is targeting the remote hosts, you can just refer to the location variable:

- hosts: webserver
  tasks:
    - debug:
        msg: "value of location: {{ location }}"

answered Jul 06 '22 at 13:32

larsks

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so easy? I thought way too complicated. Thank you for your help – Kr3el Jul 06 '22 at 18:46

Ansible - hostvars from single host

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