Example 6

hosts.yml

centos:
  hosts:
    provisioner:
      ansible_connection: local
    centos1:
      ansible_host: '192.168.77.22'
ubuntu:
  hosts:
    ubuntu1:
      ansible_host: '192.168.77.23'

bucket.yml

list1:
  - value1
  - value2
  - value3

list1_alternate:
  [ value1, value2, value3 ]

dict1:
  key1: value1

dict1_alternate:
  { key1: value1 }

var1: var1_value

playbook.yml

- name: Example playbook
  hosts: centos1
  gather_facts: false
  vars_files:
    - bucket.yml
  tasks:
    - name: An external list
      debug:
        msg: "{{ list1[0] }}"
    - name: An external inline list
      debug:
        msg: "{{ list1_alternate[0] }}"
    - name: An external dictionary
      debug:
        msg: "{{ dict1.key1 }}"
    - name: An external inline dictionary
      debug:
        msg: "{{ dict1_alternate['key1'] }}"
    - name: An external variable
      debug:
        msg: "{{ var1 }}"

Tip

The vars_file directive can be used to load a set of variables from an existing YAML file.

Execute the following command

ansible-playbook playbook.yml