community.general/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/logic/include_vars.py

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
__metaclass__ = type
ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
'status': ['stableinterface'],
'supported_by': 'core'}
DOCUMENTATION = '''
---
author: "Allen Sanabria (@linuxdynasty)"
module: include_vars
short_description: Load variables from files, dynamically within a task.
description:
- Loads variables from a YAML/JSON files dynamically from within a file or from a directory recursively during task runtime. If loading a directory,
the files are sorted alphabetically before being loaded.
- This module is also supported for Windows targets.
version_added: "1.4"
options:
file:
version_added: "2.2"
description:
- The file name from which variables should be loaded.
- If the path is relative, it will look for the file in vars/ subdirectory of a role or relative to playbook.
dir:
version_added: "2.2"
description:
- The directory name from which the variables should be loaded.
- If the path is relative, it will look for the file in vars/ subdirectory of a role or relative to playbook.
default: null
name:
version_added: "2.2"
description:
- The name of a variable into which assign the included vars, if omitted (null) they will be made top level vars.
default: null
depth:
version_added: "2.2"
description:
- When using C(dir), this module will, by default, recursively go through each sub directory and load up the variables.
By explicitly setting the depth, this module will only go as deep as the depth.
default: 0
files_matching:
version_added: "2.2"
description:
- Limit the files that are loaded within any directory to this regular expression.
default: null
ignore_files:
version_added: "2.2"
description:
- List of file names to ignore.
default: null
extensions:
version_added: "2.3"
description:
- List of file extensions to read when using C(dir).
default: ['yaml', 'yml', 'json']
required: False
free-form:
description:
- This module allows you to specify the 'file' option directly w/o any other options.
There is no 'free-form' option, this is just an indicator, see example below.
notes:
- This module is also supported for Windows targets.
'''
EXAMPLES = """
- name: Include vars of stuff.yml into the 'stuff' variable (2.2).
include_vars:
file: stuff.yml
name: stuff
- name: Conditionally decide to load in variables into 'plans' when x is 0, otherwise do not. (2.2)
include_vars:
file: contingency_plan.yml
name: plans
when: x == 0
- name: Load a variable file based on the OS type, or a default if not found. Using free-form to specify the file.
include_vars: "{{ item }}"
with_first_found:
- "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml"
- "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
- "default.yml"
- name: bare include (free-form)
include_vars: myvars.yml
- name: Include all .json and .jsn files in vars/all and all nested directories (2.3)
include_vars:
dir: 'vars/all'
extensions:
- json
- jsn
- name: Include all default extension files in vars/all and all nested directories and save the output in test. (2.2)
include_vars:
dir: 'vars/all'
name: test
- name: Include default extension files in vars/services (2.2)
include_vars:
dir: 'vars/services'
depth: 1
- name: Include only files matching bastion.yml (2.2)
include_vars:
dir: 'vars'
files_matching: 'bastion.yml'
- name: Include all .yml files except bastion.yml (2.3)
include_vars:
dir: 'vars'
ignore_files: 'bastion.yml'
extensions: ['yml']
"""
RETURN = '''
ansible_facts:
description: Variables that were included and their values
returned: success
type: dict
sample: {'variable': 'value'}
ansible_included_var_files:
description: A list of files that were successfully included
returned: success
type: list
sample: [ '/path/to/file.yml', '/path/to/file.json' ]
version_added: 2.4
'''