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| author | sgpinkus <sgpinkus@gmail.com> | 2021-03-26 07:05:50 +1100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-03-25 16:05:50 -0400 |
| commit | 2abb2d3f17193a59d71c0a03ae1374a709f2db39 (patch) | |
| tree | 237123eb242b9e8f192e5f4cd4de93805d43c11c | |
| parent | 0bf9b7fdf8dcc6c8bb271f1bfacdb40fb5d588e5 (diff) | |
| download | ansible-2abb2d3f17193a59d71c0a03ae1374a709f2db39.tar.gz | |
Update playbooks_variables.rst. To say you can define variables within a playbook is somewhat misleading. Variables are defined within plays and are only visible within the play they are defined in *not* the entire playbook. There is no way to define vars to have strictly playbook scope. (#73986)
+label: docsite_pr
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_variables.rst | 8 |
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diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_variables.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_variables.rst index 75acc56ccc..086043b629 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_variables.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_variables.rst @@ -206,16 +206,16 @@ You can define different variables for each individual host, or set shared varia .. _playbook_variables: -Defining variables in a playbook --------------------------------- +Defining variables in a play +---------------------------- -You can define variables directly in a playbook:: +You can define variables directly in a playbook play:: - hosts: webservers vars: http_port: 80 -When you define variables in a playbook, they are visible to anyone who runs that playbook. This is especially useful if you share playbooks widely. +When you define variables in a play, they are only visible to tasks executed in that play. .. _included_variables: .. _variable_file_separation_details: |