How to create and access extra_vars in ansible playbook?

Create a ansible config file as ansible.cfg file in your project directory:

[defaults]
inventory = hosts 

Create a hosts file as hosts in the project directory


[webservers]
ansnode1 ansible_ssh_host=192.168.56.202 ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python
ansnode2 ansible_ssh_host=192.168.56.203 ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python


[webservers:vars]
ansible_port=22
http_port=8080


[dbservers]
ansnode3 ansible_ssh_host=192.168.56.204 ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python
ansnode4 ansible_ssh_host=192.168.56.205 ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python

[dev:children]
webservers
dbservers

Create a file name called as extra_vars.yaml

---
# YAML documents begin with the document separator ---
# The minus in YAML this indicates a list item. The Playbook contains a list
# of plays, with each play being a dictionary

– name: ‘create and access variables inside the playbook’

# Target: where our play will run and options it will run with
hosts: ansnode1
gather_facts: true

# Task: the list of tasks that will be executed within the playbook
tasks:
– name: Displaying groupvars and hostvars from the directory structure
debug:
msg: “{{ extra_vars_key }}”
# Three dots indicate the end of a YAML document

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