Run a playbook with variables from a JSON file

Runs the playbook with extra variables loaded from the file, which override every other variable source.

ansible-playbook site.yml -e @vars.json

Edit the highlighted values, then copy. They are inserted as typed, without shell escaping.

Tool

ansible

Category

Cloud & IaC

Tags

• playbook
• variables

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Adapted from tldr-pages (common/ansible-playbook.md), licensed under CC BY 4.0.