Ansible group variables

Group variables with static inventory

It is suggested that you define groups based on purpose of the host (roles) and also geography or datacenter location (if applicable):

File inventory/production

[rogue-server]
192.168.1.1

[atlanta-webservers]
www-atl-1.example.com
www-atl-2.example.com

[boston-webservers]
www-bos-1.example.com
www-bos-2.example.com

[atlanta-dbservers]
db-atl-1.example.com
db-atl-2.example.com

[boston-dbservers]
db-bos-1.example.com

# webservers in all geos
[webservers:children]
atlanta-webservers
boston-webservers

# dbservers in all geos
[dbservers:children]
atlanta-dbservers
boston-dbservers

# everything in the atlanta geo
[atlanta:children]
atlanta-webservers
atlanta-dbservers

# everything in the boston geo
[boston:children]
boston-webservers
boston-dbservers

File group_vars/all

---
apache_port: 80

File group_vars/atlanta-webservers

---
apache_port: 1080

File group_vars/boston-webservers

---
apache_port: 8080

File host_vars/www-bos-2.example.com

---
apache_port: 8111

After running ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts install-apache.yml (hosts in the playbook would be hosts: all)

The ports would be

Address	Port
`192.168.1.1`	80
`www-atl-1.example.com`	1080
`www-atl-2.example.com`	1080
`www-bos-1.example.com`	8080
`www-bos-2.example.com`	8111