Variable assignment with include_vars and register

[mathieucoavoux]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

include_vars

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.4.2.0
Install from pip

CONFIGURATION

[user1@server1 ansible]$ ansible-config dump --only-changed
[user1@server1 ansible]$

OS / ENVIRONMENT

N/A

SUMMARY

Variable assignment with include_vars and register

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

When including a variable file with register, the variables inside this file cannot take the value of another defined variable

roles/test/tasks/main.yml

---
- include_vars: "roles/test/vars/test.yml"
  register: myvar

- include_vars: "roles/test/vars/test2.yml"

- debug:
    msg: "mykey1 : {{mykey1}}, mykey1bis: {{mykey1bis}}"

- debug:
    msg: "mykey2 : {{mykey2}}, mykey2bis: {{mykey2bis}}"

roles/test/vars/test.yml

---
mykey1: "myvalue1"
mykey1bis: "{{mykey1}}"

roles/test/vars/test2.yml

---
mykey2: "myvalue2"
mykey2bis: "{{mykey2}}"

EXPECTED RESULTS

PLAY [localhost] *******************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [test : include_vars] *********************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [test : include_vars] *********************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [test : debug] ****************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "mykey1 : myvalue1, mykey1bis: myvalue1"
}

TASK [test : debug] ****************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "mykey2 : myvalue2, mykey2bis: myvalue2"
}

ACTUAL RESULTS

ansible-playbook 2.4.2.0
  config file = None
  configured module search path = [u'/myhome/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /mypath/ansible/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /mypath/ansible/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 2.7.5 (default, May  3 2017, 07:55:04) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-14)]
No config file found; using defaults
setting up inventory plugins
 [WARNING]: Unable to parse /etc/ansible/hosts as an inventory source

 [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available

 [WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: all

 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available

Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /mypath/ansible/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.pyc

PLAYBOOK: test.yml *****************************************************************************************************************
1 plays in test.yml

PLAY [localhost] *******************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************************
Using module file /mypath/ansible/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/setup.py
<127.0.0.1> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: tauadmt
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~ && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /myhome/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1525433990.2-105806259019021 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1525433990.2-105806259019021="` echo /myhome/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1525433990.2-105806259019021 `" ) && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> PUT /tmp/tmpCugHW9 TO /myhome/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1525433990.2-105806259019021/setup.py
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /myhome/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1525433990.2-105806259019021/ /myhome/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1525433990.2-105806259019021/setup.py && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python /myhome/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1525433990.2-105806259019021/setup.py; rm -rf "/myhome/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1525433990.2-105806259019021/" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
ok: [localhost]
META: ran handlers

TASK [test : include_vars] *********************************************************************************************************
task path: /myrepo/ansible/roles/test/tasks/main.yml:2
ok: [localhost] => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "mykey1": "myvalue1",
        "mykey1bis": "{{mykey1}}"
    },
    "ansible_included_var_files": [
        "/myrepo/ansible/roles/test/vars/test.yml"
    ],
    "changed": false
}

TASK [test : include_vars] *********************************************************************************************************
task path: /myrepo/ansible/roles/test/tasks/main.yml:5
ok: [localhost] => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "mykey2": "myvalue2",
        "mykey2bis": "{{mykey2}}"
    },
    "ansible_included_var_files": [
        "/myrepo/ansible/roles/test/vars/test2.yml"
    ],
    "changed": false
}

TASK [test : debug] ****************************************************************************************************************
task path: /myrepo/ansible/roles/test/tasks/main.yml:7
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "mykey1 : myvalue1, mykey1bis: {{mykey1}}"
}

TASK [test : debug] ****************************************************************************************************************
task path: /mypath/ansible/roles/test/tasks/main.yml:10
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "mykey2 : myvalue2, mykey2bis: myvalue2"
}
META: ran handlers
META: ran handlers

PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=5    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0

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• lib/ansible/modules/utilities/logic/include_vars.py

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[aleshav]

Duplicate of #21088? Could be reproduced in Ansible 2.6.4. as well.

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[felixfontein]

Can be reproduced with current devel (2.11.0.dev0) as well.

[webmozart]

Experiencing the same issue with Ansible 2.10.5.

[mkrizek]

Duplicate of #21088.