group_vars/all/timezone.yml, file question

[spurs]

Hello,

I have group_vars/all/timezone.yml including variable host_timezone and below playbook is the answer, but I don't know how this playbook find a group_vars/all/timezone.yml file without vars_files.

---
- name: Time Synchronization
  hosts: database_servers

  roles:
    - rhel-system-roles.timesync

  post_tasks:
    - name: Set timezone
      timezone:
        name: "{{ host_timezone }}"
      notify: reboot host

  handlers:
    - name: reboot host
      reboot:

[morbius]

Ansible already expects that what it finds in group_vars and host_vars files or directories are variables, so you don't need to declare them in vars_files.

[spurs]

thank you! but i need to use vars_files when my variable files are in the vars folder?

[Emanuel_Haine · Accepted solution]

Hi @spurs 

This is a good question and it can be explained by the Ansible variable precedence: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_variables.html#understanding-variab...

[spurs]

thank you!