Clarified that .yml, .yaml, and .json are allowable file extensions for inventory variables files.

pull/12483/head
Jeff Widman 9 years ago
parent c83f51b7f2
commit 3f135e3fac

@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ In addition to storing variables directly in the INI file, host
and group variables can be stored in individual files relative to the
inventory file.
These variable files are in YAML format. See :doc:`YAMLSyntax` if you are new to YAML.
These variable files are in YAML format. Valid file extensions include '.yml', '.yaml', '.json',
or no file extension. See :doc:`YAMLSyntax` if you are new to YAML.
Assuming the inventory file path is::
@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ Assuming the inventory file path is::
If the host is named 'foosball', and in groups 'raleigh' and 'webservers', variables
in YAML files at the following locations will be made available to the host::
/etc/ansible/group_vars/raleigh
/etc/ansible/group_vars/raleigh # can optionally end in '.yml', '.yaml', or '.json'
/etc/ansible/group_vars/webservers
/etc/ansible/host_vars/foosball

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