[local] testhost ansible_connection=local ansible_python_interpreter="{{ ansible_playbook_python }}" testhost2 ansible_connection=local # connections are never made to this host, only host vars are accessed # the following inline declarations are accompanied # by (preferred) group_vars/ and host_vars/ variables # and are used in testing of variable precedence [arbitrary_parent:children] local [local:vars] parent_var=6000 groups_tree_var=5000 [arbitrary_parent:vars] groups_tree_var=4000 overridden_in_parent=1000 [arbitrary_grandparent:children] arbitrary_parent [arbitrary_grandparent:vars] groups_tree_var=3000 grandparent_var=2000 overridden_in_parent=2000