Vars files: (Ansible)

$ cat external_vars.yml
---
username: cisco
password: cisco
auth_pass: cisco

$
$ cat ios_command.yaml
- name:  Ansible ios_command on Cisco IOS XE
  hosts: ios-xe

  vars_files:
    - external_vars.yml

Related terms

• Ansible playbooks examples
• Read https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_variables.html
• Ansible vault

See also

• Ansible: modules, plugins, Playbooks (examples) ansible-playbook, ansible-vault, ansible-inventory, ansible-config, Ansible Tower, Ansible Galaxy (Roles) (ansible-galaxy), ansible-cmdb, gather facts, ansible.cfg, Ansible Molecule, Ansible collections, register, template, --ask-pass, --ask-become-pass, remote_user:, /etc/ansible/hosts, ansible-doc, ansible-lint, .ansible/, --forks, --start-at-task, changelog, inventory, Notify:, ansible HOSTNAME -m ping, gathering, /usr/bin/ansible, ansible -m ping, ansible.builtin, hosts: (Ansible), set fact:, when:, blockinfile:, become method:, include:, git:, AWX, ansible --help, Tags, Ansible variables, versions