Ansible variable scope clash

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I've got an ansible setup that looks like this

inventories/
    sandbox1
    group_vars/
       all
       sandbox1
pb/
    pb1/
        run_pb1.yml

I've got roles and other stuff too, but I think this is enough to capture the gist of what I need to do.

I've got a variable foo that I am defining inside

inventories/group_vars/all

AND

inventories/group_vars/sandbox1

Now my issue is that whenever I call

ansible-playbook -i inventories/sandbox1 pb/pb1/run_pb1.yml

The playbook is run with the value of foo that is contained in inventories/group_vars/all... put another way, the value of foo from inventories/group_vars/sandbox1 is not overriding the "global/all" version.

Is this the correct way to implement an inventory specific variable? I want to avoid creating mulitple playbooks for something as simple as a variable change... ie, I do not want to do something like this inside the "all" file

default_foo: bar
sandbox1_foo: baz

along with multiple playbooks, which would be the same except for the variable they reference.

Is there a way to do what I am asking?

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  • the group_vars folder should contain the names of groups, not inventories for adding variables. Can you share a sample of your sandbox1 inventory for further clarification?
    – Theo
    Jun 15 2016 at 17:03
  • your comment provided the solution, I was not including a group called sandbox1 in my inventory file. Thanks!
    – Zack
    Jun 15 2016 at 17:08
  • For posterity, I added my comment as an answer. :-)
    – Theo
    Jun 15 2016 at 17:23
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The group_vars folder should contain the names of groups, not inventories for adding variables. Add a group inside your sandbox1 inventory file called "sandbox1" and it will then use those variables.

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    the group_vars folder should contain the names of groups, not inventories for adding variables. Can you share a sample of your sandbox1 inventory for further clarification? – Theo
    your comment provided the solution, I was not including a group called sandbox1 in my inventory file. Thanks! – Zack
    For posterity, I added my comment as an answer. :-) – Theo

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    The group_vars folder should contain the names of groups, not inventories for adding variables. Add a group inside your sandbox1 inventory file called "sandbox1" and it will then use those variables.