[IGBF-2336] Answer: Can we refer to other variables in a vars_file ? - JIRA UNCC

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A quick question:

In a "vars" file in ansible, can you refer to another variable defined in the same file?

For example, can you do the following?

var1: hello
var2: world
var3: "{{ var1 }} var2"

That is, what I would like to do is define a variable and then use it to define additional variables elsewhere in a variables file.

For example, I would like to be able to define "ec2_name" and then re-use it to define the name of the appstore database:

ec2_name: appstore123
...
rds_db_name: "{{ ec2_name }}"

Do you know: Is this legal in ansible?

Asking because you might know the answer off-hand. I have not had much luck searching google for the answer.

If you don't know it off-hand, just add that as a comment in the ticket. No need to do a lot of deep dive research.

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