How to use Azure DevOps server TFS Predefined Variable in My Ansible Playbook

Question

In my playbook, I'd like to use the Azure DevOps Predefine Variable "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)":

Here's my  playbook:

---
- hosts: KBR_MTL361
  tasks:
   - name: copy file
     win_copy:
      src: D:\Web.config
      dest: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)

I'm using Azure DevOps Pipeline to run this ansible-playbook:

Pipeline Task in TFS

However, it isn't working.

Is there anyone out there that knows how to use the pipeline variable?

Answer 1

Simply add your variables to the azure-pipelines as additional args. This is what yml looks like:

 - task: Ansible@0
      inputs:
        ansibleInterface: 'agentMachine'
        playbookPathOnAgentMachine: 'ansible/tfs_playbooks/install_agent.yml'
        inventoriesAgentMachine: 'file'
        inventoryFileOnAgentMachine: 'hosts.yml'
        args: '--extra-vars "build_source_dir=$(Build.SourcesDirectory) AGENT_URL=$(AGENT_URL)"'

The variables in your playbook can then be accessed:

---
- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - name: show debug
    debug:
      msg: "Dir {{ build_source_dir }} agent url {{AGENT_URL}}"