Ansible playbook_dir | basename

Question

I want to remember current playbook folder name and pass it to another imported playbook. I set fact as "playbook_dir | basename" that returns proper folder name: appfolder. I pass it as bpm_folder to the imported playbook it is visible as appfolder (debug returns: "msg": "appfolder") but it doesn't work.

Inside imported playbook I got: skipping vars_file '../{{ bpm_folder }}/deployment_settings.yml' due to an undefined variable.

But when I add vars to imported playbook ant set "bpm_folder: 'appfolder'" it does work, even if this is exactly the same folder name.

The point is that I want to get the appfolder automatically. How to fix it?

---
- name: pre deploy
  hosts: myhosts
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
    - set_fact:
        myfolder: "{{ playbook_dir | basename }}"

- name: start deploy
  import_playbook: '../Common/deploy.yml'
  vars:
    bpm_folder: 'appfolder' <- it is working
    bpm_folder: "{{ myfolder }}" <-- doent't work

ansible --version
  ansible [core 2.11.6]
  python version = 3.6.8 (default, Aug 13 2020, 07:46:32) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)]
  jinja version = 3.0.2
  libyaml = True

Best regards!

Answer 1

According your description it seems to be related to the difference between include_... and import_....

Since the import is static and pre-processed at the time playbooks are parsed, the variable isn't initialized at that stage.

Might import_task: ../Common/deploy.yml work for you?