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setup

Load variables from .env, YAML, and JSON files.

Environment variables from .env files are loaded into the env namespace, while YAML and JSON variables are loaded as top-level context variables.

Attributes

check_mode:
  support: always

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Values	Description
from		array		List of file paths to load variables from. Supports .env, .yaml/.yml, and .json files. `.env` files are loaded into the `env` namespace, while YAML and JSON files are loaded as top-level context variables. If a file has no extension, its format is auto-detected based on its content.

Examples

- name: Load configuration from multiple sources
  setup:
    from:
      - .env
      - config.yaml
      - settings.json

- name: Use loaded variables
  debug:
    msg: "Database URL: {{ env.DATABASE_URL }}"

- name: Load from single file
  setup:
    from: vars/production.yml