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Update playbooks_variables.rst. To say you can define variables within a playbook is somewhat misleading. Variables are defined within plays and are only visible within the play they are defined in *not* the entire playbook. There is no way to define vars to have strictly playbook scope. (#73986)

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@ -206,16 +206,16 @@ You can define different variables for each individual host, or set shared varia
.. _playbook_variables:
Defining variables in a playbook
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Defining variables in a play
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You can define variables directly in a playbook::
You can define variables directly in a playbook play::
- hosts: webservers
vars:
http_port: 80
When you define variables in a playbook, they are visible to anyone who runs that playbook. This is especially useful if you share playbooks widely.
When you define variables in a play, they are only visible to tasks executed in that play.
.. _included_variables:
.. _variable_file_separation_details: