As you learned in the previous section, there are several major types of variables that can be defined in a myriad of locations. This leads to a very important question: what happens when the same variable name is used in multiple locations? Ansible has a precedence for loading variable data, and thus it has an order and a definition to decide which variable will win. Variable value overriding is an advanced usage of Ansible, so it is important to fully understand the semantics before attempting such a scenario.
Variable precedence
Precedence order
Ansible defines the precedence order as follows, with those closest to the top of the list winning. Note that this can change from release to release, and has changed quite significantly...
