How can I write variables inside the tasks file in ansible

Question

I have this play.yml

---
- hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local
  sudo: false

  tasks:
     - include: apache.yml

My Apache look

Answer 1

Variable definitions are meant to be used in tasks. But if you want to include them in tasks probably use the register directive. Like this:

- name: Define variable in task.
  shell: echo "http://www.my.url.com"
  register: url

- name: Download apache
  shell: wget {{ item }}
  with_items: url.stdout

You can also look at roles as a way of separating tasks depending on the different roles roles. This way you can have separate variables for each of one of your roles. For example you may have a url variable for apache1 and a separate url variable for the role apache2.