From 2b3a97bddd835a2a966da018a9208da19fa77757 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Martin=20Andr=C3=A9?= <m.andre@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:29:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] OCPBUGS-39285: Fix var_files syntax to work on older version
 of ansible

On ansible-core 2.14 and below, `var_files` chokes on missing file. This
is no longer the case with ansible-core 2.15. We need a different
strategy so that ansible ignores non-existent files.
---
 upi/openstack/common.yaml | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/upi/openstack/common.yaml b/upi/openstack/common.yaml
index 4f68cfacfa..47bd82e01b 100644
--- a/upi/openstack/common.yaml
+++ b/upi/openstack/common.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 - hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: no
 
-  vars_files:
-  - metadata.json
-  - netid.json
+  vars:
+    var_files:
+    - metadata.json
+    - netid.json
 
   tasks:
+  - name: "Include external vars"
+    include_vars: "{{ item }}"
+    when: item is exists
+    loop: "{{ var_files|flatten(levels=1) }}"
+
   - name: "Check if metadata.json exists"
     ansible.builtin.stat:
       path: metadata.json