Вот порядок приоритета от наименьшего к наибольшему (последние перечисленные переменные выигрывают по приоритетам):
- command line values (eg “-u user”)
- role defaults [1]
- inventory file or script group vars [2]
- inventory group_vars/all [3]
- playbook group_vars/all [3]
- inventory group_vars/* [3]
- playbook group_vars/* [3]
- inventory file or script host vars [2]
- inventory host_vars/* [3]
- playbook host_vars/* [3]
- host facts / cached set_facts [4]
- play vars
- play vars_prompt
- play vars_files
- role vars (defined in role/vars/main.yml)
- block vars (only for tasks in block)
- task vars (only for the task)
- include_vars
- set_facts / registered vars
- role (and include_role) params
- include params
- extra vars (always win precedence)
Variable precedence: Where should I put a variable? 
