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It's simple to set this variable in an ansible.cfg but it makes sense only for hosts that do not have sftp (and most likely python as well). So I have a group for routers – is it possible to set this variable in group_vars?

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I'm not sure about group vars but you can set that option from the inventory file via ansible_ssh_transfer_method=scp. Might also work for group vars. Checked with version 2.3 of Ansible.

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    Where did you get this name from?
    – hryamzik
    May 26, 2017 at 12:50
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    I got it from the source code May 26, 2017 at 16:21
  • Possible values smart|sftp|scp|piped
    – gavenkoa
    Jan 30, 2020 at 0:39

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