Pass variable in Jenkinsfile over steps - jenkins

Question

I have a Jenkins file that have many steps.
This is my issue:
1) I want to run ansible playbook and keep a var in Jenkins run (like environment variable or something)
2) I want to run ANOTHER playbook in different step and USE that var.
example:
pipeline {
stages {
stage('run ansible play1') {
steps {
dir("${WORKSPACE}") {
ansiblePlaybook([
inventory : 'hosts',
playbook : 'playbook1.yml',
installation: 'ansible',
colorized : true,
extraVars : [
var1: "blah1",
var2: "blah2",
]
])
}
}
}
}
stage('run ansible play2') {
steps {
dir("${WORKSPACE}") {
ansiblePlaybook([
inventory : 'hosts',
playbook : 'playbook2.yml',
installation: 'ansible',
colorized : true,
extraVars : [
var_from_last_play: "some_value",
]
])
}
}
}
}
}
}
I hope i make myself clear... Thanks for your help and if you need more info tell me.

Answer 1

on Jenkins pipelines you can declare environment variables at the top of the script like this:
pipeline {
environment {
MY_ENV_VAR='something' // Added variable
}
stages {
stage('run ansible play1') {
steps {
dir("${WORKSPACE}") {
ansiblePlaybook([
inventory : 'hosts',
playbook : 'playbook1.yml',
installation: 'ansible',
colorized : true,
extraVars : [
var1: "blah1",
var2: "blah2",
]
])
// you can also assign new value to the env
// variable depending on results of the script execution
// env.MY_ENV_VAR = 'something'
}
}
}
stage('run ansible play2') {
steps {
dir("${WORKSPACE}") {
ansiblePlaybook([
inventory : 'hosts',
playbook : 'playbook2.yml',
installation: 'ansible',
colorized : true,
extraVars : [
var_from_last_play: env.MY_ENV_VAR,
]
])
}
}
}
}
}
This way, you can get the variable at any stage you want, also you can set it to a desired value at the stage before (output from script or whatever)
Another way is to declare a global variable at the top outsite the 'pipeline {...}' tag as a Groovy 'def' and do the same but it is not as clean as the other solution
def myVar = ''
pipeline {
...
}
Let me know if this is what you wanted