Using Variables — Ansible Documentation
docs.ansible.com › ansible › latestFor example, you can define the user Ansible uses to connect to remote devices as a variable with ansible_user, in a configuration file with DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER, as a command-line option with -u, and with the playbook keyword remote_user. If you define the same parameter in a variable and by another method, the variable overrides the other setting.
Data manipulation — Ansible Documentation
docs.ansible.com › ansible › latestData manipulation . In many cases, you need to do some complex operation with your variables, while Ansible is not recommended as a data processing/manipulation tool, you can use the existing Jinja2 templating in conjunction with the many added Ansible filters, lookups and tests to do some very complex transformations.