diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c29fa0b..1f72069 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ This is a copy of `defaults/main.yml`
 ```yaml
 ---
 # The node type - server or agent
-rke2_type: server
+rke2_type: "{{ 'server' if inventory_hostname in groups[rke2_servers_group_name] else 'agent' if inventory_hostname in groups[rke2_agents_group_name] }}"
 
 # Deploy the control plane in HA mode
 rke2_ha_mode: false
@@ -349,14 +349,14 @@ The RKE2 Kubernetes master/server nodes must belong to `masters` group and worke
 
 ```ini
 [masters]
-master-01 ansible_host=192.168.123.1 rke2_type=server
-master-02 ansible_host=192.168.123.2 rke2_type=server
-master-03 ansible_host=192.168.123.3 rke2_type=server
+master-01 ansible_host=192.168.123.1
+master-02 ansible_host=192.168.123.2
+master-03 ansible_host=192.168.123.3
 
 [workers]
-worker-01 ansible_host=192.168.123.11 rke2_type=agent
-worker-02 ansible_host=192.168.123.12 rke2_type=agent
-worker-03 ansible_host=192.168.123.13 rke2_type=agent
+worker-01 ansible_host=192.168.123.11
+worker-02 ansible_host=192.168.123.12
+worker-03 ansible_host=192.168.123.13
 
 [k8s_cluster:children]
 masters
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index bb19979..9cbaf47 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # The node type - server or agent
-rke2_type: server
+rke2_type: "{{ 'server' if inventory_hostname in groups[rke2_servers_group_name] else 'agent' if inventory_hostname in groups[rke2_agents_group_name] }}"
 
 # Deploy the control plane in HA mode
 rke2_ha_mode: false