# \[Ansible 2.\*\] Problem with variables **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [January 16, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-problem-with-variables/20236 "2016-01-16T10:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![George\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@George\_Khan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/George_Khan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-problem-with-variables/20236/1 "2016-01-16T10:53:49Z")
Hi there! I have some troubles with vars in ansible… What i have: ` ```auto [root@ansible ansible]# cat /etc/ansible/roles/preconf/tasks/main.yml - name: installing pkg apt: pkg=$item with_items: - htop - sudo - tcpdump - mc - wget - vim - facter - name: Add users # user: name={{item.user}} comment={{item.comment}} uid={{item.uid}} password={{item.password}} shell='/bin/bash' groups='sudo' debug: msg={{item.user}} msg={{item.comment}} msg={{item.uid}} msg={{item.password}} with_items: - $adm_users [root@ansible ansible]# cat /etc/ansible/roles/main/variables/main.yml adm_users: - { user: 'user1', comment: 'user11', uid: '15139', password: '$gsdJDGASgdashdakshdg' } - { user: 'user2', comment: 'user22', uid: '15217', password: '$tERuJGEAgdfSAGDVaGV' } ``` ` What i do: ` ```auto [root@ansible ansible]# time ansible-playbook -vvvv main.yml --ask-pass --ask-sudo-pass Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file SSH password: SUDO password[defaults to SSH password]: 1 plays in main.yml Loaded callback default of type stdout, v2.0 PLAY *************************************************************************** TASK [setup] *******************************************************************... ok: [192.168.0.2] TASK [preconf : installing pkg] ************************************************... ok: [192.168.0.2] => (item=[u'htop', u'sudo', u'tcpdump', u'mc', u'wget', u'vim', u'facter']) => {"cache_update_time": 0, "cache_updated": false, "changed": false, "invocation": {"module_args": {"name": ["htop", "sudo", "tcpdump", "mc", "wget", "vim", "facter"]}, "module_name": "apt"}, "item": ["htop", "sudo", "tcpdump", "mc", "wget", "vim", "facter"]} TASK [preconf : Add users] ***************************************************** task path: /etc/ansible/roles/preconf/tasks/main.yml:12 fatal: [192.168.0.2]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "ERROR! 'unicode object' has no attribute 'password'"} PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************* 192.168.0.2 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 real 0m3.745s user 0m0.357s sys 0m0.100s ``` ` Ansible version: ` ansible 2.0.0.2 (stable-2.0.0.1 7de237c5a1) last updated 2016/01/16 10:27:31 (GMT +500) lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD ce6619bf5d) last updated 2016/01/16 10:27:57 (GMT +500) lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 29af26884e) last updated 2016/01/16 10:28:02 (GMT +500) config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = Default w/o overrides ` What i’m doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-problem-with-variables/20236/2 "2016-01-19T01:27:25Z")
Many things in just one task. first debug only takes 1 msg= or 1 var= argument, so instead of:   debug: msg={{item.user}} msg={{item.comment}} msg={{item.uid}} msg={{item.password}} should be :   debug: var=item or:   debug: msg="{{item.user}}, {{item,comment}}, {{item.uid}} ..." or:   debug: msg="{{[item,user, item.comment, item.uid,...]|join(',')}}" Also "$vars" were removed a long time ago, it needs to not be:   with\_items:     - $adm\_users but:   with\_items: "{{adm\_users}}" ---
**Author:** ![George\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@George\_Khan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/George_Khan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-problem-with-variables/20236/3 "2016-01-19T07:48:48Z")
Hi, Brian! Thank you for your answer! In this case, i got “FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “ERROR! ‘adm\_users’ is undefined”}”. I declare my vars in /etc/ansible/roles/main/variables/main.yml , maybe i must declare variables somewhere else? ---
**Author:** ![George\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@George\_Khan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/George_Khan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-problem-with-variables/20236/4 "2016-01-19T11:50:55Z")
I’ll must declare it in /etc/ansible/roles/preconf/defaults/main.yml Thanks to navern 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-problem-with-variables/20236/5 "2016-01-19T15:22:50Z")
you can use 'vars' or 'defaults', but not 'variables: /etc/ansible/roles/main/{vars,defaults}/main.yml ---
**Author:** ![George\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@George\_Khan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/George_Khan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-problem-with-variables/20236/6 "2016-01-19T15:39:37Z")
Brian, i try to use /etc/ansible/roles/main/vars/main.yml but all that i got: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “ERROR! ‘adm\_users’ is undefined”}