Can I loop over multipe actions?

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Hello,

So include and with_items is depricated and I am wondering how to implement the following:

I have to create a couple of similar services:

(I know this is not working)
`

  • name: loopy
    shell: download something
    template: src: dest:
    service: name={{ service }} state=started
    with_items: listing
    `

Is the only way to do this?

`

  • name: download everything
    shell: download something
    with_items: listing
  • name: copy templates
    template: src: dest:
    with_items: listing
  • name: download everything
    service: name={{ service }} state=started
    with_items: listing
    `

What would be a better approach?

thanks

Peter

2

The solution you’ve shown is the only one at the moment.

Peter Mooshammer pmoosha@gmail.com napisał:

3

thanks for getting back to me.

Here is what i intended:

I have a list of docker services:

`

services:

  • servicename: zapp
    containername: zapp
    port: 5555
    protocol: tcp
    exposed: false
    image: zapp
  • servicename: xox
    containername: xox
    port: 4444
    protocol: udp
    exposed: true
    linkto: zapp
    image: xox

`

And I wanted to use a loop to create those services, but now I am doing this:

`

  • { role: some-services, service: “{{ services[0] }}” }
  • { role: some-services, service: “{{ services[1] }}” }

`

And I wanted to do this as a loop. But maybe I am completely off. Any ideas?

Note one of the reasons I am doing this is because ansible does not support docker restarts at the moment (it will with 1.9)

thanks

Peter

4

there is not currently a way to loop through roles, you can make the
role accept a list and have it's tasks loop over it though.

also i would advice to not use a variable named 'service' as it can
conflict with the module of the same name.

5

thanks - good point!!!

6

I'm pretty sure modules and actions live in a different name space than variables. Or do you mean visually?

7

I think Tomasz it correct, it was working. Changed it anyways so people don’t get confused.

One more question. I tried:

And I wanted to use a loop to create those services, but now I am doing this:

`

  • { role: some-services, service: “{{ services[0] }}”, when: services[0] is defined }
  • { role: some-services, service: “{{ services[1] }}”, when: services[1] is defined }
    `

or

`

  • { role: some-services, service: “{{ services[0] }}”, when: “{{ services[0] }}” is defined }
  • { role: some-services, service: “{{ services[1] }}”, when: “{{ services[0] }}” is defined }

`

But none of that is working, this however works:
`

  • { role: some-services, service: “{{ services[1] }}”, when: simple_var is defined }

`

thanks

Peter

8

just an update:

`

  • name: debug {{ services[0][‘hostname’] }}
    debug: msg={{ services[0][‘hostname’] }}
    when: services[0] is defined
  • name: debug {{ services[3][‘hostname’] }}
    debug: msg={{ services[3][‘hostname’] }}
    when: services[3] is defined

`

This, it is just not working as a conditional for roles…

9

Got it:

`

  • { role: some-services, service: “{{ services[0] }}”, when: services.0 is defined }
  • { role: some-services, service: “{{ services[1] }}”, when: services.1 is defined }

`