Can i provide options for a module via a dict variable ?

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Suppose i want to start a docker container and its parameters would differ based on a condition. Something like this:

docker_container:
name: typeA
image: typeA
volumes:

  • a1:a1
  • a2:a2
    when: type == A

docker_container:
name: typeB
image: typeB
volumes:

  • b1:b1
  • b2:b2
    privileged: yes
    when: type == B

I want to avoid writing and maintaining two similar tasks when i know always only one of them will execute. So is there a more elegant way to do this ? Like i define the differences in a dict var and only specify one docker_container.

I tried this but this didn’t work. I was hoping that there is something similar possible

Avars:

name: typeA
image: typeA
volumes:

  • a1:a1

Bvars:

name: typeB
image: typeB
volumes:

  • b1:b1
  • b2:b2
    privileged: yes

docker_container: “{{ (type == A) | ternary ( Avars, Bvars) }}”