Debugging Roles vs Debugging plays

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I am having issues formatting a role, I am trying to use register: and debug. Can anyone show the the formatting for debugging roles with register in ansible.

This is not working in a role:

  • name: Generate Hostnames for AD Group Names

  • debug:
    msg: “before we run our role”
    set_fact:
    server_hostname: “{{ server_hostname }} + [ ‘{{ item.0.server_category + item.1.server_numbers + location.short + ‘V’ }}’ ]”
    domain_controller_group: “{{ server_specs.0.win_domain|lower}}DC”
    domain_controller: “{{ hostvars[groups[server_specs.0.win_domain|lower + ‘DC’][0]][‘ansible_host’] }}”
    with_subelements:

  • “{{ server_specs }}”

  • server_numbers_subnet
    register: domain

  • debug:
    msg: “after we run our role”
    var: domain
    verbosity: 2

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formats dont change for tasks, the problem is you are running to tasks toghether

  - debug:
    msg: "before we run our role"

  - set_fact:
      server_hostname: "{{ server_hostname }} + [ '{{
item.0.server_category + item.1.server_numbers + location.short + 'V'
}}' ]"
      domain_controller_group: "{{ server_specs.0.win_domain|lower}}DC"
      domain_controller: "{{
hostvars[groups[server_specs.0.win_domain|lower +
'DC'][0]]['ansible_host'] }}"
    with_subelements:
      - "{{ server_specs }}"
      - server_numbers_subnet
    register: domain

also msg and var are mutually exclusive, use one, not both.