How to iterate over hash of arrays

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Hello,

I have below strucure.

vars:
locations:

  • parent_location: A
    child_location:
  • a1
  • a2
  • a3
  • parent_location: B
    child_location:
  • b1
  • b2
  • b3
  • parent_location: C
    child_location:
  • c1
  • c2
  • c3

now i have task something like below

command:
some-command ‘{{ A }}’ create

command:
some-command ‘{{ a1 }}’ --parent ‘{{ A }}’

command:
some-command ‘{{ b1 }}’ --parent ‘{{ B }}’

and so-on, what’s best way to achieve it ?

Thanks,
DJ

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Read the docs? :wink:
http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_loops.html
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_loops.html#looping-over-hashes
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_loops.html#nested-loops

Something along the lines of:

command: some-command "{{ item.parent_location }}" create
with_dict: "{{ locations }}"

I guess for the child_locations you might need to adapt with_nested
somehow.

Johannes