How to use the same dictionary to loop over two tasks? is it possible using block?

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I.e.
instead of doing this which does win_iis_website,win_iis_website,etc then win_iis_webbinding,win_iis_webbinding, etc

  • name: Create IIS site
    win_iis_website:
    name: ‘{{ item.key }}’
    state: started
    application_pool: ‘{{ item.value.application_pool }}’
    physical_path: ‘{{ item.value.physical_path }}’
    with_dict: “{{ sites }}”
  • name: Bind Site
    win_iis_webbinding:
    name: ‘{{ item.key }}’
    protocol: https
    ip: ‘{{ ansible_ip_addresses[0] }}’
    port: ‘{{ item.value.http_port }}’
    certificate_hash: ‘{{ item.value.cert_thumbprint }}’
    with_dict: “{{ sites }}”

I would like to do this so that the win_iis_webbinding is called immediately after win_iis_website instead of calling win_iis_website,win_iis_website,etc then win_iis_webbinding, win_iis_webbinding, etc

  • block:
  • name: Create IIS site
    win_iis_website:
    name: ‘{{ item.key }}’
    state: started
    application_pool: ‘{{ item.value.application_pool }}’
    physical_path: ‘{{ item.value.physical_path }}’
  • name: Bind Site
    win_iis_webbinding:
    name: ‘{{ item.key }}’
    protocol: https
    ip: ‘{{ ansible_ip_addresses[0] }}’
    port: ‘{{ item.value.http_port }}’
    certificate_hash: ‘{{ item.value.cert_thumbprint }}’
    with_dict: “{{ sites }}”
    tags: webapp

However I got this

ERROR! ‘with_dict’ is not a valid attribute for a Block

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block doesn't support loops.
Too loop over several tasks you need to put the task in a file and use include_task: and loop over that.