Iterating over with_items failing within blockinfile

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I have the following task/main.yml part of my playbook. Everything works fine except for the last section with the blockinfile. I assume I have some sort of a syntax issue.

`
Enter code here…—

  • name: Dependency resolution – Install selinux bindings
    yum:
    name: libselinux-python
    state: present

  • name: Gather list of ifcfg-* files
    shell: ls “{{ net_path }}” | grep ^ifcfg- | grep -ve ifcfg-lo -e @ # Last piece (@) excludes ansible backup files
    register: ifcfg_list
    changed_when: false

  • name: DEBUG
    debug:
    msg: “{{net_path}}{{ item }}”
    with_items: “{{ ifcfg_list.stdout_lines }}”

  • name: Removing existing DNS entries from ifcfg-* files
    lineinfile:
    path: “{{ net_path }}{{ item }}”
    backup: yes
    state: absent
    regexp: ‘^DNS’
    with_items: “{{ ifcfg_list.stdout_lines }}”

  • name: Removing existing DNS entries from resolv.conf
    lineinfile:
    path: /etc/resolv.conf
    backup: yes
    state: absent
    regexp: ‘^nameserver’

  • name: Update DNS in ifcfg files
    blockinfile:
    path: “{{ net_path }}{{ item }}”
    marker: ‘# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK – Manual changes will be overwritten’
    insertafter: EOF
    block: |
    DNS1=“{{ dns1 }}”
    DNS2=“{{ dns2 }}”
    with_items: “{{ ifcfg_list.stdout_lines }}”

`

As you can see from the following results, the DEBUG iterates through it fine, but I fail in the Update DNS section. It says the variable is undefined, but I can’t see my problem. Wondering if someone can help me out.

`
PLAY [ansibletest-oel6] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [ansibletest-oel6]

TASK [dns_update : Dependency resolution – Install selinux bindings] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [ansibletest-oel6]

TASK [dns_update : Gather list of ifcfg-* files] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [ansibletest-oel6]

TASK [dns_update : DEBUG] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth0) => {
“item”: “ifcfg-eth0”,
“msg”: “/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0”
}
ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth1) => {
“item”: “ifcfg-eth1”,
“msg”: “/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1”
}

TASK [dns_update : Removing existing DNS entries from ifcfg-* files] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth0)
ok: [ansibletest-oel6] => (item=ifcfg-eth1)

TASK [dns_update : Removing existing DNS entries from resolv.conf] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [ansibletest-oel6]

TASK [dns_update : Update DNS in ifcfg files] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [ansibletest-oel6]: FAILED! => {“failed”: true, “msg”: “the field ‘args’ has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined. The error was: ‘item’ is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in ‘/etc/ansible/roles/dns_update/tasks/service.yml’: line 32, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n- name: Update DNS in ifcfg files\n ^ here\n”}

PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ansibletest-oel6 : ok=6 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1

`

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- name: Removing existing DNS entries from ifcfg-* files
  lineinfile:
    path: "{{ net_path }}{{ item }}"
    backup: yes
    state: absent
    regexp: '^DNS'
  with_items: "{{ ifcfg_list.stdout_lines }}"

<snip />

- name: Update DNS in ifcfg files
  blockinfile:
    path: "{{ net_path }}{{ item }}"
    marker: '# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK -- Manual changes will be
overwritten'
    insertafter: EOF
    block: |
      DNS1="{{ dns1 }}"
      DNS2="{{ dns2 }}"
    with_items: "{{ ifcfg_list.stdout_lines }}"

Your indentation is wrong, with_items should be at the same level as
blockinfile, just as you have in your with_items in the lineinfile.

When you fix that I still thing it will fail. Since the maker: is the same on
every loop it will just replace the same section.
You would need to implement some kind of unique marker to make it work, one
way is to incorporate the {{ item }}.

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Thanks again Kai Stian Olstad. You have been very helpful to me