# looking for solutions for a packaging play inside a playbook **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [November 22, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-solutions-for-a-packaging-play-inside-a-playbook/13976 "2013-11-22T17:06:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jerome\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@Jerome\_Wagner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jerome_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-solutions-for-a-packaging-play-inside-a-playbook/13976/1 "2013-11-22T17:06:51Z")
Hello, I am trying to setup my global playbook as : > **configuration of apps through vars** : > > - which apps, which repo they’re in, which git branch (“HEAD” or git sha) > > **play 1 : packaging on localhost**. > this clones repos, builds applications, create packages in several {app}-{sha}.tgz { role: packager, apps: list1\_of\_apps } { role: packager, apps: list2\_of\_apps } > **play2…N: preparation of remotes and deployment of packages,…** > this does all the rest I have 2 difficulties: (1) when an app is declared as “HEAD”, I still want the package to be built with the git sha I have been able to solve this on the hypothesis that there is only one git repository, by registering the output of an update of the git module into a git\_head variable, and accessing it from other hosts via hostvars[‘127.0.0.1’].git\_head (2) where there are multiple repos and multiple calls to the packager role. In this case I could not find a solution. I would like to dynamically build a dict that would look like : > head\_sha: > myrepo1: ab1253… > > myrepo2: cb2343… > > myrepo3: ffb1253… but I cannot find a way to mix all the results of the git module (mix of all the with\_items results of the multiple role.packager calls) and cannot find a way to extract the sha from all these results depending on the repo used by the app being installed. Do you know a solution I could use to capture and propagate to other hosts the captured shas of the HEADs of the repos and how to exploit this data structure ? Thank you for your help Jerome ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-solutions-for-a-packaging-play-inside-a-playbook/13976/2 "2013-11-22T21:02:18Z")
Sorry, but this is a very long question and I’m having difficulty in understanding what you are asking since there are various gaps in the explanation and I can’t see your playbook – not that we have time to dig through. Is there a specific question about Ansible we can help with and a snippet of playbook you can share that helps narrow down the question? That would be much appreciated, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jerome\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@Jerome\_Wagner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jerome_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-solutions-for-a-packaging-play-inside-a-playbook/13976/3 "2013-11-22T21:53:25Z")
yes that was a long question indeed (after a long ansible day 😉 Here is a with-playbook question (hopefully more clear) : **A first play is responsible for preparing packages** - hosts: localhost gather\_facts: no roles: - { role: packager, apps: $node\_apps } - { role: packager, apps: $php\_apps } with for example for $node\_apps : node\_apps: - packager\_type: tar gitrepo: “{{ gitrepo\_app1 }}” gitversion: **HEAD** app\_id: app1\_1 … other keys specific to node apps - packager\_type: tar gitrepo: “{{ gitrepo\_app1 }}” gitversion: **bc7837d032a2d648b607f012e2d1e33b3dcb6679** app\_id: app1\_2 … other keys specific to node apps - packager\_type: tar gitrepo: “{{ gitrepo\_app2 }}” gitversion: **HEAD** app\_id: app2 … other keys specific to node apps the role.packager loops over the apps, clone the repo at the requested version, and locally build a {{ appname }}-{{ sha }}.tgz. Note that sha is the real sha even if HEAD was requested. This can be done with _register: git\_results_ since the **git:** module returns the sha.before and sha.after for each item in the with\_items loop Now in another play, i need to **unarchive:** {{ appname }}-{{ sha }}.tgz by doing a _with\_indexed\_items: node\_apps_ I might be able to find the correct sha in {{ hostvars[‘127.0.0.1’].git\_results.results[item.0].after }} (not tested I just found this idea, is this the correct way to handle this ?) my issue is that since the role.packager is called 2 times, git\_results is overwritten by the second call and the first values are lost. so should I : (1) - try and have only one long list of multi-technology apps (node, php, ruby,…) =\> only one call to role.packager (2) - interlace “deploy” plays with “packaging” plays like so : > - hosts: localhost > > roles: > > - { role: packager, apps: $node\_apps } > > - hosts: node\_apps\_group > > roles: > > - { role: deploy\_node\_apps, apps: $node\_apps } > > - hosts: localhost > > roles: > > - { role: packager, apps: $php\_apps } > > - hosts: php\_apps\_group > > roles: > > - { role: deploy\_php\_apps, apps: $php\_apps } maybe some of you have found other ways to do something similar and can help me ! thank you very much Jerome ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-solutions-for-a-packaging-play-inside-a-playbook/13976/4 "2013-11-23T15:58:08Z")
Don’t use old style variables BTW: