# LOOP\_CONTROL with ansible

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop-control-with-ansible/29023>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop-control-with-ansible/29023 "2018-11-14T02:09:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dhara\_Patel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dhara\_Patel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dhara_Patel)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop-control-with-ansible/29023/1 "2018-11-14T02:09:27Z")

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Hi,

When i run my playbook i run into this issue. It pops us as Warning.

**[WARNING]: The loop variable ‘item’ is already in use. You should set the `loop_var` value in the `loop_control` option**

**for the task to something else to avoid variable collisions and unexpected behavior.**

**main.yml**

- include: groups.yml

groups.yml

- include: ec2\_gr.yml

ec2\_gr.yml

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- name: ‘ec2 groups’

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ec2\_group:

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name: ‘{{ item.key }}’

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description: ‘{{ item.value.description }}’

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vpc\_id: ‘{{ vpc\_net\_facts.id }}’

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region: ‘{{ region }}’

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rules: ‘{{ item.value.rules }}’

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rules\_egress: ‘{{ default\_egress\_rule if item.value.rules\_egress is not defined else item.value.rules\_egress }}’

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when: ec2groups is defined

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with\_dict: ‘{{ ec2groups | default({}) }}’

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register: tag\_ec2groups

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- set\_fact:

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group: ‘{{ ec2groups.keys() + group }}’

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when: ec2groups is defined I see a warning on above line. I have such issue with a lot of tasks. I don’t understand loop\_control that well. I tried to provide that variable after register: but still running into issue.

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