outputting dictionary variables using copy module not working

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Hi,

I am running ansible on centos 7.4.1708 . Not sure what I am doing wrong but the dictionary variables are not completely written by the copy module.

Here is my complete YAML file :

2

Because of the with_dict the task will run 3 times, one for each item in var_dict1.
Only the last will stick since the file will be overwritten.

Do this instead
   - name: Copy the contents of var_dict1 to output1
     copy:
       content: |
         {% for key, value in var_dict1.iteritems() %}
         {{ key }} {{ value }}
         {% endfor %}
       dest: "/usershome/output1"
     run_once: yes

3

Hi Kai,

Thanks that worked. Did not know about iteritems until now.

Regards,
Abey