Hello,
i’d like to do something like with ansible 1.4 :
mylist:
key1: val1
key2: “{{ key1 }}” # val1
key1: val3
key2: “{{ key1 }}” # val3
I tried different things (like key2: “{{ mylist[0].key1 }}”) but cannot seem to find a way to do it.
I agree this is a bit contrived but I was wondering if I am missing something.
can someone point me to the documentation where the zoo of possible references is explained ?
thank you
there is a yamllism for just pure reference (no concat or subsitution)
mylist:
Thank you that will do the trick in my case.
for reference, the message from Michael on the new variable references in 1.4 is
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/variable$20in$201.4/ansible-project/GzT3Mvukb1E/yMw8uorwoYwJ
Right, you can’t reference a variable inside another, but “{{ foo }}” references structured variables fine in 1.4 otherwise.
(I’m not fond of YAML anchors, personally)
anyway yaml anchors don’t do concatenation as Brian mentionned.
In my case let’s say i want :
mylist:
key1: a
key2: b
key3: a-b
key1: c
key2: d
key3: c-d
what would be the best way to do that if i don’t want to carry “{{ item.key1 }}-{{ item.key2 }}” all over the place in the tasks ?
I have the case where key1 = application name, key2 = git sha of the application version
and i want to install the versioned application in key1-key2 and make reference to that “install_dir” in many places.
thanks
" “{{ item.key1 }}-{{ item.key2 }}”"
Ansible variables bind late, so if you want to define a variable like so:
vars:
item_k1k2: “{{ item.key1 }} - {{ item.key2 }}”
It should work fine.
Though I’d pick a better variable name than what I picked above 