Use Array/list file in with_items

Archives Ansible Project
1

Hi all,

I am new to Ansible and I am trying use the template module to create different config files.

Here is what I got:
├── group_vars
│   └── web
└── web
    ├── tasks
    │   └── main.yml
    └── templates
        └── virtualhost.conf

group_vars/web:

domain:
- alpha
- bravo
- charly

/web/tasks/main.yml:

- name: 7. Add Template Module
  template: src=virtualhost.conf dest=/etc/apache2/sites-available/{{domain}}.conf
  with_items: domain

I want, that the task creates a file for each array field in the domain list. So, what I expect are three files, named alpha.conf beta.conf and charly.conf. But I just got one file, called [‘alpha’, ‘bravo’, ‘charly’].conf

Job message:

src=virtualhost.conf dest=/etc/apache2/sites-available/['alpha', 'bravo', 'charly'].conf

When I use

with_items:

  • alpha

  • bravo

  • charly

in the task itself, it works. But I want to declare the array in a separate file (groupvar).

Can you tell my how to fix this?

Kind regards,

Amoyensis

2

each item is stored in a special 'item' variable when you have a with_
loop, so you just need:

dest=/etc/apache2/sites-available/{{item}}.conf