Using with_dict with a loop and missing key values...

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Hi guys,

I’m trying to use a loop and with_dict together, but I have an issue with the value of some of key are missing, for example the value ‘ssh_key’:
It’s is proposital because i don’t wanna any key in file.

The ‘when’ conditional don’t can evaluate if my variable exists ‘item.value.ssh_key.exists’:

My dict:

users:
user1:
home: “/home/user1”
uid: 5000
gid: 5000
ssh_key: “{{ role_path }}/files/keys/user1.pub”

key_options : ‘from=“192.168.1.2”,no-agent-forwarding,no-port-forwarding,no=X11-forwarding’

user2:
home: “/var/www/user2”
uid: 8000
gid: 8000
key_options : ‘from=“192.168.1.2”,no-agent-forwarding,no-port-forwarding,no=X11-forwarding’

My task:

  • name: Configuring authorized_keys
    authorized_key:
    user : “{{ item.key }}”
    key : “{{ lookup(‘file’, ‘{{ item.value.ssh_key }}’) }}”
    key_options : “{{ item.value.key_options }}”
    with_dict: “{{ users }}”
    when:
  • item.value.ssh_keys.exists == true

Is there some way to make it work properly ?

Thanks!

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Probably, but you have provided to little information.
What is your error? You have not provided any information about what went wrong.
Without it must people must create a replica of your task to find out what happened, and in most cases people doesn't have the time to do it.

So please, always show us the complete error message.

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Your dict has a key called “ssh_key” but the “when” clause in the task says: “- item.value.ssh_keys.exists == true”

Notice the extra ‘s’ in ssh_keys. Is that correct?