using with_sequence with a block

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We have a variable num_users_to add. I am trying to run a block of commands to generate users and passwords for the number of users the user has plugged in, using the with_sequence block. I am getting the error message “with_sequence is not a valid attribute for a Block.” How to I get around this?

Code:

  • name: Block to generate x number of users & passwords
    block:

  • name: Generate user
    set_fact:
    username: “{{ lookup(‘ansible.builtin.password’, ‘/dev/null’, chars=[‘ascii_letters’, ‘digits’] length = 12 ) }}”

  • name: Generate password
    set_fact:
    passwd: "{{ lookup(‘ansible.builtin.password’, ‘/dev/null’, chars=[‘ascii_letters’, ‘digits’] length = 12 ) }}:

with_sequence: “count={{ num_users_to_add }}”

2

You have to apply it to each task. Blocks have almost no options.

Walter

3

Thanks. Any idea how I would then add these users to the system without using a block? I forgot to put this last part of the code I’d like to use in.

  • name: Add users

user:

name: “{{ username }}”

password: {{ “passwd” }}

shell: /bin/bash

4

You could put the tasks that you want to run in the loop in a separate tasks file, then use include_tasks with with_sequence

5

I’ll try that. When I use with_sequence, does it put the usernames and passwords in an array I can refer to?

6

Make sure you read thoroughly the module document for each task so you don’t miss any parameters.

Walter

7

That worked out well, thank you!