# with\_items loops saying item undefined even if its present in parameter **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [August 21, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-loops-saying-item-undefined-even-if-its-present-in-parameter/25297 "2017-08-21T15:29:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sameer\_Modak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sameer_modak/32/5180_2.png) [@Sameer\_Modak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sameer_Modak)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-loops-saying-item-undefined-even-if-its-present-in-parameter/25297/1 "2017-08-21T15:29:38Z")
hosts: all tasks: - name: “install EPEL and Remi reps” yum\_repository: name: “{{ item.href }}” basurl: “{{ item.repo }}” with\_items: - { href: “[http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86\_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm](http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm)”, repo: “/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo” } - { href: “[http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm](http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm)”, repo: “/etc/yum.repos.d/remi.repo” } ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-loops-saying-item-undefined-even-if-its-present-in-parameter/25297/2 "2017-08-21T16:46:46Z")
You indentation on with\_items is wrong. with\_items is a property for the task and not yum\_repository, so indentation should be at the same level as name and yum\_repository. ---
**Author:** ![Sameer\_Modak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sameer_modak/32/5180_2.png) [@Sameer\_Modak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sameer_Modak)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-loops-saying-item-undefined-even-if-its-present-in-parameter/25297/3 "2017-08-22T14:55:11Z")
No its still the same, - hosts: all tasks: - name: “install EPEL and Remi reps” yum\_repository: name: “{{ item.href }}” basurl: “{{ item.repo }}” with\_items: - { href: “[http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86\_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm](http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm)”, repo: “/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo” } - { href: “[http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm](http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm)”, repo: “/etc/yum.repos.d/remi.repo” } =========samer error atal: [192.168.211.129]: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “the field ‘args’ has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined. The error was: ‘item’ is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in ‘/etc/ansible/lamp.yml’: line 3, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n tasks:\n - name: "install EPEL and Remi reps"\n ^ here\n”} fatal: [192.168.211.130]: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “the field ‘args’ has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined. The error was: ‘item’ is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in ‘/etc/ansible/lamp.yml’: line 3, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n tasks:\n - name: "install EPEL and Remi reps"\n ^ here\n”} fatal: [192.168.211.131]: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: "the field ‘args’ has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined. The error was: ‘item’ is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in ‘/etc/ansible/lamp.yml’: line 3, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n tasks:\n - nam ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-loops-saying-item-undefined-even-if-its-present-in-parameter/25297/4 "2017-08-22T15:10:46Z")
> No its still the same, That's as expected, you with\_items indentation is exactly the same as your previous mail. > - hosts: all >   tasks: >   - name: "install EPEL and Remi reps" >     yum\_repository: >       name: "{{ item.href }}" >       basurl: "{{ item.repo }}" >       with\_items: >       - { href: > "[http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86\_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm"](http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm"), > repo: "/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo" } >       - { href: > "[http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm"](http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm"), repo: > "/etc/yum.repos.d/remi.repo" } Your with\_items: is indented too fare, remove 2 space in front of it. - name: "install EPEL and Remi reps"    yum\_repository:      name: "{{ item.href }}"      basurl: "{{ item.repo }}"    with\_items:    - { href: "[http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86\_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm"](http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm"), repo: "/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo" }    - { href: "[http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm"](http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm"), repo: "/etc/yum.repos.d/remi.repo" }