# with\_items question **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 9, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-question/29856 "2019-03-09T01:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![liverpudlian88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@liverpudlian88](https://forum.ansible.com/u/liverpudlian88)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-question/29856/1 "2019-03-09T01:18:21Z")
Hello, I am kinda new to Ansible, I would appreciate if you could assist me with a question, I am trying to do the following in a role in a playbook 1- Copy 3 zip files to a specific destination 2- Unzip only the first 3- Rename a directory in the unzipped location 4- Unzip the remaining 2 files I mainly have 2 problems, the first is that only the first file is copied and second the when condition is apparently not written correctly This is my list in the role’s default directory installer\_archives: - { name: V978971-01.zip, dest: “{{oracle\_home\_gi}}” } - { name: p28828717\_180000\_Linux-x86-64.zip, dest: “{{oracle\_stage}}” } - { name: p6880880\_121010\_Linux-x86-64.zip, dest: “{{oracle\_home\_gi}}” } This is my role: # ==\> Copy installer files - name: Copy installer files copy: src: ‘{{ item }}’ dest: ‘{{ oracle\_stage }}/’ owner: ‘{{ grid\_install\_user }}’ mode: 0644 group: ‘{{ oracle\_group }}’ with\_items: ‘{{ installer\_archives }}’ when: ansible\_hostname==groups[group\_names | first] | first - name: install-home-gi | Extract files to ORACLE\_HOME (gi) unarchive: src: ‘{{ oracle\_stage }}/{{ item }}’ dest: ‘{{ item.dest }}’ copy: no owner: ‘{{ grid\_install\_user }}’ group: ‘{{ oracle\_group }}’ with\_items: ‘{{installer\_archives}}’ args: creates: ‘{{ oracle\_home\_gi }}/root.sh’ when: ansible\_hostname==groups[group\_names | first] | first and “{{installer\_archives}}” | first - name: install-home-gi | Move old Opatch directory shell: “mv {{ oracle\_home\_gi }}/OPatch {{ oracle\_home\_gi }}/OPatch.old” - name: install-home-gi | Extract Opatch and BP unarchive: src: ‘{{ oracle\_stage }}/{{ item.name }}’ dest: ‘{{ item.dest }}’ copy: no owner: ‘{{ grid\_install\_user }}’ group: ‘{{ oracle\_group }}’ with\_items: ‘{{installer\_archives}}’ when: ansible\_hostname==groups[group\_names | first] | first and not {{installer\_archives}} | first Thank you ---
**Author:** ![liverpudlian88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@liverpudlian88](https://forum.ansible.com/u/liverpudlian88)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-question/29856/2 "2019-03-10T14:34:08Z")
Hello, Any help please? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-question/29856/3 "2019-03-10T15:17:22Z")
> Hello, Any help please? A lot of fundamental problems. I'll try to address them all. > > Hello, > > > > I am kinda new to Ansible, I would appreciate if you could assist me with > > a question, I am trying to do the following in a role in a playbook > > > > 1- Copy 3 zip files to a specific destination > > 2- Unzip only the first > > 3- Rename a directory in the unzipped location > > 4- Unzip the remaining 2 files > > > > I mainly have 2 problems, the first is that only the first file is copied > > and second the when condition is apparently not written correctly This is not very helpful and probably the reason you haven't gotten an answer (plus is a weekend). You should always provide the full output of the run, very hard to help without since it takes a lot more time. > > This is my list in the role's default directory > >   installer\_archives: > >   - { name: V978971-01.zip, dest: "{{oracle\_home\_gi}}" } > >   - { name: p28828717\_180000\_Linux-x86-64.zip, dest: "{{oracle\_stage}}" } > >   - { name: p6880880\_121010\_Linux-x86-64.zip, dest: "{{oracle\_home\_gi}}" } > > > > This is my role: > > # ==\> Copy installer files > > - name: Copy installer files > >   copy: > >     src: '{{ item }}' > >     dest: '{{ oracle\_stage }}/' > >     owner: '{{ grid\_install\_user }}' > >     mode: 0644 > >     group: '{{ oracle\_group }}' > >   with\_items: '{{ installer\_archives }}' > >   when: ansible\_hostname==groups[group\_names | first] | first Every item will contain a dict with two keys, item.name and item.dest. You are here using item that will contain both key and value. I guess you are after item.name in your src: and not both of them since that make no sense. > > - name: install-home-gi | Extract files to ORACLE\_HOME (gi) > >   unarchive: > >     src: '{{ oracle\_stage }}/{{ item }}' > >     dest: '{{ item.dest }}' > >     copy: no > >     owner: '{{ grid\_install\_user }}' > >     group: '{{ oracle\_group }}' > >   with\_items: '{{installer\_archives}}' > >   args: > >     creates: '{{ oracle\_home\_gi }}/root.sh' > >   when: ansible\_hostname==groups[group\_names | first] | first and > > "{{installer\_archives}}" | first Same here, your item is a dict and your are probably looking for item.name and not just item. > > - name: install-home-gi | Move old Opatch directory > >   shell: "mv {{ oracle\_home\_gi }}/OPatch {{ oracle\_home\_gi }}/OPatch.old" > > > > - name: install-home-gi | Extract Opatch and BP > >   unarchive: > >     src: '{{ oracle\_stage }}/{{ item.name }}' > >     dest: '{{ item.dest }}' > >     copy: no > >     owner: '{{ grid\_install\_user }}' > >     group: '{{ oracle\_group }}' > >   with\_items: '{{installer\_archives}}' > >   when: ansible\_hostname==groups[group\_names | first] | first and not > > {{installer\_archives}} | first Here you actually have item.name and this is probably the only task that works. ---
**Author:** ![Gavin\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ea924/32.png) [@Gavin\_Henry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gavin_Henry)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-question/29856/4 "2019-03-10T15:19:28Z")
Have you run your playbook with -vvvvv to see what is actually happening? ---
**Author:** ![liverpudlian88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@liverpudlian88](https://forum.ansible.com/u/liverpudlian88)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-question/29856/5 "2019-03-11T22:12:25Z")
Thank you for all the help, this is the output of the first task with -vvvvv when I try item.name TASK [oraswgi-install : Copy installer files] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /root/MY\_RAC/roles/oraswgi-install/tasks/main.yml:25 Read vars\_file ‘infra-vars.yml’ Read vars\_file ‘db-vars.yml’ Read vars\_file ‘secrets.yml’ fatal: [oradb1]: FAILED! =\> { “msg”: “The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: ‘ansible.utils.unsafe\_proxy.AnsibleUnsafeText object’ has no attribute ‘name’\n\nThe error appears to have been in ‘/root/MY\_RAC/roles/oraswgi-install/tasks/main.yml’: line 25, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n# ==\> Copy installer files\n- name: Copy installer files\n ^ here\n” } skipping: [oradb2] =\> (item=V978971-01.zip) =\> { “changed”: false, “item”: “V978971-01.zip”, “skip\_reason”: “Conditional result was False” } Read vars\_file ‘infra-vars.yml’ Read vars\_file ‘db-vars.yml’ Read vars\_file ‘secrets.yml’ The modified task is: # ==\> Copy installer files - name: Copy installer files copy: src: ‘{{ item.name }}’ dest: ‘{{ oracle\_stage }}/’ owner: ‘{{ grid\_install\_user }}’ mode: 0644 group: ‘{{ oracle\_group }}’ with\_items: ‘{{ installer\_archives }}’ when: ansible\_hostname==groups[group\_names | first] | first