The dictsort just sorts them and doesn't really change much. It sounds like you have a list of sysctl names and each sysctl name has a lot of settings under it.
You could consider flattening everything to one list, and also maybe using the "when" operator to filter which to apply. If you had a hash of lists and wanted to apply the sysctls in multiple hashes, that might require a filter plugin. On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:42 AM, benno joy <benno...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Walid, > > Can you try : > > - sysctl: name={{ item[0] }} value= {{ item[1] }} > > with_items: pana_sys_ctl|dictsort > > > Regards, > > Benno > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Walid <walid.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> but in this case the key name is not a static, they key is the sysctl >> parameter, would it be possible to use a similar construct to the one in >> the template? my vars for this use case and also some others are 6-10+ >> items, each item could be defined easily as follow >> >> vars: >> pana_sys_ctl: >> >> net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range: 32768 610 >> >> net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout: 30 >> >> net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time: 1800 >> .... >> pana_mounts: >> mnt1: >> red: filer001:/disk1/vol1 >> blue:filer002:/disk1/vol3 >> ...... >> >> if it is possible through some filters or massaging of the dictionary >> that would be great. >> >> kind regards >> >> Walid >> >> >> On 19 February 2014 04:29, Michael DeHaan <mich...@ansible.com> wrote: >> >>> The pattern for iterating over a hash is the same regardless of module >>> and would look like: >>> >>> vars: >>> my_pairs: >>> - key: foo >>> value: bar >>> - key: foo2 >>> value: bar2 >>> >>> tasks: >>> - shell: echo "{{ item.key }} and {{ item.value }}" >>> with_items: my_pairs >>> >>> So, generally applicable to sysctl or anything else. >>> >>> You could also define the list right under "with_items" without the >>> intermediate variable. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Walid <walid.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> >>>> I have defined under group_vars, something like the following : >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> >>>> dc001_sysctl: >>>> >>>> net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range: 32768 61000 >>>> >>>> net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout: 30 >>>> >>>> net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time: 1800 >>>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1: 2048 >>>> >>>> net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2: 4096 >>>> >>>> net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3: 8192 >>>> >>>> >>>> the template of the /etc/sysctl.conf looks something like the >>>> following: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> {% for parameter,value in dc001_sysctl.getenteries() %} >>>> >>>> {{ parameter }}= {{ value }} >>>> >>>> {% endfor %} >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> my question if I prefer to do this using the sysctl module, what is the >>>> best way to iterate over these dictionary values in a systctl module task? >>>> my reasoning is to protect against some one have changed the sysctl from >>>> the command line without updating the sysctl.conf file or it is in the >>>> sysctl.file but was not reloaded. >>>> >>>> >>>> kind regards >>>> >>>> >>>> Walid >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.