Hi Kai Stian Olstad,
Thanks for the reply.
Yes I did try the loop_control. The problem with loop_control is when it
iterates over the list_of_dict and takes each item of it, it considers the
item as "String" and not the dict to iterate over, so I get the error
saying with_dict expects a dict on the task of iterating over the dict.
Here are the playbooks and ansible output.
*test.yml*
---
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: print
include: "something.yml listDict={{listDict}}"
with_items: "{{ list_of_dict }}"
loop_control:
loop_var: listDict
*something.yml*
---
- debug: var=listDict
- name: print the task
debug: msg="{{ item.key }} is key,{{ item.value }} is value"
with_dict: listDict
*Ansible output:*
bash-4.3# ansible-playbook test.yml
PLAY [localhost]
***************************************************************
TASK [setup]
*******************************************************************
Wednesday 10 January 2018 21:01:17 +0000 (0:00:00.038) 0:00:00.038
*****
ok: [localhost]
TASK [print]
*******************************************************************
Wednesday 10 January 2018 21:01:21 +0000 (0:00:03.729) 0:00:03.767
*****
[WARNING]: The loop variable 'listDict' is already in use. You should set
the `loop_var` value in the `loop_control` option for the task to something
else to avoid variable collisions and unexpected behavior.
included: /vms-deploy/ansible/something.yml for localhost
included: /vms-deploy/ansible/something.yml for localhost
TASK [debug]
*******************************************************************
Wednesday 10 January 2018 21:01:21 +0000 (0:00:00.108) 0:00:03.876
*****
ok: [localhost] => {
"listDict": "dict1_test"
}
*TASK [print the task]
***********************************************************
*Wednesday 10 January 2018 21:01:21 +0000 (0:00:00.087) 0:00:03.964
***** *
*fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "with_dict expects
a dict"}*
PLAY RECAP
*********************************************************************
localhost : ok=4 changed=0 unreachable=0
failed=1
Wednesday 10 January 2018 21:01:21 +0000 (0:00:00.022) 0:00:03.986
*****
===============================================================================
setup -------------------------------------------------------------------
3.73s
print -------------------------------------------------------------------
0.11s
debug -------------------------------------------------------------------
0.09s
print the task ----------------------------------------------------------
0.02s
Please advice.
Thanks,
Amishi Shah
On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 10:49:50 PM UTC-8, Kai Stian Olstad wrote:
>
> On 09.01.2018 22:47, Amishi Shah wrote:
> > In the code I want to iterate over all the dictionaries listed in
> > list_of_dict. So that whenever a new dictionary is added in the
> > variable
> > file, the code handles it dynamically and there is no need to change
> > the
> > with_dict list.
> >
> >
> > I tried to look into Ansible approaches but I could not find out the
> > way to
> > iterate over two things (list and dictionaries) at the same time.
>
> Check out loop_control
> http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_loops.html#loop-control
>
>
> --
> Kai Stian Olstad
>
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