"What works" and "what you should do" don't always overlap. Here's an idea:
---
- name: Combining common list with unique lists
hosts: localhost
vars:
common_vars:
- listname1: common
name: animal
path: home
type: dog
legs: 4
unique_vars:
- listname2: unique1
name: casper
breed: husky
- listname2: unique2
name: rover
breed: boxer
- listname3: unique3
name: max
breed: poodle
tasks:
- name: combine lists
set_fact:
final_list: "{%- set foo = [] -%}
{%- for item in unique_vars -%}
{%- set _ = foo.append(
common_vars|combine(item,recursive=True) ) -%}
{%- endfor -%}{{ foo }}"
- name: create animal
copy:
content: "{{ item|to_yaml() }}"
dest: "./dogs-{{ item['path'] }}-{{ item['name'] }}-dog.txt"
with_items:
- "{{ final_list}}"
On Monday, November 29, 2021 at 9:11:10 PM UTC-5 ronte...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to combine two dictionaries that have lists of hashes
> within a loop and then performa actions upon the result of the combined
> dictionaries.
> The first dictionary has items that are common variables, and the second
> has items that are unique. How would I update the final_list variable to
> get the list to loop over it?
> Thanks!
>
> group_vars directory
> common_vars:
> - listname1: common
> name: animal
> path: home
> type: dog
> legs: 4
>
> host_vars directory
> unique_vars:
> - listname2: unique1
> name: casper
> breed: husky
>
> - listname2: unique2
> name: rover
> breed: boxer
>
> - listname3: unique3
> name: max
> breed: poodle
>
> # here is the final_list
> final_list: "[{{ common_vars| combine(unique_vars,recursive=True) }}]"
>
> - name: create animal
> template:
> src: animal.j2
> dest: "{{ item.path }}/{{ item.name }}/dog.txt"
> with_items:
> - "{{ final_list}}"
>
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