Hi Hernan,
Your variable is actually a data structure of a list of dictionary:
admin:
- name: 'herlit_semaphore'
comment: 'Ultimate User'
uid: '1000'
- name: 'semaphore'
comment: 'Semaphore App User'
uid: '1001'
If you don’t intend to do loop, you simply reference the item directly. For
example, for “herlit_semaphore” user, you do:
- name: Add the user with a specific uid and a primary group of "admin"
ansible.builtin.user:
name: "{{ admin[0].name }}"
comment: "{{ admin[0].comment }}"
uid: "{{ admin[0].uid }}"
state: present
group: admin
append: yes
Where [0] is the first element in the list that contains that user. For the
second user, it is going to be:
- name: Add the user "semaphore" with a specific uid and a primary group of
"admin"
ansible.builtin.user:
name: "{{ admin[1].name }}"
comment: "{{ admin[1].comment }}"
uid: "{{ admin[1].uid }}"
state: present
group: admin
append: yes
Where [1] is the second element in the list and th one that contains the
“semaphore” user.
You can confirm the placement by pasting:
admin:
- name: 'herlit_semaphore'
comment: 'Ultimate User'
uid: '1000'
- name: 'semaphore'
comment: 'Semaphore App User'
uid: ‘1001'
Into:
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And click on “YAML Viewer” to browse around the list.
Note that unless there is a good reason, it would be better to loop around that
data structure, as it mean much less code.
- Rilindo
> On Aug 9, 2023, at 3:05 PM, Hernan Sal <herli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm running an ansible playbook called create_admin_user.yml and I'm getting
> this error
>
> fatal: [172.31.3.117]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with
> an undefined variable. The error was: 'herlit_semaphore' is undefined.
> 'herlit_semaphore' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to be in
> '/etc/ansible/roles/create_admin_user/tasks/main.yml': line 13, column 3, but
> may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe
> offending line appears to be:\n\n\n- name: semaphore\n ^ here\n"}
>
> This is my create_admin_user.yaml file in the playbooks/users directory
> - hosts: all
> gather_facts: yes
> become: yes
> become_user: root
> tasks:
> - ansible.builtin.import_role:
> name: create_admin_user
>
> This is my main.yml in the vars directory
> admin:
> - name: 'herlit_semaphore'
> comment: 'Ultimate User'
> uid: '1000'
>
> - name: 'semaphore'
> comment: 'Semaphore App User'
> uid: '1001'
>
> This is my main.yml in the tasks directory
> ---
> # tasks file for create_admin_user
>
> - name: Add the user with a specific uid and a primary group of "admin"
> ansible.builtin.user:
> name: "{{ herlit_semaphore.name }}"
> comment: "{{ herlit_semaphore.comment }}"
> uid: "{{ herlit_semaphore.uid }}"
> state: present
> group: admin
> append: yes
>
> - name: Add the user "semaphore" with a specific uid and a primary group of
> "admin"
> ansible.builtin.user:
> name: "{{ semaphore.name }}"
> comment: "{{ semaphore.comment }}"
> uid: "{{ semaphore.uid }}"
> state: present
> group: admin
> append: yes
>
> Sorry for the long email. Any ideas about this error?
> THanks
> Hernan
>
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