Hi
I am using vmware_vm_shell module as below to execute commands in VMs in ESXI hosts . if it is a matter of 2 or 3 esxi servers , it is easier to prepare a yaml list or dictionary as a vars file and use it in the module . What if there are 100 ESXI hosts and 300+ VMs to execute any command . Is there a way to convert a comma seperated file to a nice yaml list or dictionary ? vmware_vm_shell: hostname: "{{item.key}}" username: blahxxxx password: blahxxxx validate_certs: no vm_id: "{{item.value.name}}" vm_username: blahxxx vm_password: blahxxxx vm_shell: /bin/touch vm_shell_args: "touch /tmp/{{item.value.ip_address}}.txt" #vm_shell_cwd: "/tmp" with_dict: "{{values}}" #delegate_to: localhost My vars.yml file used for above play is as below for 2 esxi servers ------------------------------ values: <esx1>: name: random ip_address: 10.xx.yy.zz <esx2>: name: abc ip_address: 10.xx.xx.xx Say for example my input file is in the below format . Imagine it to run for like 500+ lines with esx,vm_name and ip address values esx1,random,10.xx.yy.zz esx2,abc,10.xx.xx.xx Is there a way to convert above file into a yaml dict so that I can use it in my module? Is there any jina2 filter I can use for the same . Thanks -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/863976be-e8f4-4d80-bdb0-5e274d9447a5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.