On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> wrote: > These are separate questions really. > > In your case, you don't want to template the file with_items because that > will result in the file being written more than once.
I don't get it. There is a variable in template dest attribute, which changes on every iteration. Why file will be written more than once? > You probably want to reference a variable *inside* that template instead. Embedding all needed variables inside the template looks wrong, or I don't get something again. > You can't do include+with_items, as that's not a thing :) Although it answers the question, it still doesn't resolve the problem. ) Why it can not be implemented? > On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Akos Vandra <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This is related to my last email (subject: support passing new >> variables directly to the template module, but not only), and issues >> #8733 and #4546 >> >> On 2 September 2014 07:27, anatoly techtonik <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I need to set values for variable per task. Is it possible at all in >> > Ansible? >> > I have this template: >> > >> > <VirtualHost *:80> >> > DocumentRoot /var/www/{{name}} >> > ServerName {{name}}{{domain}} >> > </VirtualHost> >> > >> > And I want to call it with specific name and domain parameter without >> > modifying the template. >> > I tried this: >> > >> > - template: dest=/etc/apache2/sites-available/{{ item }} >> > src=templates/virtualhost.j2 >> > with_items: >> > - sitename >> > >> > But this syntax is not good, because it requires to rewrite template to >> > use >> > {{ item }}. >> > Is it possible to avoid that? >> > >> > I tried moving the task into separate playbook and invoke it as >> > parametrized >> > include. >> > >> > - include: roles/web/tasks/virtualhost-add.yml name=sitename >> > domain=example.com >> > >> > This works until I add a loop with_items. >> > >> > - include: roles/web/tasks/virtualhost-add.yml name={{item}} >> > domain=example.com >> > with_items: >> > - sitename >> > >> > Now Ansible fails with: >> > >> > ERROR: [DEPRECATED]: include + with_items is a removed deprecated >> > feature. >> > Please update your playbooks. >> > >> > So, is that at all possible and what is the current best practice for >> > templating files in a loop? I thought that the most simple way is to add >> > some variables_override parameter to template module. >> > >> > -- >> > 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 [email protected]. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/dcb5622e-dfd2-4d8d-888c-7dc4b673ed6e%40googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAHHcNodO3BKzUzZ53h6yFMtFG2wqcP7GDQLOgnsD0Gsnhz86tQ%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/SulFWHwt_OI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgyyQCmxyXBL-ifscAshtR-%2Bh%3DQ5OVDK%3DE%2BGHCHQuRBc4Q%40mail.gmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- anatoly t. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAPkN8x%2B9dK_SzJfjThnO5oktVx5dA7_0xn56X52hJfwXakpJRw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
