Hi Michael,
Thank you for your feedback.
On 10-09-14 15:26, Michael DeHaan wrote:
Yes, where you are defining "test" some of the items in that list are
hash tables that don't have a value for "base", which is why you are
getting that error.
Clearly I need to read more about lists, hashes and dicts. Not being a
developer, please stand by while I try to wrap my head around them :)
Easiest would be to set it to empty string when it does not apply.
I couldn't figure that out but in the docs I found 'Nested Loops' that
seemed promising. For the archives, here's how I got it working:
------
# file: roles/common/tasks/main.yml
- name: dirs | Include vars
include_vars: main.yml
- name: dirs | Create some directories
file:
dest: "{{ item.0.base }}{{ item.0.usr }}/{{ item.1 }}"
mode: 0750
state: directory
with_nested:
- users
- dirs
---
# file: roles/common/vars/main.yml
users:
- usr: patrick
base: /home/
- usr: root
base: /
dirs:
- test1
- test2
However, it's a little weird that it says "str object", which seems to
imply you have, probably in that "dirs" variable file, refined the
variable "test" to a list of strings, as opposed to a list of hash elements.
FWIW it's Ansible 1.7.1 on Fedora 20 x86_64. If weird means bug, please
let me know if you'd like me to file a ticket on github.
Thanks,
Patrick
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Patrick Ansible-ML
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi all,
New to the list. Been playing with Ansible for a few hours and I
could use a hand in getting a task going. I've not figured out any
of the YAML magic so please excuse the undoubtedly spectacular errors :)
Goal: create a task that installs a couple of directories in
/home/patrick and /root.
---
# file: roles/common/tasks/main.yml
- name: dirs | Include vars
include_vars: main.yml
- name: dirs | Create some directories
file:
dest: "{{ item.base }}/{{ item.usr }}/{{ item.dirs }}"
mode: 0750
owner: "{{ item.usr }}"
group: "{{ item.usr }}"
state: directory
with_items: test
---
# file: roles/common/vars/main.yml
test:
- usr: patrick
base: /home
- usr: root
base: /
- dirs: test1
- dirs: test2
When I run this with:
$ ansible-playbook -v -i stage site.yml
I get:
TASK: [common | dirs | Create some directories]
******************************__*
fatal: [test.local] => One or more undefined variables: 'str object'
has no attribute 'base'
I'm guessing that the issue is in vars/main.yml file but lots of
Googling and staring at Github/Galaxy examples did not reveal a
solution. Can anyone please enlighten me a bit?
Thanks,
Patrick
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