Take a look at with_indexed_items: http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_loops.html#looping-over-a-list-with-an-index
On Wednesday, January 14, 2015, Laurent Goussard <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, but as I said, I tried to loop over the group list, but I cannot > get any iteration key. > > I try to loop over a hosts group and getting an index of the current > iteration in order to set a cron task at midnight for the first host, 01am > for the second, 02am for the third, etc... > > Le mardi 13 janvier 2015 20:47:22 UTC+1, Dan Vaida a écrit : >> >> to iterate over a hosts group you need with_items: groups['mysql'] >> instead of with_dict >> >> On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 09:41:07 UTC+1, Laurent Goussard wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I try to setup a cron task using ansible (indeed) on my db slave pool. >>> This cron task is supposed to stop the replication process, dump the >>> database and restart replication. >>> Because the backup takes a little time, I don't want to init the cron >>> task at the same time on all the db slaves and I don't want to stop all the >>> slaves at the same times either. >>> >>> My first idea was to set a different time while looping on the group. >>> But it's definitely not as trivial as it seems : >>> >>> - name: database backup cron task >>> cron: name="database backup" hour={{ item.key }} user="root" job= >>> "backup_db.sh" cron_file=database_backup >>> with_dict: groups.mysql >>> >>> The point is an inventory group is a list, not a dictionnary and I >>> cannot find any simple way to convert a list to a dict (whereas it's easy >>> to convert a dict as a list) >>> I also tried to use the group list instead, but I cannot figure out how >>> I can get an iterator key. >>> >>> Did I miss something ? Do you have any clue regarding my (not so complex >>> imho) problem ? >>> >> -- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ansible-project%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/606d4a34-9344-42a8-a36a-dd2601dcbd32%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/606d4a34-9344-42a8-a36a-dd2601dcbd32%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Matt Martz @sivel sivel.net -- 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/CAD8N0v_ncqhKb-KSrKqooaxNQ_HfP0uSaDuxtKP5F41DROU8bg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
