Unfortunately not. I'm not iterating over a list. Ansible is just making it's way through a group of hosts so i need Ansible to tell me which host it is operating on.
On Thursday, 5 November 2015 16:30:01 UTC+11, Mirko Friedenhagen wrote: > > Hello Rob, > > maybe > http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_loops.html#looping-over-a-list-with-an-index > > might help. > > Regards > Mirko > Regards Mirko > -- > http://illegalstateexception.blogspot.com/ > https://github.com/mfriedenhagen/ (http://osrc.dfm.io/mfriedenhagen) > https://bitbucket.org/mfriedenhagen/ > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 5:43 AM, Rob White <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > I'm sure this must've come up before but I couldn't find an answer. > > > > I have a list of hosts in a group. I want to write an index number on > each > > of those hosts in a file. E.g. the first host has a file that contains > 1, > > the second host has a file that contains 2 etc. > > > > Now I know I can access the hosts using the groups variable E.g. > > groups["mygroup"] but i can't find any reference to an index so the host > can > > find out which number it is. > > > > Example play > > > > ... > > > > - name: Add instance to new host group > > > > add_host: > > > > name: "{{ item }}" > > > > group: zk > > > > with_items: > > > > - server1 > > > > - server2 > > > > - server3 > > > > > > - name: deploy to zk group > > > > hosts: zk > > > > tasks: > > > > - name: write a myid file based on the position in the group > > > > copy: > > > > content: {{ some_magic_variable?????? }} > > > > dest: /zookeeper-data/myid > > > > > > > > In the above server i would expect to end up with three servers each > with a > > myid file that contains 0, 1 or 2 > > > > > > Anyone know if that magic variable exists? > > > > -- > > 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:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/c3dec262-b1b5-414f-88ba-c326d4ccd93e%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/7b22d364-82e2-40ff-b3ac-81f2b296d03b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
