I was under the impression that if I define a variable with a `lookup`
function, it would store the results of the lookup. And then when I used
that variable, it would spit out the results of the lookup.
However, from running a bunch of different test cases that Ansible performs
the lookup every time I try to use that variable. Is that by design? Is
there a way to avoid repeated lookups?
So... expectation:
myvar: lookup(...)
>>> look up stuff and store result of lookup in 'myvar'
- name: '{{ myvar }}'
>>> spit out contents of 'myvar'
- debug:
var: myvar
>>> spit out contents of 'myvar'
etc.
What seems to be happening is...
myvar: lookup(...)
>>> look up stuff
- name: '{{ myvar }}'
>>> look at 'myvar' and perform the lookup defined by it, then spit out
result
- debug:
var: myvar
>>> look at 'myvar' and perform the lookup defined by it, then spit out
result
etc.
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