Really? Is that my only option, actual separate YAML files with a "subroutine" in each one?
That's pretty yuck :-( But thanks for the hint. I'll give it a go. BTW this would be a solved problem if blocks could be executed with_items; that plus local variables as per 2.8... Regards, K. On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 7:33 PM Kai Stian Olstad < [email protected]> wrote: > On 05.12.2018 23:29, Karl Auer wrote: > > I am trying to process a nested data structure and can't find a > > suitable > > syntax to let me do it. Ansible only seems to allow one level of > > looping, > > or two with sub-elements. > > > > Given a data structure like this: > > > > vars: > > vpcs: > > name: blah > > cidr: 10.10.0.0/19 > > tiers: > > - name: tier1 > > subnets: > > - name: subnet1 > > cidr: 10.10.10.0/24 > > [... more subnets ...] > > [... more tiers ...] > > [... more VPCs ...] > > > > ... how do I do the equivalent of: > > > > for each VPC > > for each tier > > for each subnet > > create subnet > > > > I.e., three nested levels? > > > > I don't have to do it this way; I can flatten the data structures, but > > the > > data structure is naturally nested, so it would be nice to be able to > > use > > it in that form. > > I guess vpcs is also a list, you just forgot the dash? > If so you can go "old" school and user include_tasks with with_items > that support many nested levels. > > > vpcs.yml > --- > - include_tasks: tires.yml > with_items: '{{ vpcs }}' > > tires.yml > --- > - include_tasks: subnets.yml > with_items: '{{ item.tiers }}' > > subnets.yml > --- > - name: task > ..... > > -- > Kai Stian Olstad > > -- > 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/b53125acbbcbd3140f9cd5bdded4ceb3%40olstad.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Karl Auer Email : [email protected] Website: http://2pisoftware.com GPG/PGP : 958A 2647 6C44 D376 3D63 86A5 FFB2 20BC 0257 5816 Previous: F0AB 6C70 A49D 1927 6E05 81E7 AD95 268F 2AB6 40EA -- 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/CA%2B%2BT08TTPoRwnyE4NSmAEjM0ozW8M%2B_fW4tLvBWXRJ3WnT%2B6dA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
