Apparently the recommendation these days is to use the range filter: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html#with-sequence
On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 at 22:55, Todd Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > It's something close to this, but "create-a-node.yml" isn't a playbook in > this case, but rather just a task file. > > - name: loop over beofulf nodes > include_tasks: create-a-node.yml > with_sequence: start=000 end=999 > vars: > nodename: "beofulfnode{{ item }}" > > On Friday, December 10, 2021 at 4:05:31 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> I know I can do this from a shell script. I wonder if I can do this in >> pure Ansible. >> I was thinking about clusters recently. I know I can use the VM module to >> spin up a VM. >> If I wanted 1,000 nodes, how would I loop inside Ansible for the nodes? >> Using the shell I would do something like (not tested): >> >> for i in `seq 000 999` >> do >> ansible-playbook -e nodename=“beofulfnode$i” create-a-node.yml >> done >> >> How to do this looping in pure Ansible? >> >> Mike > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/dedab6d9-0b77-4313-949e-7e495f32e086n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/dedab6d9-0b77-4313-949e-7e495f32e086n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from a mobile device - please excuse the brevity, spelling and punctuation. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAL8fbwOyqDnm-O%3D5WPpp6w9SuanvKmtEjkk4NSrPHR8Cga-BEw%40mail.gmail.com.
