Kenady,

I think you are looking to loop[1] the users correct?

aka

loop: "{{ users }}"

1. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html



On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 10:31 AM Kenady Inampudi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Archiving user home directories
>
> user.yml
> ---
> user:
>   - user1
>   - user2
>
> archive_home_dir.yml
> ---
> - hosts: all
>   tasks:
>      - archive:
>           path: /home/{{ user }}
>           dest: /home/archive/{{ user }}.tar.gz
>           format: gz
> ansible-playbook archive_home_dir.yml -e @user.yml
>
> i get
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     system           88 Nov 01 11:58 [u'user1',
> u'user2'].tar.gz
>
> i was expecting
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     system           88 Nov 01 11:58 user1.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     system           88 Nov 01 11:58 user2.tar.gz
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