ansible playbook to add multiple lines to conf file

[Tony Wong]

trying to add multiple ntp servers to chrony.conf

- name: add line

lineinfile:

backup: no

backrefs: no

state: present

path: "{{ file_path }}"

insertafter: "{{ line.replace_with }}"

line: "{{ line.line_to_add }}"

with_items:

- { search: "{{ line.replace_with }}", add: "{{ line.line_to_add }}" }

but it only adds it as single line

any idea?

vars

line:

line_to_add:

- "server ntp1.domain.com iburst"

- "server ntp2.domain.com iburst"

- "server ntp3.domain.com iburst"

[Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)]

Where are you sourcing the "lines" you want to add to the file? What variable contains that list? You reference "line". What is the format/type of that variable?

- name: add line

  lineinfile:

    backup: no

    backrefs: no

    state: present

    path: "{{ file_path }}"

    insertafter: "{{ item.search }}"

    line: "{{ item.add }}"

  with_items:

    - { search: "{{ line.replace_with }}", add: "{{ line.line_to_add }}" }

Walter
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[Tony Wong]

the source is in my vars.yml file

line:
  line_to_add:
    - "server ntp1.domain.com iburst"
    - "server ntp2.domain.com  iburst"
    - "server ntp3.domain.com iburst"

variable is line_to_add

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[Richard Megginson]

There's also https://github.com/linux-system-roles/timesync

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[Tony Wong]

here is my output

[WARNING]: The value "['server ntp1.domain.com  iburst', 'server ntp2.domain.com iburst', 'server ntp3.domain.com iburst']" (type list) was
converted to "u"['server ntp1.domain.com iburst', 'server ntp2.domain.com iburst', 'server ntp3.domain.com iburst']"" (type string). If this
does not look like what you expect, quote the entire value to ensure it does no

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[Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)]

This is a LIST all by itself. Its reference is line.line_to_add.

  line_to_add:
    - "server ntp1.domain.com iburst"
    - "server ntp2.domain.com  iburst"
    - "server ntp3.domain.com iburst"

You have no value set for "replace_with". What sets that?

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[Tony Wong]

its this

line:

line_to_replace: "server ntp1a.domain.com iburst"

replace_with: "#server ntp1a.domain.com iburst"

line_to_add:

- "server ntp1.domain.com iburst"

- "server ntp2.domain.com iburst"

- "server ntp3.domain.com iburst"

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[Tony Wong]

if it was only 1 line then its fine

line_to_add: "server ntp1.domain.com iburst"

but not multiple lines