looping over list to use as role variables

[basni...@gmail.com]

Hi all,

I would like to use ansible to spawn (and later prune) a list of `jupyter notebook` servers.

I now do the following:

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- hosts: vm1

  roles:

    - { role: notebook, port: 8001, name: jup1 }

    - { role: notebook, port: 8002, name: jup2 }

    - role: jdauphant.nginx

      nginx_sites:

        notebooks:

          - listen 8000

          - server_name localhost

          - location /jub1 {proxy_pass http://localhost:8001/tree;}

          - location /jup2 {proxy_pass http://localhost:8002/tree;}

As you see I repeat the port (8001 and 8002) and name (jup1 and jup2) twice, which I would like to do in a loop, but I don't know how.

I'm completely new to ansible, so if this is not a smart way of doing it, could you please give another suggestion.

Best, Bas Nijholt