loop_var value not defined error

[Mayank Goyal]

Hi All,

I am trying to access the variable using loop, but it's not working for me.

playbook

---

- name: test looping

  hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: False

  vars:

    repos:

      - name: repo1

        os_list:

          - centos

          - rhel

        major_distribution_list:

          - 6

          - 7

          - 8

        archs:

          - noarch

          - x86_64

  tasks:

    - include_tasks: repo-paths.yml

      with_items: "{{ repos }}"

      loop_control:

        loop_var: repo

    - debug: msg="./{{ item.0 }}/{{ item.1 }}/{{ item.2 }}/{{ item.3 }}"

      with_nested:

        - "{{ repo.os_list }}"

        - "{{ repo.major_distribution_list }}"

        - "{{ repo.name }}"

        - "{{ repo.archs }}"

But i am getting error repo variable is undefined.

Original Ouput:-

PLAY [test looping] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [include_tasks] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "'repo' is undefined"}

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************

localhost                  : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   

Expected output:-

"msg": "./centos/6/repo1/noarch"

"msg": "./centos/6/repo1/x86_64"

"msg": "./centos/7/repo1/noarch"

"msg": "./centos/7/repo1/x86_64"

"msg": "./centos/8/repo1/noarch"

"msg": "./centos/8/repo1/x86_64"

"msg": "./rhel/6/repo1/noarch"

"msg": "./rhel/6/repo1/x86_64"

"msg": "./rhel/7/repo1/noarch"

"msg": "./rhel/7/repo1/x86_64"

"msg": "./rhel/8/repo1/noarch"

"msg": "./rhel/8/repo1/x86_64"

Please help me and please also tell if there is some alternative to do the same.

[Abhijeet Kasurde]

Hi Mayank,

loop_var variable has a lifetime for a given task. It won't be accessible after the task is complete.

Either you can use import_tasks to club all related functionality or use `set_fact` like

- set_fact:

repo: "{{ repos[0] }}"

- debug: msg="./{{ item.0 }}/{{ item.1 }}/{{ item.2 }}/{{ item.3 }}"

with_nested:

- "{{ repo.os_list }}"

- "{{ repo.major_distribution_list }}"

- "{{ repo.name }}"

- "{{ repo.archs }}"

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Thanks,

Abhijeet Kasurde