Need a Workaround of "include + with_items" ? How to Loops over tasks with items and dicts combinaison ?

[nicolas.w...@boulanger.com]

Hi,

I use a generic playbook for provisionning multiple tomcat instance

Many applications using this same playbook for provisionning tomcat environnment.

Each application have a yaml file description of their own configuration like this :

MyApplication.yml

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app_name: hr

app_version: 1.2

j2ee:

  j2ee_listen_port: 8888

  j2ee_jvm_xms: 512M

  j2ee_jvm_xmx: 1024M

  ...

  ...

  ...

db: 

  sql: 

    oracle_db: 

        oracle_hostname: mydbhost

        oracle_information: "a little information about application"

        oracle_schema: MySchema

        oracle_listener_port: 1521                                      

        oracle_j2ee_service_name: J2EE_SERVICE

        oracle_j2ee_username: ********

        oracle_j2ee_password: ********

        oracle_j2ee_ds_maxActive: 20

        oracle_j2ee_ds_maxIdle: 10

        oracle_j2ee_ds_maxWait: -1

        oracle_j2ee_hibernate_jpa_dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect

        oracle_j2ee_hibernate_jpa_showsql: true

        oracle_j2ee_jndi_name: jdbc/dba

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I have a first playbook named "main.yml" who test if host is in group of application

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- include: install.yml app_file_config=MyApplication.yml

  when: inventory_hostname in groups['appli-MyApplication']

- include: install.yml app_file_config=MyApplication2.yml

  when: inventory_hostname in groups['appli-MyApplication2']

- include: install.yml app_file_config=MyApplication3.yml

  when: inventory_hostname in groups['appli-MyApplication3']

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and a second playbook "install.yml" who run tasks for install and configure tomcat instance

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- include_vars: "conf/{{ app_file_config}}"  ##  app_config_file= "MyApplication.yml"

- file: path={{ data_project_directory }}/tomcat/{{ app_name}}/"{{ item }} state=directory group={{ tomcat_os_group }} owner={{ tomcat_os_user }}

  with_items:

    - work

    - webapps

    - temp

    - logs

    - conf/hub

    - bin

    - lib

...

...

- template: src="{{item.directory}}/{{item.dest}}.j2" dest="{{ data_project_directory }}/tomcat/{{ tomcat_appname }}/{{item.directory}}/{{item.dest}}" group={{ tomcat_os_group }} owner={{ tomcat_os_user }} mode={{item.mod}}

  with_items: 

    - { directory: "bin", dest: "setenv.sh", mod: 740 }

    - { directory: "bin", dest: "shutdown.sh" , mod: 740 }

    - { directory: "bin", dest: "startup.sh" , mod: 740 }

    - { directory: "conf", dest: "catalina.properties", mod: 640 }

    - { directory: "conf", dest: "context.xml", mod: 640 }

    - { directory: "conf", dest: "logging.properties", mod: 640 }

    - { directory: "conf", dest: "server.xml", mod: 640 }

    - { directory: "conf", dest: "tomcat-users.xml", mod: 640 }

    - { directory: "conf", dest: "web.xml", mod: 640 }

.... 

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I Need to adapt playbook to integrate Different "channel / corridor" for each application

the configuration file might look like this : 

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app_name:

app_channel:

  -

    channel: 1

    app_version: 1.2

    sql:

      - oracle_db:

          .....

          .....

  -

    channel: 2

    app_version: 1.3

    sql:

      - oracle_db:

          .....

          .....

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I try to re-use my playbook for integrate channel support but I don't know how to make ?

I need to use module include in combinaison of "with_items" but the option is deprecated and now forbidden by ansible..

So I try to loop's over channel on each tasks but I don't know how to make ? (combinaison of with_items and with_dicts)

example : 

- file: path={{ data_project_directory }}/tomcat/{{ app_name}}/{{channel}}/"{{ item }} state=directory group={{ tomcat_os_group }} owner={{ tomcat_os_user }}

  with_items:

    - work

    - webapps

    - temp

    - logs

    - conf/hub

    - bin

    - lib

  with_dicts: app_channel

Anyone have a Idea how to produce this ??

Thx