Loading vars into a dictionary

[Pshem Kowalczyk]

Hi,

I'd like to load variables from a file into a dictionary, so I can later iterate over that dictionary.

I've managed to load vars into their own dictionaries based on their name:

- name: load services definitions for the product

  include_vars:

    file: "../model/service/{{ item }}.yaml"

    name: "service_data_{{ item }}"

  with_items: "{{ product_data.services }}"

I've tried various syntax with the 'name' parameter, but I always end up with it being treated as a string. 

This ends up looking like this:

        "service_data_access_interface": {

            "resources": [

                "interface"

            ],

            "service_name": "access_interface",

            "service_vars": [

                {

                    "mandatory": true,

                    "name": "description",

                    "type": "string"

                }

            ]

        },

        "service_data_l2vpn": {

            "resources": [

                "routing_instance"

            ],

            "service_name": "l2vpn",

            "service_vars": [

                {

                    "mandatory": true,

                    "name": "description",

                    "type": "string"

                }

            ]

        },

Which makes it very difficult to iterate over. Id like to iterate of this to get to the inner level of 'service_vars', names like 'l2vpn' or 'access_interface' come from another dictionary (that's loaded earlier)

Any idea how to either import into into a dictionary (so i could use subelements) or iterate over the 'service_vars' (knowing part of the string used to create the key)?

kind regards

Pshem

[Pshem Kowalczyk]

After a bit of trying I came up with this solution - perhaps not the cleanest but does the job:

- name: load services definitions for the product

  include_vars:

    file: "../model/service/{{ item }}.yaml"

    name: "service_data_{{ item }}"

  with_items: "{{ product_data.services }}"

- name: repack services definitions

  set_fact: "services={{ services | default([]) + [ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['service_data_' + item] ] }}"

  with_items: "{{ product_data.services }}"

This builds an array of dictionaries that can be iterated over.

kind regards

Pshem