How do I loop a task with variables defined in another file?

[Olof Lundgren]

I have built a .yml file with a set of users that I want to push to my routers with vyos_user module.

This is my users.yml

users:
  - full_name:               "Olof Lundgren"
    name:                    "olof"
    configured_password:     "abcd1234"
    level:                   "admin"
    ssh-key:
        name:                "olof@olof-ubuntu-work"
        type:                "ssh-rsa"
        key:                  "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"


  - full_name:           "T7D VyOS default user"
    name:                "vyos"
    configured_password: "vyos"
    level:               "admin"


  - full_name:           "Servicedesk operator user"
    name:                "servicedesk"
    configured_password: "password"
    level:               "operator"

I built my playbook, but I dont know how to use this list of users in the play.

This is my attempt: add-users-vyos.yml

  - hosts:                        vyos
    connection:                   network_cli
    gather_facts:                 no


    tasks:
        - name:                   Include user database
          include_vars:
            file:                 users.yml
#            name:                 vyosusers


        - name:                    add and set users
          vyos_user:
            full_name:           "{{ users.full_name }}"
            configured_password: "{{ users.configured_password }}"
            name:                "{{ users.name }}"
            level:               admin
            purge:               no
            state:               present
            update_password:     always
          loop: "{{ users }}"

First it successfully plays the task "Include user database" and I can see the variables are defined 

The on the next task. my error message is this: 

TASK [add and set users] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [vyos-router.lan]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'list object' has no attribute 'configured_password'\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/home/olof/Documents/ansible/add-users-vyos.yml': line 11, column 11, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n        - name:                    add and set users\n          ^ here\n"}

[Olof Lundgren]

This is what the task "Include user database" debug message looks like when its jsonprettyfied

TASK [Include user database] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

ok: [vyos-router.lan] => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "users": [{
            "configured_password": "abcd1234",
            "full_name": "Olof Lundgren",
            "level": "admin",
            "name": "olof",
            "ssh-key": {
                "key": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
                "name": "olof@olof-ubuntu-work",
                "type": "ssh-rsa"
            }
        },  {
            "configured_password": "vyos",
            "full_name": "T7D VyOS default user",
            "level": "admin",
            "name": "vyos"
        }, {
            "configured_password": "password",
            "full_name": "Servicedesk operator user",
            "level": "operator",
            "name": "servicedesk"
        }]
    },
    "ansible_included_var_files": ["/home/olof/Documents/ansible/users.yml"],
    "changed": false
}

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On Wednesday, 11 April 2018 08.57.16 CEST Olof Lundgren wrote:
> I built my playbook, but I dont know how to use this list of users in the
> play.
>

> This is my attempt: *add-users-vyos.yml*

>
> - hosts: vyos
> connection: network_cli
> gather_facts: no
>
>
> tasks:
> - name: Include user database
> include_vars:
> file: users.yml
> # name: vyosusers
>
>
> - name: add and set users
> vyos_user:
> full_name: "{{ users.full_name }}"
> configured_password: "{{ users.configured_password }}"
> name: "{{ users.name }}"
> level: admin
> purge: no
> state: present
> update_password: always
> loop: "{{ users }}"

When using loop/with_ the current result is in a variable called item, so change all your {{ user.xxxx }} to {{ item.xxxx }}

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Kai Stian Olstad