Ansible block + with_together

[Shyam Sunder]

Hi There,

I am new with Ansible and still figuring out how to use with_together with block.

UseCase: Trying to compare configuration of device A and device B. Below is a snippet from my script.

-
  hosts: pairB
  connection: network_cli
  name: script to audit HSRP config of pair B device
  tasks:
    -
      name: running hsrp brief on device B
      nxos_command:
        commands:
          - command: sh hsrp brief
            output: json
      register: hsrpB

-
  hosts: localhost
  vars:
    deviceA: "{{ hostvars[groups['pairA'][0]]['hsrpA']['stdout'][0].TABLE_grp_detail.ROW_grp_detail }}"
    deviceB: "{{ hostvars[groups['pairB'][0]]['hsrpB']['stdout'][0].TABLE_grp_detail.ROW_grp_detail }}"
  tasks:
    - name: compare hsrp config of device A and device B      
      block:
        - name: "compare config"
          debug:
            msg: "check config of device A and device B"
          when:
            - item.0.sh_active_router_addr != item.1.sh_active_router_addr or item.0.sh_authentication_data != item.1.sh_authentication_data
            - ((item.0.sh_prio < item.1.sh_prio and item.0.sh_group_state == "Active" and item.1.sh_group_state == "Standby") or (item.0.sh_prio > item.1.sh_prio and item.0.sh_group_state == "Standby" and item.1.sh_group_state == "Active"))
      rescue:
        - debug:
            msg: "config does not match for device A and B"
      with_together:
        - "{{ deviceA }}"
        - "{{ deviceB }}"

Can someone point me to a working example? or this is not possible with Ansible.

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 22.07.2019 18:58, Shyam Sunder wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> I am new with Ansible and still figuring out how to use with_together with
> block.

It's not possible to use with_* on block only on task
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/playbooks_keywords.html#block


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Kai Stian Olstad