Multiple Loop Vars Problem

[acharyat...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I am trying to pass each item from a list using "with_items" and trying to control it using "loop_control" & "loop_vars".But when I have defined another "loop_control" & "loop_vars" along with "with_items".The playbook is throwing error.Below are the 2 playbooks details:

#####  main.yml  ####

---

- hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: no

  tasks:

  - include_tasks: inner2.yml

    with_items:

      - 1

      - 2

      - 3

    loop_control:

      loop_var: outer_item

  - include_tasks: inner2.yml

    with_items:

      - 4

      - 5

      - 6

    loop_control:

      loop_var: outer_item2

#####  inner.yml  ####

---

  - debug:

      msg: "outer item={{ outer_item }} inner item={{ item }} outer2 item={{ outer_item2 }}"

    with_items:

      - a

      - b

      - c

And the output is

PLAY [localhost] ********************************************************************************************************

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

included: /etc/ansible/playbooks/inner2.yml for localhost

included: /etc/ansible/playbooks/inner2.yml for localhost

included: /etc/ansible/playbooks/inner2.yml for localhost

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

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'outer_item2' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/playbooks/inner2.yml': line 2, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n---\n  - debug:\n    ^ here\n\nexception type: <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleUndefinedVariable'>\nexception: 'outer_item2' is undefined"}

to retry, use: --limit @/etc/ansible/playbooks/main2.retry

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

localhost                  : ok=3    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1   

TASK: include_tasks ----------------------------------------------------- 0.06s

TASK: debug ------------------------------------------------------------- 0.03s

TASK: include_tasks ----------------------------------------------------- 0.06s

TASK: debug ------------------------------------------------------------- 0.03s

Playbook run took 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds

Can anyone help me how can I pass "outer_item2" values also.

Thanks,
Acharya Tejaswi Indurthy.

[Brian Coca]

expected, since when you include in the first task, outer_item2 is not
defined. use `deafult` filter to avoid the errors.




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Brian Coca

[Brian Coca]

this should get it working for both includes:

- debug:
msg: "outer item={{ outer_item|default('none') }} inner item={{
item }} outer2 item={{ outer_item2|default('none') }}"

with_items:
- a
- b
- c

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Brian Coca

[acharyat...@gmail.com]

Thanks Brain that worked for me.