How to choose the var list based on a condition

[Saranya N]

I have a list of dictionary variables something like below in vars file.

App01:
A : value1
B : value2
C : value3

App02:
A : value4
C : value5
B : value6

And so on...

When I run my playbook with -e option app=01 or app=App01
I want to use App01 variables in with_items in my task .

How can I achieve this?

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 11.05.2019 20:40, Saranya N wrote:
> I have a list of dictionary variables something like below in vars file.
>
> App01:
> A : value1
> B : value2
> C : value3
>
> App02:
> A : value4
> C : value5
> B : value6
>
> And so on...
>
> When I run my playbook with -e option app=01

"{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['App' ~ app] }}"

> or app=App01

"{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname][app] }}"

> I want to use App01 variables in with_items in my task .

App01 and App02 is not a list so you can't use with_items, but you could use with_dict instead.


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Kai Stian Olstad

[Saranya N]

Hi Kai,

Im using roles/vars file, so how do I achieve it?

App01:
 A : value1
 B : value2
 C : value3

App02:
  A : value4
  C : value5
  B : value6

And so on...

Also passing different values now, when -e app=data01_kerb something like this, if it has 01 , then choose App01's dictionary '

if app=data02_syn then choose App02's dictionary...

is this possible?

Im passing app=data01_try , coz Im trying to derive/set_fact another variable from this value.

Any suggestions would be helpfull.

or any best way to achive this?

[Brian Coca]

To decide which var to use:
mydict: {{ '01' in app|ternary('App01', 'App02') }}

Then you can use via:
lookup('vars', mydict)


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Brian Coca