Tasks are not executed in the order defined in With_dict

[Deepa Yr]

Hi

          I have a dict where I need to install patches in the order

patches:

    patch1:

        patch_name:

   patch2:

        patch_name:

   patch3:

        patch_name:

  and so on

   patch8:

        patch_name:

- name: install patches

  include: install_patch.yml

  with_dict: {{patches}}

When I run above playbook, the order is not as I have defined. It is taking patch8,patch1,patch2.. patch7.

Can you please suggest how I can run in the order.

Thanks

Deepa

[Anand Buddhdev]

Hello Deepa,

Dictionaries are *not* ordered collections. You should never rely on items in a dictionary to be returned in order. You'd be better off using a list.

patches:

- patchdata1

- patchdata2

A list preserves order.

[Deepa Yr]

Thanks. I have many more fields defined for patch other than patch_name. In that case, it would be difficult to use with_items right.. or Is there a solution with list and with_items ?

patches:

    patch1:

        patch_name:

        patch_md5:

        engine:

        Services:

   patch2:

        patch_name:

        patch_md5:

        engine:

        services:

   patch3:

        patch_name:

        patch_md5:

        engine:

        services:

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 13.12.2016 07:27, Deepa Yr wrote:
> Thanks. I have many more fields defined for patch other than
> patch_name. In
> that case, it would be difficult to use with_items right.. or Is there
> a
> solution with list and with_items ?
> patches:
> patch1:
> patch_name:
> patch_md5:
> engine:
> Services:
> patch2:
> patch_name:
> patch_md5:
> engine:
> services:
> patch3:
> patch_name:
> patch_md5:
> engine:
> services:

patches:
- patch_name:
patch_md5:
engine:
Services:
- patch_name:
patch_md5:
engine:
services:
- patch_name:
patch_md5:
engine:
services:

- debug: msg="Name {{ item.patch_name}}, MD5 {{ item.patch_md5 }}"
with_items: "{{ patches }}"

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Kai Stian Olstad

[Felix Fontein]

Hi,

you can have a list of dicts:

patches:
- name: patch1
patch_name:
patch_md5:
engine:
Services:
- name: patch2
patch_name:
patch_md5:
engine:
Services:

Then instead of item.key and item.value.xxx, use item.name and item.xxx
when using "with_items: {{patches}}".

Cheers,
Felix

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