register with with_together not working

[AnsiNoob]

I want to use register with loops (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_loops.html#using-register-with-a-loop) to accomplish below tasks:

-- Surf through couple of variables arrays in with_together format and save result to a variable

-- now surf through that result set variable and perform specific action.

My register works fine with usual playbooks but the moment I use register with with_together then no value is saved in variable? :(

My playbook:

- name: check for port on remote host

  hosts: localhost

  connection: local

  vars_files:

    - vars1.yml

  tasks:

    - name: check for ports

      debug: msg="x is {{ item.0 }}, y is {{ item.1 }} and z is {{ item.2 }}"

      with_together:

        - "{{ x }}"

        - "{{ y }}"

        - "{{ z }}"

      register: result

    - debug: var=result.stdout_lines

My Variables File:

---

x: ['1','1','1','1','1','2','2','2','2','2','3','3']

y: ['0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0']

z: ['1','2','3','4','5','1','2','3','4','5','1','2']

My output (as you can see I get variable not defined at the end. I have tested that if I did not have "with_together" then register works just fine):

ansible-playbook pb.yml

 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available

PLAY [check for port on remote host] *******************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************

ok: [localhost]

TASK [check for ports] *********************************************************

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'1', u'0', u'1']) => {

    "item": [

        "1",

        "0",

        "1"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 1, y is 0 and z is 1"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'1', u'0', u'2']) => {

    "item": [

        "1",

        "0",

        "2"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 1, y is 0 and z is 2"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'1', u'0', u'3']) => {

    "item": [

        "1",

        "0",

        "3"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 1, y is 0 and z is 3"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'1', u'0', u'4']) => {

    "item": [

        "1",

        "0",

        "4"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 1, y is 0 and z is 4"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'1', u'0', u'5']) => {

    "item": [

        "1",

        "0",

        "5"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 1, y is 0 and z is 5"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'2', u'0', u'1']) => {

    "item": [

        "2",

        "0",

        "1"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 2, y is 0 and z is 1"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'2', u'0', u'2']) => {

    "item": [

        "2",

        "0",

        "2"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 2, y is 0 and z is 2"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'2', u'0', u'3']) => {

    "item": [

        "2",

        "0",

        "3"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 2, y is 0 and z is 3"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'2', u'0', u'4']) => {

    "item": [

        "2",

        "0",

        "4"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 2, y is 0 and z is 4"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'2', u'0', u'5']) => {

    "item": [

        "2",

        "0",

        "5"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 2, y is 0 and z is 5"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'3', u'0', u'1']) => {

    "item": [

        "3",

        "0",

        "1"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 3, y is 0 and z is 1"

}

ok: [localhost] => (item=[u'3', u'0', u'2']) => {

    "item": [

        "3",

        "0",

        "2"

    ],

    "msg": "x is 3, y is 0 and z is 2"

}

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

ok: [localhost] => {

    "result.stdout_lines": "VARIABLE IS NOT DEFINED!"

}

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

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

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 05.09.2016 07:16, AnsiNoob wrote:
> My register works fine with usual playbooks but the moment I use
> register
> with with_together then no value is saved in variable? :(

That's because all the with_ that combines data have a different schema
than ordinary register.


> *My playbook:*

> - name: check for port on remote host
> hosts: localhost
> connection: local
> vars_files:
> - vars1.yml
>
> tasks:
> - name: check for ports
> debug: msg="x is {{ item.0 }}, y is {{ item.1 }} and z is {{
> item.2
> }}"
> with_together:
> - "{{ x }}"
> - "{{ y }}"
> - "{{ z }}"
> register: result
>
> - debug: var=result.stdout_lines

Try
- debug: var=result
instead and you will see that the schema is different for the with_'s


--
Kai Stian Olstad

[Brian Coca]

Any time you use with_ (loops) you'll get a 'results' key with a list of the normal task results per item of the loop.

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Brian Coca