HELP using group_vars and roles

Eric Marquez

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I have a question about the use of group_vars in Ansible. I would like to use the data dictionaries values from swtich.json, I also need it to be global set of values almost like all. When I call it in Ansible it becomes unknown... Is there a way to do it?

Ansible debug output:
TASK [basebmc : debug] *********************************************************
task path: /mnt/c/Users/emarq/Documents/Source/Repos/Solutions.Network.Automation/MAS/Ansible/hpe/roles/basebmc/tasks/main.yml:20
fatal: [b43-1u15-d00-5900AFbmc]: FAILED! => {
"failed": true,
"msg": "the field 'args' has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined. The error was: dict object has no element 5900\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/mnt/c/Users/emarq/Documents/Source/Repos/Solutions.Network.Automation/MAS/Ansible/hpe/roles/basebmc/tasks/main.yml': line 20, column 3, 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"
}

group_vars/
baseagg.yml basebmc.yml basetor.yml switch.json

Ansible.hosts:
[swtich:children]
basebmc
[basebmc]
bmcdevice1

Role baesbmc/tasks/main.yml:
- debug:
msg: "name: {{ inventory_hostname }} {{ portmap.HPE.5900.Port.46.Port }}"
verbosity: 4
with_dict: "{{ portmap }}"

playbook.yml
---
# Setup playbook to deploy a switch NTP settings using common
- name: BMC base config
hosts: basebmc
remote_user: admin
gather_facts: no
connection: local
roles:
- basebmc

switch.json
{
"portmap": {
"HPE": {
"5900": {
"DEVICETYPE": "BMC",
"Port": {
"46": {
"Type": "GigabitEthernet",
"Port": "1/0/46"
},
"management": {
"Type": "M_GigabitEthernet",
"Port": "0/0/0"
}
}
}
}
}
}

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Brian Coca

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try:

msg: "name: {{ inventory_hostname }} {{ portmap['HPE']['5900']['Port']['46']['Port'] }}"

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Eric Marquez

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Dec 16, 2016, 2:19:29 PM12/16/16

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I updated my msg to the following.

- debug:

msg: "name: {{ inventory_hostname }} {{ portmap['HPE']['5900']['Port']['46']['Port'] }}"

verbosity: 4

with_dict: "{{ portmap }}"

TASK [basebmc : debug] *********************************************************

task path: /mnt/c/Users/emarq/Documents/Source/Repos/Solutions.Network.Automation/MAS/Ansible/hpe/roles/basebmc/tasks/main.yml:20

ok: [b43-1u15-d00-5900AFbmc] => (item={'key': u'HPE', 'value': {u'5900': {u'DEVICETYPE': u'BMC', u'Port': {u'45': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/45'}, u'42': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/42'}, u'48': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/48'}, u'43': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/43'}, u'36': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/36'}, u'35': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/35'}, u'32': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/32'}, u'04': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/4'}, u'24': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/24'}, u'25': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/25'}, u'26': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/26'}, u'management': {u'Type': u'M_GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'0/0/0'}, u'20': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/20'}, u'21': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/21'}, u'22': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/22'}, u'23': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/23'}, u'46': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/46'}, u'47': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/47'}, u'44': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/44'}, u'09': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/9'}, u'28': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/28'}, u'29': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/29'}, u'40': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/40'}, u'41': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/41'}, u'27': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/27'}, u'05': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/5'}, u'02': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/2'}, u'03': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/3'}, u'39': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/39'}, u'34': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/34'}, u'01': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/1'}, u'30': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/30'}, u'06': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/6'}, u'38': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/38'}, u'07': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/7'}, u'11': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/11'}, u'10': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/10'}, u'13': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/13'}, u'12': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/12'}, u'15': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/15'}, u'14': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/14'}, u'17': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/17'}, u'16': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/16'}, u'19': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/19'}, u'18': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/18'}, u'31': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/31'}, u'49': {u'Type': u'Ten_GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/49'}, u'51': {u'Type': u'Ten_GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/51'}, u'50': {u'Type': u'Ten_GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/50'}, u'53': {u'Type': u'FortyGigE', u'Port': u'1/0/53'}, u'52': {u'Type': u'Ten_GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/52'}, u'33': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/33'}, u'37': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/37'}, u'54': {u'Type': u'FortyGigE', u'Port': u'1/0/54'}, u'08': {u'Type': u'GigabitEthernet', u'Port': u'1/0/8'}}}}}) => {

"invocation": {

"module_args": {

"msg": "name: b43-1u15-d00-5900AFbmc 1/0/46",

"verbosity": 4

},

"module_name": "debug"

},

"item": {

"key": "HPE",

"value": {

"5900": {

"DEVICETYPE": "BMC",

"Port": {

"01": {

"Port": "1/0/1",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"02": {

"Port": "1/0/2",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"03": {

"Port": "1/0/3",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"04": {

"Port": "1/0/4",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"05": {

"Port": "1/0/5",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"06": {

"Port": "1/0/6",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"07": {

"Port": "1/0/7",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"08": {

"Port": "1/0/8",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"09": {

"Port": "1/0/9",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"10": {

"Port": "1/0/10",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"11": {

"Port": "1/0/11",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"12": {

"Port": "1/0/12",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"13": {

"Port": "1/0/13",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"14": {

"Port": "1/0/14",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"15": {

"Port": "1/0/15",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"16": {

"Port": "1/0/16",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"17": {

"Port": "1/0/17",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"18": {

"Port": "1/0/18",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"19": {

"Port": "1/0/19",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"20": {

"Port": "1/0/20",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"21": {

"Port": "1/0/21",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"22": {

"Port": "1/0/22",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"23": {

"Port": "1/0/23",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"24": {

"Port": "1/0/24",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"25": {

"Port": "1/0/25",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"26": {

"Port": "1/0/26",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"27": {

"Port": "1/0/27",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"28": {

"Port": "1/0/28",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"29": {

"Port": "1/0/29",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"30": {

"Port": "1/0/30",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"31": {

"Port": "1/0/31",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"32": {

"Port": "1/0/32",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"33": {

"Port": "1/0/33",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"34": {

"Port": "1/0/34",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"35": {

"Port": "1/0/35",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"36": {

"Port": "1/0/36",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"37": {

"Port": "1/0/37",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"38": {

"Port": "1/0/38",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"39": {

"Port": "1/0/39",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"40": {

"Port": "1/0/40",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"41": {

"Port": "1/0/41",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"42": {

"Port": "1/0/42",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"43": {

"Port": "1/0/43",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"44": {

"Port": "1/0/44",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"45": {

"Port": "1/0/45",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"46": {

"Port": "1/0/46",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"47": {

"Port": "1/0/47",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"48": {

"Port": "1/0/48",

"Type": "GigabitEthernet"

},

"49": {

"Port": "1/0/49",

"Type": "Ten_GigabitEthernet"

},

"50": {

"Port": "1/0/50",

"Type": "Ten_GigabitEthernet"

},

"51": {

"Port": "1/0/51",

"Type": "Ten_GigabitEthernet"

},

"52": {

"Port": "1/0/52",

"Type": "Ten_GigabitEthernet"

},

"53": {

"Port": "1/0/53",

"Type": "FortyGigE"

},

"54": {

"Port": "1/0/54",

"Type": "FortyGigE"

},

"management": {

"Port": "0/0/0",

"Type": "M_GigabitEthernet"

}

},

"msg": "name: b43-1u15-d00-5900AFbmc 1/0/46"

}

TASK [basebmc : set access ports] **********************************************

task path: /mnt/c/Users/emarq/Documents/Source/Repos/Solutions.Network.Automation/MAS/Ansible/hpe/roles/basebmc/tasks/main.yml:25

fatal: [b43-1u15-d00-5900AFbmc]: FAILED! => {

"failed": true,

"msg": "{u'SwitchMgmt': {u'VLAN': 5, u'TYPE': u'{{ portmap.HPE.5900.Port.46.Type }}', u'PORT': [u'{{ portmap.HPE.5900.Port.46.Port }}', u'{{ portmap.HPE.5900.Port.47.Port }}', u'{{ portmap.HPE.5900.Port.48.Port }}'], u'SHUTDOWN': False, u'DESC': u'SwitchMgmt'}}: dict object has no element 5900"

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Brian Coca

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Your output does not seem to match what you are saying: `{{ portmap.HPE.5900.Port.46.Type }}`

​btw, you can remove the useless with_dict entry to get cleaner output

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Eric Marquez

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This is very odd, when I replace 5900 with FOO, it works. What’s special about the number 5900?

TASK [basebmc : debug] *********************************************************

task path: /mnt/c/Users/emarq/Documents/Source/Repos/Solutions.Network.Automation/MAS/Ansible/hpe/roles/basebmc/tasks/main.yml:20

ok: [b43-1u15-d00-5900AFbmc] => {

"msg": "name:portmap[HPE][FOO][Port][46][Port]: 1/0/46"

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Brian Coca

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Dec 16, 2016, 4:24:43 PM12/16/16

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string vs number

x[21] is not the same as x['21']

​I avoid using numbers as dictionary keys due to similar issues.​

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Eric Marquez

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Dec 16, 2016, 5:08:41 PM12/16/16

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That was it. Thanks for the help.

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string vs number

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