generating multiple files from one template

[Andy Altepeter]

Greetings,

I have a need to generate multiple configuration files on a single host from one template.  Is this possible in ansible? 

Let's say I have a variable like:

vars:
  configs:
    - port: 8080
      directory: /var/www/host1
    - port: 8081
      directory: /var/www/host2

I need to generate a configuration file for each tuple in this list.  The template needs to have access to each tuple in the list using a single name.  In a python program it might look like:

for config in configs:
   generate_template(config=config)

And the template then uses the variable name "config" to refer to the current tuple.

Is this possible with just ansible?  I know I can use with_items to iterate over the list, but does the template have access to the "current" tuple?

Thanks,
Andy

[Michael DeHaan]

You can easily put variables in your template that the template can key off of.

Usage of things like "set_fact" or parameterized role arguments may be relevant here.

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[Brian Coca]

very easy:

- template: src=sametemplate dest=/var/www/{{item}}

  with_items: 

    - host1

    - host2

and you can use 'item' as a key inside the template to write specific options to each.