Try Spotterlist of items
| "added in version" historical of ansible.builtin"
Authors: Michael DeHaan
pipInstall with pip install ansible-core==2.16.5
this lookup returns a list of items given to it, if any of the top level items is also a list it will flatten it, but it will not recurse
- name: "loop through list"
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "An item: {{ item }}"
with_items:
- 1
- 2
- 3
- name: add several users
ansible.builtin.user:
name: "{{ item }}"
groups: "wheel"
state: present
with_items:
- testuser1
- testuser2
- name: "loop through list from a variable"
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "An item: {{ item }}"
with_items: "{{ somelist }}"
- name: more complex items to add several users
ansible.builtin.user:
name: "{{ item.name }}"
uid: "{{ item.uid }}"
groups: "{{ item.groups }}"
state: present
with_items:
- { name: testuser1, uid: 1002, groups: "wheel, staff" }
- { name: testuser2, uid: 1003, groups: staff }
_terms:
description: list of items
required: true
_raw: description: - once flattened list type: list