passing numeric parameter on ansible variable array

Question

I got this ansible variable array, weblogic[1].name which will give me the name of the second array "manageServer1".

weblogic: [ { name: "adminServer" address: "1.1.1.1" port: 1701 ssl: 1702 }, { name: "manageServer1" address: "1.1.1.2" port: 1703 ssl: 1704 }, ]

How can I pass parameter x=1 on the array, this one won't work, weblogic[x].name or weblogic['x'].name?

I'm working on Ansible 2.6-2.7.

Vladimir Botka · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-21 16:30:08Z

1

Commas are missing in the lists. See example below.

> cat test.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    weblogic:
      - { name: "adminServer", address: "1.1.1.1", port: 1701, ssl: 1702 }
      - { name: "manageServer1", address: "1.1.1.2", port: 1703, ssl: 1704 }
  tasks:
    - debug: var=weblogic[item].name
      loop:
        - 0
        - 1


> ansible-playbook test.yml | grep weblogic
    "weblogic[item].name": "adminServer"
    "weblogic[item].name": "manageServer1"

answered Jan 21, 2019 at 16:30

Vladimir Botka

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3 Comments

Ricky V. Over a year ago

If I add x:1 on the vars:, it's fine. But as an extra-vars like -e x=1, it won't, ansible will throw "VARIABLE IS NOT DEFINED". I'm using ansible 2.7.1.

Ricky V. Over a year ago

This one works! ansible-playbook -v -e '{"x": 1}' test.yml @Vladimir Botka --thanks a lot to shed some lights on this!

Vladimir Botka Over a year ago

You're welcome. Read the doc. Simple quotes would be enough.

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