Ansible: How to use register in loop

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ansible version 1.9.1

cat files.yml

tasks:
  - name: stat files
    stat: path=~/{{ item }}
    register: {{ item }}.stat
    with_items:
      - foo.zip
      - bar.zip

  - name: copy files
    copy: src=~/{{ item }} dest=/tmp/{{ item }}
    register: {{ item }}.result
    when: {{ item }}.stat.stat.exists == False
    with_items:
      - foo.zip
      - bar.zip

- name: unzip files
  shell: cd /tmp/ && unzip -o {{ item }}
  when: {{ item }}.result|changed == True
  with_items:
    - foo.zip
    - bar.zip

ERROR: Syntax Error while loading YAML script

If so, how?

Gregory Shulov · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-15 05:10:35Z

1

The preferred way would be to use synchronize module. From ansible documentation ( http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/synchronize_module.html#synopsis )

This is a wrapper around rsync. Of course you could just use the command action to call rsync yourself, but you also have to add a fair number of boilerplate options and host facts. You still may need to call rsync directly via command or shell depending on your use case. The synchronize action is meant to do common things with rsync easily. It does not provide access to the full power of rsync, but does make most invocations easier to follow.

Here is an example:

- name: Sync files
  synchronize: src=some/relative/path dest=/some/absolute/path

answered Sep 15, 2015 at 5:10

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