Ansible Quick Start Guide

Using Ansible loops

Ansible loops offer several possibilities. One of the most common uses is to reduce the amount of code when running the same module multiple times on different inputs. The idea is to define a variable or an object variable that has its own variables, then populate the list with the different entries.

The following playbook shows a good use of Ansible loops to copy several configuration files with different sources, destinations, and ACL settings:

---- name: Copy users config files to their project directory  hosts: linuxservers  become: yes  remote_user: setup  gather_facts: true  tasks:    - name: Copy user config files       copy:           src: '{{ item.src }}'          dest: '{{ item.dest }}'          mode: '{{ item.mode | default("0744") }}' owner: '{{ ...