Example Playbook Code

---
- name: Update web servers
  hosts: web
  vars:
    listvar1:
      - 'a'
      - 'b'
      - 'c'

  tasks:
  - name: Install Apache in centos7
    ansible.builtin.yum:
      name: "{{ item }}"
      state: latest
    with_items:
      - git
      - httpd
      - ntp
  - name: Copy index.html
    ansible.builtin.copy:
      src: index.html
      dest: /var/www/html/index.html
  - name: Starting a Apache Server
    ansible.builtin.service:
      name: httpd
      state: started
  - command: echo {{ item }}
    loop: [ 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ]
  - command: echo {{ item }}
    loop: [ 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ]
    when: item > 5
  - name: Remove users Chuck and Craig from the system.
    user:
      name: "{{ item }}"
      state: absent
      remove: yes
    with_items:
      - chuck
      - craig
  - shell: echo "nested test a={{ item[0] }} b={{ item[1] }} c={{ item[2] }}"
    with_nested:
      - [ 'red', 'blue', 'green' ]
      - [ 1, 2, 3 ]
      - [ 'up', 'down', 'strange']
  - shell: echo "nested test a={{ item[0] }} b={{ item[1] }}"
    with_nested:
     - listvar1
     - [ 1, 2, 3 ]

	---
	- name: Update web servers
	hosts: web
	vars:
	listvar1:
	- 'a'
	- 'b'
	- 'c'
	tasks:
	- name: Install Apache in centos7
	ansible.builtin.yum:
	name: "{{ item }}"
	state: latest
	with_items:
	- git
	- httpd
	- ntp
	- name: Copy index.html
	ansible.builtin.copy:
	src: index.html
	dest: /var/www/html/index.html
	- name: Starting a Apache Server
	ansible.builtin.service:
	name: httpd
	state: started
	- command: echo {{ item }}
	loop: [ 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ]
	- command: echo {{ item }}
	loop: [ 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ]
	when: item > 5
	- name: Remove users Chuck and Craig from the system.
	user:
	name: "{{ item }}"
	state: absent
	remove: yes
	with_items:
	- chuck
	- craig
	- shell: echo "nested test a={{ item[0] }} b={{ item[1] }} c={{ item[2] }}"
	with_nested:
	- [ 'red', 'blue', 'green' ]
	- [ 1, 2, 3 ]
	- [ 'up', 'down', 'strange']
	- shell: echo "nested test a={{ item[0] }} b={{ item[1] }}"
	with_nested:
	- listvar1
	- [ 1, 2, 3 ]

view raw Ansible-Playbook-looping.yaml hosted with by GitHub

	# EXAMPLE
	- name: Install common software requirements
	apt: pkg={{ item }} state=installed
	with_items:
	- git
	- htop
	- vim

view raw example1.yaml hosted with by GitHub

	# EXAMPLE
	tasks:
	- command: echo {{ item }}
	loop: [ 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ]
	when: item > 5

view raw example2.yaml hosted with by GitHub

	# EXAMPLE
	- command: echo {{ item }}
	loop: "{{ mylist|default([]) }}"
	when: item > 5

view raw example3.yaml hosted with by GitHub

	# EXAMPLE
	- command: echo {{ item.key }}
	loop: "{{ query('dict', mydict|default({})) }}"
	when: item.value > 5

view raw example4.yaml hosted with by GitHub

	# EXAMPLE
	- name: Remove users �Chuck� and �Craig� from the system.
	user:
	name: "{{ item }}"
	state: absent
	remove: yes
	with_items:
	- chuck
	- craig
	# EXAMPLE
	---
	# this is a trivial example of how to do a nested loop.
	- hosts: all
	tasks:
	- shell: echo "nested test a={{ item[0] }} b={{ item[1] }} c={{ item[2] }}"
	with_nested:
	- [ 'red', 'blue', 'green' ]
	- [ 1, 2, 3 ]
	- [ 'up', 'down', 'strange']
	# EXAMPLE
	# you can reference a raw variable name without putting it in {{ brackets }}
	- hosts: all
	vars:
	listvar1:
	- 'a'
	- 'b'
	- 'c'
	tasks:
	- shell: echo "nested test a={{ item[0] }} b={{ item[1] }}"
	with_nested:
	- listvar1
	- [ 1, 2, 3 ]

view raw example5.yaml hosted with by GitHub

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