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Ansible with_subelements
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I'm trying to create a bunch of groups and members for a custom module using an external var file. All I need to do is to access a list of dictionaries in a list.
I have tried many things but the closest I might have for now is:
vars.yml:
groups_and_members:
FIRST_GROUP:
"memberx":
octet: 1
action: add
"nostandardy":
octet: 3
action: add
"memberz":
octet: 5
action: add
OTHER_GROUP:
"member1":
octet: 7
action: delete
"unexpected":
octet: 1
action: add
task.yml:
- name: "add members"
mymodule:
cmd: "{{ item.value.action }}"
parameters:
name: "{{ item.key }}"
octet: "{{ item.value.octet }}"
with_items: "{{ groups_and_members }}"
So the idea is to take from the list (groups_and_members).value(FIRST_GROUP in the first iteration). and use its members attribute in cmd. But because I don't know the name of the group nor the name of the member, I'm not sure how to access them. I will not know the name of the groups or the members beforehand. The dicts should be in a list, to not have to make a new task in case there's a new dict.
How can I access the group, member and member attributes?
I have tried with_dict, with_subelements etc. but can't seem to figure it out.

Answer 1

I should have formatted the list of dictionaries differently. This is a duplicate question: Answer here:
Ansible with_subelements
My vars should have looked like this:
groups_members:
- groupname: FIRST_GROUP
members:
- name: memberx
octet: "1"
action: add
- name: nostandardy
octet: "3"
action: add
- name: memberz
octet: "2"
action: add
- name: unexpected
octet: "1"
action: add
- groupname: RHOST
members:
- member: other1
octet: "1"
action: add
Could then be accessed as item.1.action or item.0.value and task be with
with_subelements:
- "{{ groups_members }}"
- members