Variables

Breaking Up Variable files

1. After creating new role, delete /vars/main.yml and /defaults/main.yml
2. Create main folder in each, e.g. /vars/main/ and /defaults/main
3. Each file put into that new main folder will be imported, e.g. /vars/main/myfile1.yml , /vars/main/myfile2.yml

Precedence

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Checking if result is in list

my_list: ['cats', 'dogs'] {{ 'cats' in my_list }}

Getting results after pushing a variable into a template

lookup('ansible.builtin.template', 'my_formating_template.j2')

Adding result to already created JSON

my_collection_variable | community.general.lists_mergeby(my_new_data, 'my_merge_key', list_merge='append')