You could put the tasks that you want to run in the loop in a separate tasks file, then use include_tasks with with_sequence
On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 7:39 AM Kathy Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. Any idea how I would then add these users to the system without > using a block? I forgot to put this last part of the code I'd like to use > in. > > - name: Add users > user: > name: "{{ username }}" > password: {{ "passwd" }} > shell: /bin/bash > > > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 8:37 AM 'Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)' via Ansible Project > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You have to apply it to each task. Blocks have almost no options. >> >> Walter >> -- >> Walter Rowe, Division Chief >> Infrastructure Services, OISM >> Mobile: 202.355.4123 >> >> On Sep 5, 2023, at 8:22 AM, Kathy L <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> We have a variable num_users_to add. I am trying to run a block of >> commands to generate users and passwords for the number of users the user >> has plugged in, using the with_sequence block. I am getting the error >> message "with_sequence is not a valid attribute for a Block." How to I get >> around this? >> >> Code: >> >> - name: Block to generate x number of users & passwords >> block: >> - name: Generate user >> set_fact: >> username: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.password', '/dev/null', >> chars=['ascii_letters', 'digits'] length = 12 ) }}" >> >> - name: Generate password >> set_fact: >> passwd: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.password', '/dev/null', >> chars=['ascii_letters', 'digits'] length = 12 ) }}: >> >> with_sequence: "count={{ num_users_to_add }}" >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1c72e363-9a1c-4e3b-9768-5fae67d7b5een%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1c72e363-9a1c-4e3b-9768-5fae67d7b5een%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/Cy006u7szBo/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/3C3CB63B-6456-4720-9C58-DC5DBDD4FF51%40nist.gov >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/3C3CB63B-6456-4720-9C58-DC5DBDD4FF51%40nist.gov?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAK9%2BsMcP-5juw-W3AZUikVRdOpnM3vw2dXL9RVB14jBEjRhtnw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAK9%2BsMcP-5juw-W3AZUikVRdOpnM3vw2dXL9RVB14jBEjRhtnw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CALF5A-%2BTjROgjUp19HiW0baUsLFAkmY6m74v2_qgXkXuVvKb%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com.
