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rav
rav

Reputation: 15

pass a variable as a script in Ansible

I've got the below play wherein I'm trying to stop WAS instances on an AIX server.

  ---
  - hosts: all
  vars_files:
     - /etc/ansible/conf/var.yml
  tasks:
    - name: stop websphere instances
      script: {{ was_script }} {{ item }}
      with_items: "{{ was_inst }}"

The was_script and was_inst are listed as variable in var.yml. Now if I hardcode the script instead of was_script it works. But it's not working if I call it as a variable. It says it's a YAML syntax error, but I can't seem to figure out what the error is.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1765

Answers (1)

Konstantin Suvorov
Konstantin Suvorov

Reputation: 68239

The arrow ^ here is pointing to the script: {{ was_script }} {{ item }} line.
You should quote it script: "{{ was_script }} {{ item }}", because it starts with braces.
There's a note about YAML gotchas in the docs.

Upvotes: 1

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