From 971dd53622d3b435a81385ba58a935ada4e18fd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael DeHaan Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:15:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added documentation on looping over with_* like fileglob --- examples/playbooks/loop_plugins.yml | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 examples/playbooks/loop_plugins.yml diff --git a/examples/playbooks/loop_plugins.yml b/examples/playbooks/loop_plugins.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..923387cf4b --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/playbooks/loop_plugins.yml @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- + +# in addition to loop_with_items, the loop that works over a variable, ansible can do more sophisticated looping. + +# developer types: these are powered by 'lookup_plugins' should you ever decide to write your own +# see lib/ansible/runner/lookup_plugins/fileglob.py + +- hosts: all + gather_facts: False + + tasks: + + # this will copy every file in /etc to the directory /tmp/fuzz + # note the directory must be created first + + - file: dest=/tmp/fuzz state=directory + + - copy: src=$item dest=/tmp/fuzz/ + with_fileglob: /etc/* + + # think about what other kinds of variables you would like to use in ansible. It's easy to write lookup + # plugins and the name of the plugin will make "with_(PLUGIN)" available for use in the task syntax. + # for instance, writing a plugin named "weather" would make "with_weather" available, and you could + # write a lookup plugin to query the weather forecast. + + # note with_items and with_* are currently incompatible, and you can use only one of these per task. +