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rawmain
Asked: 2019-12-16 22:06:33 +0800 CST

Why ansible template file looped

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Defined two variables:

vars:
  var1: a
  var2: b

Use these two variables in a template file:

{{ var1 }} string
{{ var2 }} string

Set template file to servers(two servers):

- name: Update file
  template:
    src: file.j2
    dest: /etc/somefile

Then check the /etc/somefile on the servers, got this content:

$ cat /etc/somefile
b string
b string

But not:

$ cat /etc/somefile
a string
b string

Why?

ansible

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Step by step you'll have to find out where do the values of the variables come from. Start with the debug task

    - debug:
    msg: "{{ var1 }} {{ var2 }}"

- name: Update file
  template:
    src: file.j2
    dest: /etc/somefile

    See Variable precedence: Where should I put a variable?. The playbook vars precedence is 12. and can be overridden by 13-22.

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