I have a json file (server.json) with the content like this:
servers_groupA: [{server_name: server1abc.net, start_file: w.bat, stop_file: d.bat},
{server_name: server2.abc.net, start_file: w.bat, stop_file: d.bat}
]
servers_groupB: [{server_name: server3.abc.net, start_file: e.bat, stop_file: f.bat},
{server_name: server4.abc.net, start_file: e.bat, stop_file: f.bat }
]
I have to assign this servers to a group dynamically with the below code:
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
ignore_errors: yes
vars:
server_vaar: "servers_groupA"
#server_vaar: {{ server_group }}
tasks:
- name: Importing json file
include_vars:
file: server.json
- name: Adding host dynamically to inventory
add_host:
hostname: "{{ item.server_name }}"
groups: testing_servers_group
ansible_connection: winrm
ansible_port: 5985
ansible_winrm_transport: ntlm
ansible_winrm_scheme: http
ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation: ignore
ansible_winrm_operation_timeout_sec: 60
ansible_winrm_read_timeout_sec: 70
with_items: "{{ server_vaar }}"
So value for server_vaar mentioned in vars will be passed to the script as extra variable from Splunk or by manually when the ansible script runs.
This server_vaar value can be servers_groupA, servers_groupB, servers_groupC, servers_groupD. We need to pass this name to with_items in "Adding host dynamically to inventory" TASK. So that it will go that array in json file and pass the server_name from that list to inventory and create a group "testing_servers_group" as Inventory group.
So I passed in with_items: "{{ server_vaar}}" which should be taken as with_items: "{{ servers_groupA }}"
But it throwed error as "undefined variable" for that server_vaar. I couldnot find a solution to pass this groupname to the with items. Can anyone give me some idea on this issue I am facing.
