Creating multiple directories from vars in ansible vars file

Question

I am looking to create a multitude of directories on my given server by passing in vars from an ansible .yml vars file. I am currently trying to use Jinja templating to pass the directory names in. The vars file looks like this;

BTG-VELOCITY:
    type: PBSTP
    accept: 1010
GFAM:
    type: PBSTP
    connect: 1010
ONEZERO2:
    type: TRADESTREAM
GUANFABANK:
    type: FXSIM
MAINBANK:
    type: FXSIM
TYPOBANK:
    type: TRADESTREAM
TEST-BANK:
    type: PBSTP
    connect: 32620
    accept: 33620

And I wish to create a directory for each customer name listed. So ideally I will end up with a directory in a given folder for each 'TYPOBANK','MAINBANK' etc. The way I am trying to this at the minute is as follows in my playbook;

- include_vars:
    file: /home/vagrant/stunnelSimAnsPractice/roles/ns16/vars/customers.yml
    name: customers
- file:
    path: /home/vagrant/stunnelSimAnsPractice/roles/ns16/sessions/{%for cust, config in customers.items() %}{{cust}}{% endfor %}
    state: directory

But this outputs one directory with all the customer names combinded, as shown below. Any suggestions on how to create individual directories for each customer? Thank you

├── sessions
│   └── GFAMTEST-BANKBTG-VELOCITYTYPOBANKMAINBANKGUANFABANKONEZERO2

techraf techraf · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-02T13:23:11

You can't loop inside a single parameter in Ansible.

Use loops as Ansible was designed to:

- file:
    path: /home/vagrant/stunnelSimAnsPractice/roles/ns16/sessions/{{ item }}
    state: directory
  with_items:     ### and here you need to put the list containing the directory names

^{Unfortunately you did not provide the full definition of variables, so you need to customise the code to suite your needs.}

Creating multiple directories from vars in ansible vars file

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