Ansible: variable interpolation in task name

Question

I cannot get this seemingly simple example to work in Ansible 1.8.3. The variable interpolation does not kick in the task name. All examples I have seen seem to suggest this sho

Answer 1

I experienced the same problem today in one of my Ansible roles and I noticed something interesting.
When I use the set_fact module before I use the vars in the task name, they actually get translated to their correct values.

In this example I wanted to set the password for a remote user:
Notice that I use the vars test_user and user_password that I set as facts before.

- name: Prepare to set user password
  set_fact:
    user_password: "{{ linux_pass }}"
    user_salt: "s0m3s4lt"
    test_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"

- name: "Changing password for user {{ test_user }} to {{ user_password }}"
  user:
   name: "{{ ansible_user }}"
   password: "{{ user_password | password_hash('sha512', user_salt) }}"
   state: present
   shell: /bin/bash
   update_password: always

This gives me the following output:

TASK [install : Changing password for user linux to LiNuXuSeRPaSs#]

So this solved my problem.