How to write dynamic variable in Ansible playbook

Question

Based on extra vars parameter I Need to write variable value in ansible playbook

ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e \"param1=value1 param         


        

Answer 1

I am sure there is a smarter way for doing what you want but this should work:

- name         : Test var
  hosts        : all
  gather_facts : no
  vars:
    myvariable : false
  tasks:
    - name: param1
      set_fact:
        myvariable: "{{param1}}"
      when: param1 is defined

    - name: param2
      set_fact:
        myvariable: "{{ param2 if not myvariable else myvariable + ',' + param2 }}"
      when: param2 is defined

    - name: param3
      set_fact:
        myvariable: "{{ param3 if not myvariable else myvariable + ',' + param3 }}"
      when: param3 is defined

    - name: default
      set_fact:
        myvariable: "default"
      when: not myvariable

    - debug:
       var=myvariable

Hope that helps. I am not sure if you can construct variables dynamically and do this in an iterator. But you could also write a small python code or any other language and plug it into ansible